The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar．For thousands of years, the festival ___________ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ________ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period（战国时期）．He was upright, loyal and highly respected．_______, he was dismissed from office．_______ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month．Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were _______ (able) to recover his body．
The people of Chu _______ mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost _______ year on the day of his death．But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile（爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice．The spirit then advised ________ to wrap the rice and bind it _______ throwing it into the river．
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize（象征，表示） the rice offerings to Qu．And the dragon-boat races symbolize ________ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.