Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday. It is one of four top traditional Chinese festivals with a history of over 2,000 years.
Dragon Boat Festival (fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month lunar. This year, Chinese will have a 3-day public holiday Saturday to Monday for celebrations. The dragon boat race is one of them. And it is (warm) welcomed.
Many believe that Dragon Boat Festival (celebrate) to remember the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet. He jumped into the Miluo River for his country. The local people searched for Qu Yuan's body, failed. To stop fish from harming his body, people threw zongzi into the river (feed) the fish. Over time, eating zongzi and the boat race have been the traditional activities of Dragon Boat Festival.
Do you know that "Happy Dragon Boat Festival" might not be a good greeting for (we), although it sounds quite natural? For we Chinese, "Safe and Healthy Dragon Boat Festival" is much (popular) than that greeting.
In addition to Chinese, many other Asian (country) also celebrate this festival. For example, in Singapore, the local seafood is used to make zongzi. Actually, Dragon Boat Festival has been a world-wide festival today.
