How do you teach your kids about the Dragon Boat Festival?

My two kids, one is six and the other is four, are at the age when they are curious about everything. It's going to be the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and I am trying to popularize the Dragon Boat Festival to them in the following ways.

First of all, I want to tell them the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. In fact, the question that kids love to ask is why? So the question of why the Dragon Boat Festival should be made clear to them. The Dragon Boat Festival, as a traditional festival in our country, has its origin. According to legend, when Qu Yuan heard that his country had been overthrown on the Dragon Boat Festival, he was so angry that he jumped into the river with a stone in his arms and killed himself. The world remembered his loyalty to his country and made the Dragon Boat Festival a day to honor Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a very talented man, and he left many classic poems for the world, and I will tell them appropriately, although they may not know the meaning of them, but they will be able to appreciate the beauty of the poems. Telling children about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is not only to let them realize the patriotic spirit, but also to let them appreciate the beauty of the poems.

Secondly, I will tell the children what kind of customs there are on the Dragon Boat Festival. When we were kids, we weren't that fond of traditional festivals because there didn't seem to be many games to do on them. So for a long time, children preferred to celebrate some foreign festivals. But with the revival of Chinese culture, many customs that were left behind before are now coming back. For example, on the Dragon Boat Festival, besides eating rice dumplings, our old people also make mochi. Making mochi is a fun activity, so taking children to the countryside to experience the fun of making mochi will help them remember the Dragon Boat Festival even more. The Dragon Boat Festival is also the time to fly paper kites, which is a sport that many children love, so it's a good choice to let them fly kites and feel the joy of running on the Dragon Boat Festival. I don't know if there will be a dragon boat race this year, if there is, I will take them to see it, if not, just watch some movie and TV recordings is also very good . Anyway, it's all about letting the kids know that our traditional festivals are also colorful in content.

Finally, I will let my children draw some pictures about the Dragon Boat Festival. Since both of them are children who are particularly fond of drawing, I will suggest them to draw something related to the festival every time some festivals come around. Although their brushstrokes are still very young, only through their own depictions can they truly realize the essence of the Dragon Boat Festival. And drawing is supposed to be something that makes children happy, combining the recording of the festival with their own happiness should be a great choice. No matter how much knowledge we tell the child, the most important thing is that he himself to understand, and expressed, this is the real understanding of the Dragon Boat Festival.