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Please check the English composition about Dragon Boat Festival in senior high school.

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the China lunar calendar, also known as Duanyang Festival and May Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is one of the national holidays in China, which has been included in the world intangible cultural heritage list. The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. At first, China people got rid of diseases and epidemic prevention before the Spring Festival. wuyue held the custom of tribal totem worship in the form of dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in China. On the day after the death of poet Qu Yuan, it became a traditional festival for China people to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also called Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival and May Festival. "Dragon Boat Festival" is one of the national legal holidays in China, and has been included in the world intangible cultural heritage list. Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Wuyue, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival for the people of China to commemorate Qu Yuan.