2012 年专四真题作文 The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar
This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river
The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races
It symbolizes people's attempts to rescue Qu Yuan
In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork
Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice)
Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves
People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi i