In ancient time,there was a great poet called Qu Yuan.

在中国有位伟大的诗人叫屈原。

He couldn’t bear the anguish when his mother land was invaded,so he drowned himself in the river.

他不忍看到祖国被侵略，投江而死。

Local residents rode boats to salvage and drop the rice balls into the river to distract fishes’ attention from Qu’body.

当地百姓划船捞救，还投米团来吸引鱼。

Later people memorialized Qu’s patriotism by rowing and making Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival,Duanwujie. That’s how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started.

后来，人们为了纪念他，每年端午节都会划船、包粽子，就有了赛龙舟和吃粽子的习俗。

A nation practice on Duanwujie is to put wormwood on the front door to repel evil things.

古时端午节的风俗是在门口挂药草以预防疾病，驱除不好的事情。

In some places people drink realgar wine and children wear sachet.

有些地方还喝雄黄酒（药酒），小孩子戴香包。

Now the family gets together on Duanwujie.

现在过端午节时常常是一家人团聚在一起。

Nowadays people have a variety of other activities to celebrate this traditional festival.

现在人们过端午节时还会以其他各种方式来度过这个传统节日。