端午節，為每年農歷五月初五。據《荊楚歲時記》記載，因仲夏登高，順陽在上，五月是仲夏，它的第一個午日正是登高順陽好天氣之日，故五月初五亦稱為“端陽節”。下面是關于端午節的英語作文Dragon Boat Festival的內容，歡迎閱讀！

　　一提起端午節，人們就會想起吃粽子，劃龍舟?？墒?，同學們你們知到“端午”是什么意思，端午節的風俗又是怎么來的嗎?

　　The mention of the Dragon Boat Festival, people will think of eating dumplings, dragon boat racing. However, do you know what is the meaning of "Dragon Boat Festival", the Dragon Boat Festival customs is how come?

　　“端午”?！岸恕笔恰俺酢薄笆肌钡囊馑迹躁帤v五月初五稱為“端午”。到了唐代，因為唐朝皇帝唐玄宇的生日是八月五日，為了避用“五”字，就用回音“午”替換了“五”字，從此，“端五”便改稱“端午”了。

　　"Dragon Boat Festival". "The end" is the "beginning" "beginning", so the lunar calendar in May called "dragon boat festival". To the Tang Dynasty, because of the Tang Dynasty emperor Tang Xuanyu was born on August 5th, in order to avoid the use of "Five", with the echo "afternoon" replace "Five", then, "end of the five" was called the "Dragon Boat Festival".

　　為什么五月初五這一天會成為“端午”呢?民間流傳著很多種說法。其中最流行的說法，就是為了紀念屈原。

　　Why the fifth May this day will become the "Dragon Boat Festival"? The folklore of the several different versions. One of the most popular argument is to commemorate Qu Yuan.

　　屈原是戰國時楚國的大官，楚國不采納他的治國主張，反而將他免職流放，他在流放途中看到楚國衰亡，人民遭受苦難，自己又無力挽救老百姓，他心中悲憤難忍，便于公元前278年的五月初五，投入汩羅江自盡。楚國百姓知道后，竟相劃船前去相救，但已來不及了，百姓們擔心江中的魚，鱉，咬食屈原的遺體，便用竹殼裹米投入江中喂魚。從此，劃龍舟，包粽子就是我們中國的風俗了。

　　Qu Yuan is a high official from the state of Chu during the Warring States period, Chu did not take his governing principles, but he will be removed from the exile, he saw the decline in exile, the people's suffering, and to save the people, he had to endure grief and indignation, to 278 BC in the fifth day of May, into the Miluo River. The people of Chu know, has the boat to rescue, but it was too late, the people to worry about the river fish, turtle, eating Qu Yuan's body, then wrapped with bamboo rice into the river to feed the fish shell. Since then, the dragon boat, zongzi is our Chinese customs.

　　我很喜歡端午節，我每年都盼望端午節的到來。

　　I like the Dragon Boat Festival every year, I look forward to the arrival of the Dragon Boat festival.