农历五月初五是中国的传统佳节端午节。作为中国四大民间传统节日之一，端午节，近几年引来许多外国人的浓厚兴趣。

01  The Dragon Boat Festival is also called DuanWu，which is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar. The date changes every year but it is usually celebrated in June. 龙舟节也称“端午”，每年的农历五月初五过端午节。这意味着每年公历的日期会改变但通常都会在六月庆祝。

02  It is a traditional holiday which commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, China's first known poet, who drowned himself when his home state of Chu was overthrown. 这个节日纪念的是中国第一位著名的诗人屈原，他因自己的国家楚国灭亡而投江自尽。

03  According to the legend, people in Chu were moved by Qu Yuan’s death. They rowed boats up and down the river to look for his body, and drop the rice balls into the river to distract fishes’ attention from Qu’s body. 据传说，楚国人被屈原之死感动。他们划着船四处寻找屈原的尸体并且将米饭做成饭团扔进江里以避免他的尸体被鱼吃掉。

04  That’s how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started. If you love the Chinese dragon boat or Zongzi, this is definitely the time you should consider coming to China. 这就是端午节龙舟竞赛以及吃粽子的开始。如果您喜爱中国的龙舟或者粽子，您一定要在端午节来到中国。

05  On Dragon Boat Festival, every family cleans up their courtyard or the door and puts wormwood and moxa leaves on the door frame to dispel disease, mosquitoes and evil things. 在端午节的传统里，每家每户会清扫门庭或者大门并且将艾叶菖蒲等草药挂在门框上，以驱走疾病、蚊虫以及邪祟。

06  In some places adults drink Xiong Huang wine (realgar wine) can fend off evil spirits and dispel snakes or rats. 有一些地区，成年人喝雄黄酒（一种药酒）可以抵挡邪祟并且驱赶蛇虫鼠蚁。

07  Parents also need to wear their children with sachets. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines. The sachets are supposed to protect the children from evils. 在端午节，父母们还会给孩子们戴香囊。他们先用颜色鲜艳的布料或绸缎缝制小袋子，然后将香料或者草药装入小袋中做成香囊。香囊可以保护孩子们以避邪祛病。

在端午节来临之际，大家也可以来说一说在你们家乡过端午节还有哪些有趣的习俗？祝大家端午节多吃粽子，阖家欢乐！

Happy the Dragon Boat Festival !