This is about the famous poet Qu Yuan, right?

它与一位著名诗人屈原有关，对吧？

Well, there once lived a great Chinese poet named Qu Yuan.

曾经有一位伟大的中国诗人名叫屈原。

After Qu Yuan's death, people rowed boats to look for his body.

屈原死后，人们乘船寻找他的尸体。

So Qu Yuan was a poet and politician during the Warring States Period.

屈原是战国时期的诗人、政治家。

We passed the Xiang River, home of Qu Yuan, the 3rd century BC poet.

我们还经过了湘江，那是公元前三世纪一位诗人——屈原的家乡。

Qu Yuan, who loved his country very much, was overwhelmed with sadness.

屈原深爱着自己的国家，因此悲伤的不能自己。

Qu Yuan was a senior minister in service to Chu Huai Wang, King Huai of Chu.

楚怀王时期，屈原曾任职高官。

It commemorates the death of a national hero, Qu Yuan from the ancient state of Chu at that time.

当时人们用端午节来纪念民族英雄屈原的去世，他来自古代的楚国。

Zongzi is made to have very clear edges and angles, which is meant to resemble the unyielding character of Qu Yuan.

粽子的形状有棱有角，其目的是为了显示出屈原刚正不阿的品格。

However, his enemies spoke badly of him to the emperor so the emperor banished Qu Yuan from the imperial court.

然而，他的政敌在皇帝面前说了很多他的坏话，所以皇帝把屈原逐出了京城。

To honor the memory of Qu Yuan, people also race dragon boats every year worldwide on the date of his demise.

为了纪念屈原，世界很多地方的人们都在他逝世的这一天举办赛龙舟活动。

When the people of China heard about this, they set out on their boats to search for Qu Yuan's body.

当老百姓听说此事时，就乘船去寻找屈原的遗体。

Qu Yuan is not the only person remembered on this day.

3. 屈原并不是这一天唯一被纪念的人。

It's said that the local people use zongzi to throw into the water in a bid to stop the fish feeding on Qu Yuan body.

据说当地人把粽子扔到水里，以防止鱼吃屈原的身体。

Qu Yuan is said to have been loyal and patriotic his whole life.

据说屈原一生忠心耿耿，爱国。

To prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eaten by the fishes, the villagers made rice balls wrapped in leaves and dropped these rice balls into the river.

为了防止屈原的遗体被鱼吃掉，村民们用树叶包起饭团扔进河里。

Li Lei: We celebrate it to commemorate a great patriotic poet of China: Qu Yuan.

是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人：屈原。

Qu Yuan lived during the time of China's first feudal dynasties and supported the decision to fight against the powerful state.

屈原生活在中国第一个封建王朝时期， 支持与强大国家作战的决定。

Qu Yuan's story also gave us the wonderful dragon boat races, which in Chinese is known as sai long zhou.

屈原的故事也给我们带来了精彩的龙舟赛，在中文里被称为赛龙舟。

These rice dumplings became the zongzi we know today, while the search for Qu Yuan's body became the intense dragon boat races.

这些粽子变成了今天我们熟知的粽子， 而寻找屈原尸体变成了激烈的赛龙舟。