Listen, is the footsteps of the Dragon Boat Festival approaching? Do you know Dragon Boat Festival?
When I was a little child ,I learnt knowledge about Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival also known as Duanwu Festival , is a traditional Chinese festival falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month . It is a time to commemorate Qu Yuan , a patriotic poet of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period , who threw himself into the river and died for his beloved homeland.
But Dragon Boat Festival 2024 is unique for me. I face a terrible obstacle in a bad mood. The long period of recovery left me feeling depressed and stressful. However, Dragon Boat Festival brought me happiness and pleasure.
I usually don’t back home in festival because my hometown is far from the school. This year, My mom companied with me so we celebrate together in several activities.
My mum is a skillful chef. She can make mouth-watering dishes. Chinese festival always related to delicious foods. So my mum made me a big meal. For me, zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival is necessary. We try to buy some sweet zongzi in NanChang, but I could not believe that almost every shop only sells salt zongzi . That’s terrible. We never eat salt zongzi in north.
After the meal, We video called with our family and talked about some homely things. My grandparents soaked glutinous rice, prepared reed leaves for wrapping ,wrapped the rice around sweet fillings, and tied them up into pyramidal shape. They told me they will prepare some zongzi for me before my holiday. In my heart, zongzi symbolizes the love between family members.
This year's college entrance examination coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival,
So,I sent my blessings and advice to my friends who are facing the college entrance examination. and I think this is a good signal for them to achieve good results. Because “zong” sounds like “zhong”.
With my family by my side, I really feel full of hope and warmth. I think that's why Chinese attach so much importance to festivals and reunions . The festival carries historical memories and spiritual connotations of China. It also a reunion day fulling of human warmth.