Of all the festivals in China， Dragon Boat Festival is my f**orite. When the Dragon Boat Festival comes， not only the family will pack the zongzi， but some communities or units will organize the group to carry on the game of zongzi. Many water towns will organize a dragon boat race， which is magnificent and spectacular.
When I was young， my mother told me that the Dragon Boat Festival in the 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar was first to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan， which gradually took the day as a holiday. My father told me that Qu Yuan is a Chu state living in the past 2000 years.
He is a great poet and patriot and a loyal minister. In order to the people can live a happy life， he dared to point out the king was the wrong thing to do， so the old people loved him. But when the new king came to power， he was unconscious， and did not listen to Qu Yuans advice and claim， and lost an important battle with the state of Qin. The state of Chu was occupied by the state of Qin.
After Qu Yuan heard the news， he died in the Miluo river. The local people are afraid that the fish in the river will eat Qu Yuans body， so they can put rice dumplings and other food into the river. After the death of Qu Yuan， the local legend went to the sky on a dragon boat. It was at the beginning of May each year five Dragon Boat Festival， dumplings， dragon boat racing has become an important activity.
In China， people like Dragon Boat Festival very much. Now people in the city are busy with their own work， so they cant sell their zongzi Festival， so they go to various supermarkets to buy. In the supermarket there are many types of dumplings， rice dumplings with bacon， candied dumplings， dumplings and so on， very much the pattern.
After the dumplings are cooked in a pot， open the lid of the pot and smell it. It is full of the fragrance of the dumplings in the house， tasting a mouthful， and the sweet taste of the glutinous rice in the full mouth. Besides eating zongzi， people can also watch dragon boat racing. On the river， the dragon boat in front of the leading high， vivid. The whole dragon boat was narrow and long.
There was a big drum in front， and one after another sat a lot of strong young men. With the sound of the drums， they paddled neatly on the surface of the water. For a while， splashing， drums， voice and the sound of refueling on the riverbank were coming up. The scene was magnificent and spectacular.
I like the Dragon Boat Festival， not only because it can eat delicious zongzi， see the wonderful dragon boat race， and more like its historical connotation. Every time I pass the Dragon Boat Festival， I can always think of Qu Yuan， think of his slamming and long sword， reciting Li Sao in the mouth， walking between the rivers and lakes， his loyalty and perseverance. His literary grace influences the generation of Chinese. If we compare traditional Chinese festivals to a piece of silk with jewels， then the Dragon Boat Festival is a bright pearl on the silk.