Role play: (One day tour - Dragon Boat Festival)

e.g.(Monk) is from (English) and (he) is very interested in (Dragon Boat Festival). (So when the day comes, he pay a visit to us. It’s 7:00 in the morning. He’s now in ABC Hotel.)

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中华美食餐厅7:00-8:00

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In China, the Dragon Boat Festival memorializes the Chinese patriotic poet Chiu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC or 343-290 B.C.), who committed suicide by jumping into the river after tying himself with big rock on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.

Chiu Yuan was the number one advisor of the kingdom of Chu . But people were jealous his position and said lots of bad words on his back. The king wouldn't take his advice in the end and was killed by the enemy of neighbor kingdom. The new king continued to enjoy the luxury life and didn't like Chiu Yuan either. Later, Chiu Yuan was exiled. He wrote many patriotic poem after then…

8:00-10:00

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Do you want to buy a perfume pouch?(It will prevent you from contagious disease and keep evil spirit away.)

8:00-10:00

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10:00-12:00

Artemisia leaves

Make your egg stand up in horse hour(11:00 – 13:00)

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Lunch Time

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14:00-17:00

Dragon Boat Racing

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Let’s race!

9Dinner Time!

18:00-20:00

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rickshaw

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lóng chuán diào 龙船调

Dragon Boat Melody

zhèng yuè lĭ shì xīn nián ( nă yī yōu wèi ) 正月里是新年 (哪咿呦喂 )The first month of the lunar year was still the new year

mèi wá wŏ qù bài nián ( nă hē wèi ) 妹娃我去拜年 (哪呵喂 )I went to pay a new year call

jīn nă yín ér suŏ ， yín nă yín ér suŏ 金哪银儿锁，银哪银儿锁Golden lock and silver lock , silver lock and silver lock

nèi yáng què jiào wā shāo zhe yīng gē ， shāo zhe yīng gē 那阳雀叫哇捎着鹦哥，捎着鹦哥Magpies and parrots were twittering

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