How is everything? I’m very happy that the holidays are coming. I want to go to your hometown to visit you in September. Is this good? What’s the weather like in your hometown? And what should I take with me?

I know Mid-autumn Festival comes in September, and it is a very important festival for you celebrate it? I’m looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes to your parents!

Yours,

Tina

As for the origin of Duan Wu Festival there have been some    1    ( argue), but the one accepted by the people in general is related with Qu Yuan and    2    are the Duan Wu customs that have come down through history. When Qu Yuan threw     3    (him) into the river, people who     4     (learn) of it rushed their boats over, trying to save him, but he was nowhere to     5    (find). Dragon boat race is an    6    (extreme) attractive ceremony held on Duan Wu to show how the    7    (worry) boatmen in their desperate efforts tried to save him from being drowned. Every year the Dragon boat races held on the Milo River attract hundreds of thousands of people to watch.     8    the morning of Duan Wu, the local people, dressed in their best clothes, will carry the movable dragon heads and swarm to Qu Yuan Temple for a sacrifice to him and then stand along the river while dragon boats are pushed into the river one by one.     9    the race is about to begin, the dragon head is fixed to the boat, projected high over the water. There are 36 oarsmen in 18 pairs in     10     racing-boat’s crew. Each oar wears a bamboo hat with ornaments like birds and lowers, a Chinese - style shirt, a pair of trousers and a silk belt.