The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.
The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan. He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor's court.
Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Chu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Low river. Because of their admiration for Chu Yuan, the local people living adjacent to the Mi Lo River rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons.
Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.
端午节的起源
端午节，又称为五五节，由于端午节是在阴历的5月5日，是三个要紧的中国节庆之一，其他两个分别是中秋节和阴历新年。
这个节日的起源是古时候中国有一位博学多闻的官吏屈原，他是一位爱民而且又遭到尊崇的官吏，但由於一位充满嫉妒的官吏陷害，从此在朝廷中被皇帝所冷落。由於没办法获得皇帝的看重，屈原在忧郁的状况下投汨罗江自尽。
由於对屈原的爱戴，汨罗江畔的居民匆忙的划船在江内探寻屈原，并且将米丢入汨罗江中，以平息汨罗江中的蛟龙。即便他们当时并没找到屈原，但他们的行为，直至今在端午节的时候，仍然让人们传颂纪念著。
