The Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting and it is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to lunar calendar. People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.
The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice , meat and so on. There are different kinds of rice dumplings and they are all very delicious. The dragon boat races usually take place in the southern China where there are many rivers and lakes, it is very popular.
I love the Dragon Boat Festival 
 
Celebrate  v.庆祝，祝贺
according to  根据， 按照； 据....所说
lunar calendar  阴历
glutinous adj. 粘的.    glutinous rice糯米
take place  发生，举行
The Halloween party will take place next week.
southern  adj.南方的，南部的
southern China  中国南方
where 哪里，在哪里
此处是where引导的定语从句，where后面的there are many rivers and lakes用来修饰where前面的 the southern China
This is Xi’an where I have lived for fourty years.
This is the place where I was born.