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1、端午节
端午节起源于中国，最初是中国人民祛病防疫的节日，吴越之地春秋之前有在农历五月初五以龙舟竞渡形式举行部落图腾祭祀的习俗；后因诗人屈原在这一天死去，便成了中国汉族人民纪念屈原的传统节日；部分地区也有纪念伍子胥、曹娥等说法。 端午节有吃粽子，喝雄黄酒，挂菖蒲、蒿草、艾叶，薰苍术、白芷，赛龙舟的习俗。

答案：The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China originally as a Chinese festival to ward off and prevent diseases. People used to observe it by holding dragon boat races for tribal totem worship on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Wu and Yue before the Spring and Autumn; later, it became a Chinese traditional festival to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan among Han people for he died on this day; there are also stories of commemorating Wu Zixu or Cao E in some other areas.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat dumplings, drink realgar wine and hang calamus, wormwood, mugwort, smoked herb and Angelica as well as hold ragon boat races.

2、元宵节
农历正月十五元宵节，又称为“上元节”，是中国汉族和部分兄弟民族的传统节日之一，亦是汉字文化圈的地区和海外华人的传统节日之一。正月是农历的元月，古人称夜为“宵”，而十五日又是一年中第一个月圆之夜，所以称正月十五为元宵节。又称为小正月、元夕或灯节，是春节之后的第一个重要节日。汉族传统的元宵节始于2000多年前的秦朝。汉文帝时下令将正月十五定为元宵节，是非常传统重要的节日。吃元宵、赏花灯、猜灯谜是几项重要的元宵节民间习俗。
答案：The Lantern Festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also known as “Shangyuan Festival”. It is one of the traditional festivals of Chinese Han nationality and some other ethnic groups, and also a traditional festival popular among the cultural circle of Chinese characters and overseas Chinese. Lunar January is the first month (yuan month in Chinese) of the lunar year. As the ancients called night “xiao” and the fifteenth day of the lunar January is the first night of the year to witness a full moon, the fifteenth day of the lunar January is called Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Festival). Also known as Xiao Zhengyue, Yuanxi or Deng Festival, it is the first important festival following Spring Festival. The traditional Lantern Festival of the Han nationality dates back to Qin dynasty, a kingdom founded more than 2,000 years ago. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the West Han Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the lunar January was officially designated as Lantern Festival, celebrated as a traditional and quite important festival. Eating rice glue ball (Tangyuan in Chinese), appreciating lanterns and guessing lantern riddles are important folk customs during the Lantern Festival.