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Read the complete story in Chinese. Reveal pinyin and English only when you need them.

今天，

我们说一个，

中国的节日。

这个节日，

叫端午节。

你可能，

没听过这个名字。

但是，

它非常古老。

古老到什么程度呢？

它已经，

有两千多年了。

端午节，

是在每年的，

农历五月初五。

今年，

是在六月。

这一天，

是中国的，

一个公共假期。

很多人，

都可以休息。

那么，

人们在这一天，

都做什么呢？

最有名的，

有三件事。

第一件，

是吃粽子。

粽子，

是一种食物。

它的外面，

用绿色的叶子，

包起来。

里面，

是糯米。

有的粽子是甜的，

有的是咸的。

为了甜的还是咸的，

南方人和北方人，

每年都要，

"吵"上一次。

第二件，

是赛龙舟。

龙舟，

是一种很长的船。

船上坐着很多人，

大家一起划。

岸边，

还有人，

为他们加油。

非常热闹。

第三件，

是在门上，

挂一种叫艾草的，

植物。

人们相信，

它可以，

带来健康。

但是，

你有没有想过：

为什么，

要做这些事？

这就要说到，

一个人。

他的名字，

叫屈原。

屈原，

是两千多年前的，

一个大诗人。

他也是个好官。

他非常爱自己的国家。

他一心想，

让国家变得更强。

可是，

国王不听他的话，

还把他赶走了。

后来，

他的国家，

被别的国家打败了。

屈原，

听到这个消息，

心都碎了。

他实在太难过、太失望了。

最后，

他抱着一块大石头，

跳进了一条大江，

结束了自己的生命。

那一天，

正是五月初五。

老百姓们，

都很爱戴屈原。

他们划着船，

在江上，

到处找他。

他们还把米饭，

扔进江里。

因为他们想：

让江里的鱼，

去吃米饭，

就不会，

去伤害屈原了。

你看，

划船去找他，

后来，

就成了赛龙舟。

往江里扔米饭，

后来，

就成了吃粽子。

就这样，

一个诗人的故事，

变成了一个，

两千多年的节日。

最后，

我想和你聊一聊。

端午节，

是好吃的，

是热闹的。

但它的背后，

是中国人，

对一个好人的，

长长的记忆。

那么，

我想问你：

在你的心里，

有没有一个人，

是你，

很想一直，

记住的？

English transcript reference

Today,

we'll talk about

a Chinese festival.

This festival

is called the Dragon Boat Festival.

You may

never have heard this name.

But

it is extremely ancient.

How ancient?

It is already

over two thousand years old.

The Dragon Boat Festival

falls each year on

the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

This year,

that was in June.

This day

is, in China,

a public holiday.

Many people

get to rest.

So,

on this day, what do people

do?

The most famous customs —

there are three.

The first

is eating zongzi.

Zongzi

is a kind of food.

On the outside,

with green leaves,

it is wrapped.

Inside,

is glutinous rice.

Some zongzi are sweet,

some are savory.

Over sweet versus savory,

southerners and northerners

every year

have a little 'argument'.

The second

is dragon-boat racing.

A dragon boat

is a very long boat.

Many people sit in it,

all rowing together.

On the bank,

there are people

cheering them on.

It's very lively.

The third

is, on the door,

hanging a plant

called mugwort.

People believe

it can

bring health.

But

have you ever wondered:

why

do people do these things?

For that, we must speak of

one man.

His name

was Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan

was, over two thousand years ago,

a great poet.

He was also a good official.

He loved his country deeply.

He wished, with all his heart,

to make the country stronger.

But

the king wouldn't listen to him,

and even drove him away.

Later,

his country

was defeated by another country.

Qu Yuan,

hearing this news,

had his heart break.

He was simply too grief-stricken, too despairing.

In the end,

holding a great stone,

he jumped into a great river,

and ended his own life.

That day

was exactly the fifth of the fifth month.

The common people

all loved and revered Qu Yuan.

They rowed boats

on the river,

searching everywhere for him.

They also took rice

and threw it into the river.

Because they thought:

let the fish in the river

eat the rice,

so they won't

harm Qu Yuan.

You see,

rowing boats to look for him

later

became dragon-boat racing.

Throwing rice into the river

later

became eating zongzi.

And so,

one poet's story

became

a festival over two thousand years old.

Finally,

I'd like to talk with you.

The Dragon Boat Festival

is delicious,

is lively.

But behind it

is the Chinese people's

long memory

of a good man.

So,

I want to ask you:

in your heart,

is there a person

you

wish always

to remember?

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