What is the national spirit of Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival always reminds us of the lively scene of dragon boat race, the tempting zongzi and the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. He lived in Chu State during the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago. He was honest and knowledgeable, but because of his loyalty and outspoken views, he was fired and exiled. Seeing that the country was destroyed and the people were displaced, Qu Yuan was bent on serving the country and unable to return to heaven. He was so sad and angry that he threw himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. After thousands of years, Qu Yuan has gone, but his patriotic enthusiasm has turned into a monument, firmly standing in the hearts of everyone in China.

In the development of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has formed a great national spirit of unity, peace-loving, hard-working, courage and self-improvement with patriotism as the core. First, Mencius' spirit of "self-cultivation", "wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent", Fan Zhongyan's "worry about the world first, and enjoy the world afterwards", then Jinggangshan spirit, Long March spirit, Yan 'an spirit, and so on.

Students, the traditional festival culture in China is rich in connotation, and it retains the unique memory of the Chinese nation. Besides being a habit, festivals also represent the culture and national identity.

It is this indomitable national spirit that makes the ancient China rise from poverty again and stand among the nations of the world again. Students, as descendants of the motherland, what we have to do is to closely link our personal destiny with the destiny of the motherland, just like our predecessors, and truly carry forward the national spirit and aspire to serve the motherland.