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Duanwu Festival is coming. Do you know the history of it? Have youthe special food Zongzi. It is a kind of traditional food in China, which is had at the Dragon Boat Festival to honor Qu Yuan, one of thepoets in ancient China. Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on may 15th according to the Chinese calendar. It isthat people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then dropped Zongzi into the river to keep the fish away from Qu Yuan's body. In order to remember Qu Yuan, people named the day the Duanwu Festival or the Dragon Boat Festival. In the past, Zongzi was made onlya year at the Duanwu Festival. But now it is quite different. People can eat Zongzi attime of the year.
