端午节的英语作文500字（精选3篇）
Today， I see a lot of zongzi at home。
My favorite food is jujube rice dumplings， I took a bite to eat， sweet，sticky， delicious， I ate and ask a mother: "why do you want to eat zongzitoday?" "Today is the fifth Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of may，" saidthe mother。 "eating zongzi is a tribute to the great poet qu yuan， and there isalso a place for the dragon boat race to memorate him。"
I eat the fragrant rice dumplings。 Understand the origin of the Dragon BoatFestival。
今日，我看见家里有很多粽子。
我最喜欢吃蜜枣粽子了，我吃了一口，甜甜的，黏黏的，真好吃，我边吃边问妈妈：“今日为什么要吃粽子呢?”妈妈说：“今日是五月初五端午节，吃粽子是为了纪念伟大的诗人屈原，还有的地方举行赛龙舟来纪念他。”
我吃着香喷喷的粽子。明白了端午节的来历。
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double FifthFestival, is celebrated on May 5th on lunarcalendar.It is a folk festival widely spread with ahistory of over 2,000 years, and is one of the mostimportant Chinese festivals as well. There are variouscelebrating activities on that day, among which the customs of eating rice dumplings anddragon boat racing are quite important.There are many legends on the origin of the DragonBoat Festival.Some people think it is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, while others say it isto be in honour of Wu Zixu, a famous general during the Warring States period. However, thelegend of Qu Yuan spreads most widely. People appreciate highly the noble sentiment andprominent talent of this patriotic poet and are very sympathetic with the ending that hecommitted suicide by drowning himself in a river.
端午节(the Dragon Boat Festival)，又称重五节，于每年农历五月初五庆祝。 这是广泛流传20xx多年的民间节日，也是中国最重要的节日之一。端午节当天举行各种庆祝活动，吃粽子和赛龙舟(dragon boat racing)是其中的重要习俗。关于端午节的起源，有很多传说。一部分人认为端午节是为了纪念诗人屈原，另一部分人则认为是为了纪念战国时期的著名将领伍子胥。然而，屈原的传说流传最广。人们非常欣赏这位爱国诗人的高尚情操和出众才华，更对他投江自尽的结局深表同情。
Do you know who is "qu yuan"? what type of "zongzi" do you like most? haveyou ever joined a dragon boat petition? all these are related to the dragon boatfestival。
Do you know the origin of this festival? read the following essay and youwill have a clear picture of the dragon boat festival。
The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for thechinese people。 the day is called duan wu festival， or dragon boat festival，celebrated everywhere in china。
This festival dates back to about 2，000 years ago with a number of legendsexplaining its origin。 the best-known story centers on a great patriotic poetnamed qu yuan。
The customs vary a lot in different areas of the country， but most of thefamilies would hang the picture of zhong kui (a ghost that can exorcise)，calamus and moxa in their houses。 people have dragon boat races， eat zong zi(dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) and carry aspice bag around with them。