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家乡的端午节(Hometown of Dragon Boat Festival)

At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to carve out their own kingdoms. The state of Qin would eventually emerge the victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history.

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Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man, he was loved by the common people. He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service. In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River. His last poem reads:

Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,And waited for the wind to come,to sour up on my journey

As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats, beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuans body.

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最后的周代，这方面我们现在知道中国陷入分裂和冲突的状态。虽然周朝统治了几个世纪，其他几个国家，最初的封建领域，试图瓜分自己的王国。秦的状态将最终成为胜利者统一全中国的下一个规则在历史上第一次。

屈原担任周代诗人。他是一个聪明又有口才的人，被普通人所爱戴。他做了很多努力，以打击猖獗的腐败困扰法院-从而赢得羡慕和恐惧其他官员。因此，当他敦促皇帝避免与秦国发生冲突时，官员们迫使皇帝把他从服中除掉。在流亡期间，他旅行，教授和写了好几年。听说周被秦打败，他陷入绝望，投汨罗江自尽。他的最后一首诗读：

许多沉重的叹息，我在绝望，伤心，我出生在这样一个不幸的时刻。我负一组翡翠龙凤凰战车，等待风来，酸在我的旅程

因为他爱的人，渔民在漫长的船冲了出来，敲锣打鼓来吓跑鱼了，扔到水里的粽子吃鱼勇敢的他们就不会吃屈原的尸体。