I，m so glad to receive your letter, in which you wanted to know about theDragon Boat Festival in China.
I feel honored to tell you about it. Celebrated on May 5th in the lunarcalendar, it is a folk festival having a history of more than two thousandyears. Also, it is one of the most important festivals in China.
As for the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many beautifullegends, of which the story about Qu Yuan is most widely accepted. Qu Yuan, aChinese poet who loved his country deeply, drowned himself in the Miluo Riverafter his country’s being defeated. To honor him, people in China hold variousactivities every year, including eating zongzi and dragon boat racing.
I hope you can come to China to enjoy it for yourself.