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festival is a significant(有意義的)holiday celebrated(慶祝)in china, and the one with the longest history(歷史最悠久).the dragon boat festival is celebrated by boat races(龍舟賽)in the shape of teams(競爭團隊)row their boats forward to a drumbeat(擊古)racing to reach the finish end boat races during the dragon boat festival are traditional customs(傳統(tǒng)習俗)to attempts to(試圖)rescue(搭救)the patriotic poet(愛國詩人)chu yuan drowned(溺死)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 citizens now throw bamboo leaves(竹葉)filled with cooked rice into the the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings(棕子).the celebration‘s is a time for protection(防護)from evil(邪惡)and disease(疾病)for the rest of the is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions(營養(yǎng)品), and displaying(展示)portraits(畫像)of evil‘s nemesis(邪惡報應), chung one manages to(成功做...)stand(直立)an egg on it‘s end at exactly 12:00 noon, the