the dragon boat festival 語法填空
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.For thousands of years,the festival(1)_(mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan,who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the state of Chu(2)_(situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces,during the Warring State Period.He was upright,loyal and highly respected.(3)_,he was dismissed from office.(4)_(realize)that the country was in the hands of evil officials,Qu leapt into the River Miluo that day ,he died
the people of Chu(5)_Mourned his death threw rice into the river to feed his goast(6)_year of his death.But one year,the spirit of him appeared and told that a huge reptile in the river had stolen the rice.The spirit then advised (7)_to wrap the rice and bind it (8)_throwing it into the river
During the festival,zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to Qu.And,the dragon-boats races symbolize (9)_many attempts to rescue and recover Qu"s body.