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Duanwu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar.It is also known as the Double Fifth.In the West, it's commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival.The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period.He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption（贪污）of the Chu government.The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat Qu Yuan’ s body.They also sat on dragon boats and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boat's prow(船头).Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous(粘的)rice dumplings called Zongzi and race dragon boats in memory of Qu Yuan dramatic death.lick one's chaps 垂涎欲滴 big cheese 老板）

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