Today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is the traditional festival of our Chinese nation - the Dragon Boat Festival.

On this day, various celebrations are held across the country.

I heard from my mother that there is another story about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.

It is said that it is to commemorate Qu Yuan, the great loyal minister of the ancient Chu State.

He died by throwing himself into the river. The local residents rushed to rescue him. After fishing for a long time, they still couldn't catch anything, so they threw rice dumplings into the river to feed the fish. Gradually, it became a custom.

The Dragon Boat Festival also has the custom of eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats.

We also have customs here which are eating rice dumplings, hanging mugwort and pasting gourds.

This year’s Dragon Boat Festival, my mother and I put a beautifully crafted gourd on the door and hung mugwort on it. I heard that this can ward off evil spirits.

Today's delicacy is to eat rice dumplings.

Grandma was about to make rice dumplings, so I hurried over to watch and couldn't wait to help.

In the past, I saw two kinds of rice dumplings, one made of bamboo leaves and the other made of bamboo tubes.

Zongzi fillings are also varied, including red dates, bean paste, fruit, and meat fillings. These fillings are sticky, fragrant and sweet in the mouth, and are very delicious.

What grandma prepared today is stuffed with red dates and bean paste, both of which I love.

Grandma first rolls the bamboo leaves into a cone shape, then puts the soaked red dates or bean paste filling in, and then puts some rice. Then she wraps the bamboo leaves, and then ties the rice dumplings with threads, so that many rice dumplings are wrapped in a row.

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I also learned to make rice dumplings, and it took me a long time to make one. Although it looked ugly, I thought that I would eat the rice dumplings made by myself in a while, and I couldn’t be happier!

The rice dumplings were wrapped. Grandma brought the pot, added half of the pot of water, and put the rice dumplings in the pot to boil.

The rice dumplings were cooked for half an hour, and then simmered for another half hour after the fire ceased. The fragrant and hot rice dumplings were finally out of the pot.

Mom also carefully prepared a sumptuous meal.

After dinner, the whole family sat around the dining table, eating the sweet and delicious rice dumplings, with a happy smile on everyone's face.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival, I feel very happy. Not only did I understand the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, I also learned how to make rice dumplings and ate sweet and delicious rice dumplings.