By Zhang Cuiying
One of the greatest poets of ancient China, he exerted enormous influence on later poets with his highly original verse. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when he heard news that the capital of Chu had fallen into enemy hands, he threw himself into the Miluo River (in present-day Hunan province) and drowned. According to the Chinese traditional calendar, Duanwu jíe known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival takes place in his honour on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
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