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Chinese Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 Dragon Boat Festival is observed to commemorate Qu Yuan, a scholar and minister of state of Chu during the Warring States Period, on the fifth day of the fifth month of Chinese lunar calendar.Qu is commonly believed to wade into a river to commit suicide as a demonstration of his protest against corruption of the era and his patriotism. People rowed in the river to look for his corpse, but no trace was found. To prevent his body from being eaten by fish, people threw rice balls into the river. Nowadays people hold boat rowing competitions and eat 粽子 to commemorate Qu. We make 粽子 by wrapping glutinous rice with bamboo leaves. You can find 粽子 with red dates and peanuts, or meat and egg yolk which is more commonly seen in south China. The day was thought evil in ancient China, so today people still keep some customs to prevent diseases and evils. These customs include wearing 5 colored strings and perfumed bags and hanging Chinese mugwort and drinking. Today people often think more of national holiday when Dragon Boat Festival is mentioned. This year my best friend will come over from Beijing to visit me, and we are going to egil olsen's concert. I can't wait to listen to his songs and eat 粽子 reserved from a popular store.

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The Chinese1 Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)

Dragon Boat Festival is observed to commemorate Qu Yuan (屈原)2, a scholar and minister of from the State of Chu (楚) during the Age of the Warring States3 Period, The fifth day of the fifth month of Chinese1 the lunar calendar is the day that Qu is commonly believed to wade into a river to 4 have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river to as a demonstration of his 5protest against corruption of the era his times and to prove his patriotism loyalty6. People rowed in the river to tried to look for his corpse in the river, but no trace of it was found. To prevent his body from being eaten by the fishes7, people threw rice balls into the river.

Nowadays people hold boat rowing racing competitions and eat rice dumplings(粽子) to commemorate Qu. We make 粽子the dumplings by wrapping glutinous rice with in bamboo leaves. You can find 粽子 such dumplings with red dates and peanuts.  More commonly seen in southern China are are those with  or meat and egg yolk which is more commonly seen in south China. The In ancient China, this date day was thought believed to be inauspicious evil in ancient China, so today There are people still keep some observing customs to prevent ward off diseases and evils negativities. These customs traditions8 include wearing 5 colored strings and perfumed bags and hanging containing Chinese mugwort and drinking sulphurous wine (硫黄酒).

Today Nowadays people often tend to think of it more of as a national9 holiday when the Dragon Boat Festival is mentioned instead. This year my best friend will come over from Beijing will come for to  a visit me, and we are going to attending an Egil Olsen's concert. I can't hardly wait to listen to his songs for the concert and eat rice dumplings.  reserved from a this popular store.

1.  This is redundant. 
2.  Since you have given the Chinese equivalents, you must be consistent throughout your piece.
3  This is the standard term used to for this period in Chinese history.
4.  Wrong word usage.  To wade means to "walk into something" for example,  "wading into a pool" means that the person is going into the water for a swim as enjoyment. 
5.  Again wrong choice of word.  To demonstrate is to show (表演).  If you want to use a big word, then a better word to use is "remonstrate" - as in remonstrating against the throne.
6.  China at that time does not exist as a nation yet.  It was a merely a collection of different states under the rule of a different ruler.  So the word, "loyalty" is more appropriate.
7.  Here's another peculiarity of English...  There is no plural for fish if it means the same kind but can be plural to mean different kinds of fish.  So when you say, "There are ten fish in the tank".  This means that there is only one kind of fish only.  "There are fishes in the tank", then it means many kinds of fish are in the same tank.
8.  I don't like to use same words in such close proximity.
9.   A national holiday is a holiday that is recognized legally by the government.  I don't know if this is true in China or not.  If so, put the this back for a clearer meaning, "a recognized national holiday"
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Chinese Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

Dragon Boat Festival is observed to commemorate Qu Yuan, a scholar and minister of state of Chu during the Warring States Period, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Qu is commonly believed to have waded into a river to commit suicide as a demonstration of his protest against corruption of the era, and his patriotism. People rowed in the river to look for his corpse, but no trace was found. To prevent his body from being eaten by fish, people threw rice balls into the river.

Nowadays people hold boat rowing competitions and eat 粽子 to commemorate Qu. We make 粽子 by wrapping glutinous rice with bamboo leaves. You can find 粽子 with red dates and peanuts, or meat and egg yolk which is more commonly seen in south China. The day was thought to be evil in ancient China, so today people still keep some customs to prevent diseases and evils. These customs include wearing 5 colored strings, and perfume bags, and hanging Chinese mugwort, and drinking.

Today people often think more of national holiday when Dragon Boat Festival is mentioned. This year my best friend will come over from Beijing to visit me, and we are going to Egil Olsen's concert. I can't wait to listen to his songs and eat 粽子 reserved from a popular store.

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