English-Chinese/Duanwu Festival

Duanwu Festival is a festival originated from ancient China. It commemorates Qu Yuan, a writer and a government leader who lived a long time ago and died because he loved his country very much. The Duanwu Festival is always on the 5th day of the 5th month of China's old calendar, but—because that calendar is based on changes in the moon and not the sun—it is not always on the same day of the new calendar.

端午节是源自古代中国的节日。它纪念屈原，中国古代的一个作家和政府领导人，因为他非常爱他的祖国而死。端午节总是在中国旧历第五个月的第五天，但由于该日历是基于月球变化而不是太阳，所以并不总是在新日历的同一天。