Miss Guo, I would like to know something about Dragon Boat Festival.
郭老师 我想知道一些关于端午节的事
Why do people celebrate it?
为什么人们要庆祝这个节日
Here's the story of the festival.
这里有一个关于这个节日的故事
Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China.
屈原出生于两千多年前的中国
He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king.
他很爱他的国家 他的职责是给君王提建议
The king always took his advice.
大王总是会采纳他的建议
However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.
但是 大王死了之后新王并不听他的
Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan's advice.
不久之后 新王因没有听屈原的建议而打了败仗
The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died.
国家处于危难之中 屈原很伤心 他投江而死
It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
那天是农历的五月初五
Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.
如今 每年人们都会吃粽子和划龙舟来纪念他