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Hello, I'm Emma. Welcome to Daily English Break. Today, we're exploring the colorful traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival. Improve your English listening skills and learn fascinating cultural stories with us. Are you ready to join the festivities and boost your language skills? Let's go!

Listen carefully. Meet Alice, a curious UK student, and Ben, a Chinese student studying abroad. Over lunch in the cafeteria, Alice discovers a dragon-shaped ornament on Ben's backpack, sparking a conversation about the Dragon Boat Festival. Dive into their discussion about this ancient Chinese tradition, its history, and customs as they explore cultural connections and plan to experience the festival together. Join their journey of cultural discovery and friendship.

Hey Ben, that's a pretty cool dragon ornament on your backpack. What's it for?

Oh this? This is actually for the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duan Wu as we call it in Chinese. It's a traditional holiday in China.

Dragon Boat Festival? That sounds fascinating. What's it all about?

It's a festival that celebrates loyalty and filial piety. It has a history that dates back over 2,000 years. One of the main stories associated with it is about Qu Yuan, a loyal poet and minister who drowned himself in a river.

That sounds tragic. Why would a festival celebrate that?

Well, it's said that the local people admired him so much that they raced out in their boats to save him, or at least retrieve his body. That's why we have Dragon Boat races today. People also threw rice into the river to prevent fish from eating his body, which is why we eat Zongzi, or rice dumplings, during the festival.

Zongzi? What exactly is that?