Today is the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival. I feel somewhat soupiness however. The Dragon Boat Festival was originated in QU Yuan who was a great patiotic poet. Qu Yuan had to jump into Miluo River to suicide when he was treated unjustly by Chu king and those dignitaries. Afterwards, kind-hearted people rowing dragon boats to rescue Qu Yuan , but they failed to save him in the end. So,people went back home and made a lot of rice dumplings to throw into river to feed fishes for the purpose of not letting fish eat Qu yuan. From then on, the Dragon boat festival came down. When the fifth day of the fifth lunar month comes annually, people will hold several activities to remember Qu Yuan including making rice dumplings, dragon boat racing and dringking hsiunghuang wine .

[nowheretorun]

sharing in your gratefulness for great poets, kind hearted people, traditions and ceremonies to remember good deeds and people zhimin .. do you have a favorite poem of QU YUAN? hope you are doing well today

I am very glad for your appreciating tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival and Qu YUan 's poems. Now, I intrduce one part of famous poem li sao writtenby Qu YUan．Ｂｕｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｍｙ　ｌｉｍｉｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｉｏｎ　ｏｆ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ，　Ｉ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｇｉｖｅ　ｙｏｕｒ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　ｖｅｒｓｉｏｎ　ａｎｄ　I　ｈｏｐｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｉｔ．
　　　　离骚（一）

帝高阳之苗裔兮，朕皇考曰伯庸。

摄提贞于孟陬兮，惟庚寅吾以降。

皇览揆余初度兮，肇锡余以嘉名：

名余曰正则兮，字余曰灵均。

纷吾既有此内美兮，又重之以修能。

扈江离与辟芷兮，纫秋兰以为佩。

汨余若将不及兮，恐年岁之不吾与。

朝搴阰之木兰兮，夕揽洲之宿莽。

日月忽其不淹兮，春与秋其代序。

惟草木之零落兮，恐美人之迟暮。

不抚壮而弃秽兮，何不改乎此度。

乘骐骥以驰骋兮，来吾道夫先路！

[nowheretorun]

i like that you offer a part of your culture for our understanding and thought .. i enjoy the spirit of coming together in understanding and caring for one another.. there may have been a glitch in the translation but i am thankful that you are trying.. the characters are coming through as question marks, so ive added this link to the English translation of the poem.. may you be well and receive only goodness always

http://www.chinapage.com/poem/quyuan/quyuan-e.html

very nice poem ......(((zhimin ji))))))))))
my thoughts are with you