初中英语作文选读：端午节

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　　The Duanwu Festival, which is also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is an
ancient Chinese traditional festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth
lunar month. For thousands of years, various celebrating activities are held all
around the country. Eating zongzi and racing dragon boats are the most pertinent
ones, which are said to be in memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet. In some places,
people spread realgar wine on the children in the hope of protecting them from
the evil spirits. Many people consider May as an especially dangerous time for
diseases in a year, and therefore they hang moxa and calamus and things like
that around the doors to ward off evil and diseases and pray for good luck.
        　　端午节，又称龙舟节，是中国古老的传统节日，在农历的五月初五这天庆祝。几千年来，全国各地都会举行多种多样的庆祝活动。最应景的就是吃粽子和赛龙舟，据说这是为了纪念伟大的古代诗人屈原。在有些地方，人们把雄黄酒涂抹在小孩的身上，希望这样可以使孩子们不受邪灵的伤害。许多人认为五月是一年中容易引发疾病的时节，因此为了驱疾避凶，讨个吉利，他们会在门口悬挂艾叶和菖蒲等。