dear peter
  i know that you are eager to know more about the chinese traditional culture，so it is such a great pleasure for me to write this letter giving you an exhaustive introduction of this traditional festival。speaking of this festival it can date back to two hundred and seventy eight bc，which is called warring states periods
  an official who is known as qu yuan was unsatisfied with the political environment of the kingdom of 楚 threw himself into 汨罗 river。as a consequence，the people there through food packed with the bamboo leaves into the river in the hope of protecting his body。the food known as 粽子 has been passed down from then on。eventuallythe festival words fixed on the fifth day in the fifth month in chinese lunar calendar。in honor of this is especially people hold the race of dragon boats as well。therefore， we call this day the dragon boat festival。
  in the end， as a native chinese， i sincerely invite you to enjoy 粽子 and the rest of dragon boats。 look forward to your reply。