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英语专业四级作文

2012年英语专四考试作文题目:端午节

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 into the river to

feed his ghost every year.

With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a

time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year.

People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad

luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might

be different with the past, it still gives the observer an

opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural

heritage.