The Dragon Boat Festival, also 1. (call) the Duanwu Festival, 2. (celebrate) on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese lunar calendar. People often eat zongzi and row dragon boats during the festival. Thousands of years ago, people began to throw rice into the Miluo River 3. (feed) Qu Yuan on May 5th every year, because one of 4. (great) poets, Qu Yuan died in the Miluo River. They 5. (think) he was still alive in the river. Now, in order to remember the honest man, people in China often make zongzi. This kind of food is very delicious and very popular. Men and women, the young and the old all like eating zongzi very much.

The festival is also best known for 6. (it) dragon boat races. People often race dragon boats in many places, especially in the south of China 7. there are many rivers and lakes there. The dragon boat is about 50-100 feet long, 5 feet wide. There are more than 20 strong men on the boat. They sit in the boat side by side. At the head of the boat, there is a big drum on it. The drummer plays 8. drum during the race. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a 9. (tradition) festival for the Chinese. So next time, when you are eating the zongzi wrapped in 10. (leaf) and watching the dragon boat races, you should also think about Qu Yuan. Do you agree with me?