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 Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday. It is one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} four top traditional Chinese festivals with a history of over 2, 000 years. 

 Dragon Boat Festival {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month lunar. This year, Chinese will have a 3-day public holiday {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Saturday to Monday for celebrations. The dragon boat race is one of them. And it is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( warm) welcomed. 

 Many believe that Dragon Boat Festival {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( celebrate) to remember the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet. He jumped into the Miluo River for his country. The local people searched for Qu Yuan's body, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} failed. To stop fish from harming his body, people threw zongzi into the river {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( feed) the fish. Over time, eating zongzi and the boat race have been the traditional activities of Dragon Boat Festival. 

 Do you know that" Happy Dragon Boat Festival" might not be a good greeting for {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( we), although it sounds quite natural? For we Chinese, "Safe and Healthy Dragon Boat Festival" is much {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( popular) than that greeting. 

 In addition to Chinese, many other {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( country) also celebrate this festival. For example, in Singapore, the local seafood is used to make zongzi. Actually, Dragon Boat Festival has been a world-wide festival today.