A: There is a festival in June in our country, it's Father's Day.
B:Yes,it's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历) month. We call it the Dragon Boat Festival.
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B: We make and eat zongzi and hold dragon boat races.
A:Why do you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?
B: Oh, it is a story about Qu Yuan. He lived about two thousand years ago. His job was to give advice to the emperor. But he wasn't trusted and often got punishment. So he jumped into the Miluo River and died.
A:Was the day that Qu Yuan died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in that year?
B:From then on, Chinese people began to eat zongzi and have dragon boat races on that day to memorize him.
A. What a pity! B. Yes, you are very smart. C. What happened to him? D. It sounds very interesting. E. Is there a Chinese festival in June, too? F. What do you usually do on that day in China? |