June 2, 2022
Dragon Boat Festival
Tomorrow is the starting day of the dragon boat festival, but its Chinese name is 端午节(duān wǔ jié)
There is a story about the festival. In ancient China, there was a famous poet. His name was 屈原(qū yuán). He wasn't satisfied with the rule of government, and every time he would be very sad when he saw the common people's miserable lives.
He could do nothing to change the government, the same for changing common people's miserable lives. In the end, on the lunar May fifth, he dived into the 汨罗 (mì luó) river to commit suicide.
In order to commemorate him, on the day he died, people in the Miluo River Basin threw rice dumplings into the river. They believed that the fish in the river wouldn't eat Quyuan's body because the fish had rice dumplings to eat.
Years later, making and eating rice dumplings on Duanwu became a tradition.
As to why its English name is "dragon boat festival", I really don't know. Dragon boat competition is also a traditional activity during Duanwu festival, but I don't know the relationship between it and the festival.
When other festivals come, people will say "happy XX" to other people, for example, happy new year, happy mid-autumn festival and so on. But on Duawu festival, we are only supposed to say "peace and health on Duanwu festival" because it is a day to remember death.
There are at least three or four different legends of origin about the Duanwu festival. This is just one of them.
We will have three days off starting tomorrow for this Duanwu festival, and I will be on duty with another colleague on the second day of this festival.
At the moment the dragon boat festival is going to come, I wish peace and health for you guys in advance.
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"But" usually implies a contradiction, so wouldn't be used in this case.
There is a story aboutbehind the festival.
In ancient China, there was once a famous poet.
Just to make it sound more like a story
He wasn't satisfied with the rule of government, and every time he would be very sad when he saw the common people's miserable livessaw the misery of common people's lives, he felt sad.
Slight rewording to make it sound a bit more natural, but nothing wrong with your original sentence. To get an additional fluency point I would suggest maybe using a word other than 'sad', which is not quite strong enough for the situation I think.. maybe 'depressed', 'infuriated', or 'a sense of hopelessness'. Just some suggestions :)
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When other festivals comtake place, people wiusually say "happy XX" to other people, for example, "happy new year", "happy mid-autumn festival" and so on.
We will have three days off starting tomorrow for thise Duanwu festival, and I will be on duty with another colleague on the second day of thise festival.
At the moment the dragon boat festival is going to come, I wish peace and health for you guys in advanceI wish you guys peace and health in advance of the dragon boat festival.
A suggestion for a simpler way to say it
June 2, 2022
Thank you very much.
Tomorrow is the first day of the dragon boat festival. The Chinese name for the festival is 端午节(duān wǔ jié)
There is a story behind the festival. In ancient China, there was once a famous poet. His name was 屈原(qū yuán). He wasn't satisfied with the rule of government, and every time he saw the misery of common people’s lives, he felt depressed. However, he could do nothing to change the government, nor the state of common people's miserable lives. In the end, on the lunar May fifth, he dived into the 汨罗 (mì luó) river to commit suicide.
In order to commemorate him, on the day he died, people in the Miluo River Basin threw rice dumplings into the river. They believed that the fish in the river wouldn't eat Quyuan's body because the fish had rice dumplings to eat. Years later, making and eating rice dumplings on Duanwu became a tradition.
As to why its English name is "dragon boat festival", I really don't know. The dragon boat competition is also a traditional activity during the Duanwu festival, but I don't know the relationship between it and the festival. When other festivals take place, people usually say "happy what what" to other people, for example, “happy new year”, “happy mid-autumn festival” and so on. But on Duawu festival, we are only supposed to say "peace and health on Duanwu festival" because it is a day to remember death. There are at least three or four different legends of origin about the Duanwu festival. This is just one of them. We will have three days off starting tomorrow for the Duanwu festival, and I will be on duty with another colleague on the second day of the festival.
I wish you guys peace and health in advance of the dragon boat festival.
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Tomorrow is the starting day of the dragon boat festival, but its Chinese name is 端午节(duān wǔ jié) Tomorrow is the "But" usually implies a contradiction, so wouldn't be used in this case. |
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There is a story about the festival. There is a story |
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In ancient China, there was a famous poet. In ancient China, there was once a famous poet. Just to make it sound more like a story |
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His name was 屈原(qū yuán). |
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He wasn't satisfied with the rule of government, and every time he would be very sad when he saw the common people's miserable lives. He wasn't satisfied with the rule of government, and every time he Slight rewording to make it sound a bit more natural, but nothing wrong with your original sentence. To get an additional fluency point I would suggest maybe using a word other than 'sad', which is not quite strong enough for the situation I think.. maybe 'depressed', 'infuriated', or 'a sense of hopelessness'. Just some suggestions :) |
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He could do nothing to change the government, the same for changing common people's miserable lives. However, he could do nothing to change the government, nor the s |
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In the end, on the lunar May fifth, he dived into the 汨罗 (mì luó) river to commit suicide. |
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In order to commemorate him, on the day he died, people in the Miluo River Basin threw rice dumplings into the river. |
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They believed that the fish in the river wouldn't eat Quyuan's body because the fish had rice dumplings to eat. |
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Years later, making and eating rice dumplings on Duanwu became a tradition. |
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As to why its English name is "dragon boat festival", I really don't know. |
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Dragon boat competition is also a traditional activity during Duanwu festival, but I don't know the relationship between it and the festival.
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When other festivals come, people will say "happy XX" to other people, for example, happy new year, happy mid-autumn festival and so on. When other festivals |
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But on Duawu festival, we are only supposed to say "peace and health on Duanwu festival" because it is a day to remember death. |
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There are at least three or four different legends of origin about the Duanwu festival. |
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This is just one of them. |
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We will have three days off starting tomorrow for this Duanwu festival, and I will be on duty with another colleague on the second day of this festival. We will have three days off starting tomorrow for th |
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At the moment the dragon boat festival is going to come, I wish peace and health for you guys in advance.
A suggestion for a simpler way to say it |
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