I,m so glad to receive your letter, in which you wanted to know about the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
I feel honored to tell you about it. Celebrated on May 5th in the lunar calendar, it is a folk festival h**ing a history of more than two thousand years. Also, it is one of the most important festivals in China.
As for the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many beautiful legends, of which the story about Qu Yuan is most widely accepted. Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet who loved his country deeply, drowned himself in the Miluo River after his country’s being defeated. To honor him, people in China hold various activities every year, including eating zongzi and dragon boat racing.
I hope you can come to China to enjoy it for yourself.