duanwu festival (端午节, duānwū jié) 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.[citation(引用;引证) needed] it has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well. 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 (c. 340 bc-278 bc) of the warring states period. he committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption 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‘s body. they also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called 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).
in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also celebrated as "poets‘ day," due to qu yuan‘s status as china‘s first poet of personal renown(名声名望).
today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous(粘的) rice dumplings called zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon boats in memory of qu‘s dramatic death.
端午节是农历五月五，那一天家家户户都会包粽子，挂香包，划龙舟和挂艾草，那一天早上奶奶准备竹叶，蛋黄和一些材料。
我和奶奶很早起来包粽子，刚开始我包的不太好，后来我越包越顺手，奶奶还说我很厉害呢!包完了粽子，奶奶拿去蒸，这时候大家也起来了我和弟弟也把香包拿起来挂着，我们吃完了奶奶煮给我们吃的爱心早餐，大家各自去做我们该做的事，我和弟弟一起去帮忙奶奶打扫家里，我知道一个端午节为什麽要划龙舟和吃粽子的故事，事情是这样的:以前有一位臣子他叫屈原有一天有一个坏臣子跟皇上说屈原的坏话，皇上非常生气，屈原听到了这个消息非常难过，於是他便跳江死了，皇上听到了这个消息非常后悔和难过，便派人去把它的尸体捞起来，皇上为了不让鱼虾吃掉屈原的尸体便请人做了很多的饭团让鱼虾吃饱才不会吃掉屈原的尸体流传到现在就是现在的粽子和划龙舟 ，挂香包和挂艾草则是要驱赶坏东西。
我觉得端午节真是个有趣又忙碌的节日，所以端午节我一定会帮忙爸妈做事情，也助你们端午节快乐。
又是一年端午到。包粽子、赛龙舟、饮黄酒中国各地都在以大致相同的方式纪念这个传统节日。但直到现在，对于端午节的起源民间有着不同说法：楚人纪念屈原，越人纪念勾践，吴人纪念伍子胥和曹娥最被普遍接受的一种说法是纪念屈原说。
公元前２７８年农历五月初五，流放汨罗江畔的爱国诗人屈原闻讯楚都被攻陷后，悲愤交加，自沉汨罗江。沿岸百姓纷纷引舟抢救，并抛洒食物防止鱼虾伤了屈原的遗体。此后每年的这一天，当地群众都要举行这样的活动，表达对他的怀念之情。从此，划龙舟、包粽子成为端午习俗的主要内容，这一习俗也逐渐被人称为端午节的来由。
满怀爱国主义精神和其路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索执着追求真理的理想主义精神及忧患精神的屈原是一位跨越时空、体现中华民族精神的典范。
民族精神是一个民族赖以生存和发展的精神支撑。一个民族，没有伟大的精神和高尚的品格，不可能自立于世界民族之林。屈原在执著追求人生的永恒、价值、理想的时候，时刻关注着国家的兴衰。然而，屈原的下场却是个悲剧。假如忧国忧民的屈原身在今天，看到今天的中国是如此强大，看到中国人民正在为奥运加油，看到全国各族人民万众一心，众志成城抗震救灾，屈原还有时间去投江吗？
今天的我们是何其幸运，身为中国人，我们既继承了屈原的路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索的执着追求真理的光荣传统，我们又与四川的小朋友们共同地流着泪，分担着他们失去亲人的痛苦。今天的我们更懂得了珍惜，爱老师、爱家人、爱身边的朋友！
今年的端午节对于每一个中国人都是一个不寻常的日子，我们切身体会到自强不息、艰苦奋斗的意义。今天，我们赞美屈原的爱国主义，弘扬屈原精神，但我们不会忧虑，因为我们相信明天的中国将会更加强大、更加繁荣富强！
