Speech under the National Flag on Dragon Boat Festival 250 words 2016

Wednesday this week is the traditional festival of our Chinese nation - the Dragon Boat Festival. There is a popular children's song among the people: "On May 5th, it is the Dragon Boat Festival. There are moxa sticks on the door and the house is full of fragrance. We eat rice dumplings, sprinkle sugar, and race dragon boats. We are filled with joy." The Dragon Boat Festival began in China's Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it has been more than 2,000 years ago. history. So what kind of festival is it?

First, the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan and a patriotic festival. After thousands of years of inheritance, Qu Yuan's patriotism and the humanistic connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival have been inseparable.

Second, the Dragon Boat Festival is a health festival. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the transition between spring and summer. The weather is hot, rainy and humid, and mosquitoes breed. It is a season of high incidence of infectious diseases. In order to avoid the occurrence of diseases, the ancients planted mugwort leaves before and after the Dragon Boat Festival to repel mosquitoes and flies and purify the air.

The third point is that the Dragon Boat Festival is a sports festival. Dragon boat racing is a very impressive and cooperative competitive activity. The Dragon Boat Festival race can play a very good role in promoting and promoting mass water sports, physical fitness and public unity.

Fourth point, the Dragon Boat Festival is a food festival, because we have to eat delicious rice dumplings. In the Jin Dynasty, rice dumplings were officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food. People soak glutinous rice, wash rice dumpling leaves, and make rice dumplings. Nowadays, there are more varieties of rice dumplings.

Students, China’s traditional festivals are colorful and rich in cultural connotation. Because of different regions, the customs of each place are also slightly different. Some traditional habits have faded a lot. Speaking under the national flag today, we learned about the Dragon Boat Festival culture and hope that we can be the inheritors of traditional culture. Let us celebrate every traditional festival of the Chinese nation with respect and cherishment!