The Dragon Boat Festival（端午节） is a very important Chinese festival. It is on June 5th this year.
People always think of Qu Yuan, a great poet （诗人） of Chu, at the festival. Qu Yuan jumps into the Miluo River to show his love to his country. People throw（扔） zongzi into the river to feed the fish, so the fish will not eat Qu's body. After that, every year on this day, people eat zongzi to remember him. But people in different places eat different kinds of zongzi. People in southern China like eating meat zongzi. In the north, people often eat sweet zongzi.
The dragon boat race is also a/an activity. It is one of the national（国家的） sports. The races are very interesting and exciting. Usually, a dragon boat is about 20 to 30 meters long. This year, people in Guizhou make a very long one. It is about 77. 8 meters. We can see many special and funny dragon boats from different places on TV and watch these dragon boat races on TV, too.
