Dragon Boat Festival is 1 interesting festival in China. It falls 2 Thursday this year, which is on the 3 day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar (农历) calendar.
People celebrate (庆祝) the day to remember the famous poet Qu Yuan. It is a story about a poet from more than 2,000 years ago. Qu Yuan 4 into a river for his love of the country. People rowed (划) 5 on the river to try to look for him. Watching the racing is very 6 . Lots of people enjoy 7 the races with their family and friends. The boats are beautiful and special. Their prows (船头) look like dragon heads. Their tails (船尾) look like dragon tails. On the boat, some people row the boat 8 some people beat a gong (锣) and a drum. One of 9 is the helmsman (舵手).
Besides, we also eat zongzi to celebrate the festival. The custom of eating zongzi is now popular 10 North and South Korea, Japan and many other countries.
