Playing with “Zongzi”

In ancient times, "zongzi" was called "Jiaoshu", it was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. Zongzi is the must have for the Dragon Boat Festival. If there is no Zongzi on any day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it will feel like something is missing. Don't underestimate the small Zongzi. It has a history of more than 2000 years and is indispensable for the Dragon Boat Festival. Whether it is "folding Zongzi" or "fishing for Zongzi" games, it makes students feel a different kind of fun. With the crisp and happy sound of children, the thousand-year-old food culture of the Dragon Boat Festival gently opens to us. Each small "Zongzi" is a small seed planted in the heart of children's traditional culture.

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Making sachet

Fragrance can appreciate, when you wear the sachet, someone walking beside you, it encompasses the Chinese feel and culture. It is also a traditional custom to wear a fragrant bag on the Dragon Boat Festival. At the sachet booth, the students concentrated on putting together their own exclusive sachets, pair it with colorful silk threads, pack Atractylodes, calamus, moxa leaves and other Chinese herbal medicines, and the Dragon Boat Festival sachets are ready. While talking about the history and culture of the sachet, the students wore the "skill sachet" which exuded a faint fragrance and symbolized peace and completeness on their bodies.

Making paper kite

Flying paper kites on the Dragon Boat Festival is called "releasing misfortunes". The Chinese place beautiful meanings in the paper kites, such as wish wealth, all the best and good luck, etc. When the kite flies high, it is also the time when life rises high. At the same time, the kite spreads high and soars into the sky, leaving all worries and illnesses behind, forming the highest realm of Zhuangzi's philosophy - freedom. At the paper kite booth, students carefully made their own paper kites and left their sincere blessings. Let these paper kites carry good wishes, soar up to the sky, and spread good wishes to the world.

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Other activities

In addition to the above booth activities, there are also card games, dragon boat-themed bookmark design, and archery games. Taking advantage of the pleasant scenery and good performances, students enjoyed the traditional activities of the Dragon Boat Festival and felt the enduring charm of the traditional festival.

Kylin performance and Dragon Boat Race

Auspicious beasts move in the sky, Qi flows through the rainbow, good fortune is imminent, goods are abundant, weather is smooth, and the grain is abundant. The students and teachers from Longhua No. 3 Experimental School brought us a magnificent performance of the Kylin. Then came the dragon boat race, where MIS students competed on land to experience the power and spirit of the totems of the Kylin and the dragon.

The Dragon Boat Festival carries too many unique beautiful things for the Chinese nation, such as the belief in the dragon, the acceptance of blessings, and the pursuit of a better life. All of these are condensed in this unique festival. While leading international education, MIS attaches great importance to the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture. " Diving into night with wind and moistening, everything with thinnish sound ", we hope that this cultural heritage can be like a spring breeze and rain and be spread into the hearts of every MIS student.

On the occasion of this traditional festival, MIS wishes you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival.

MIS Chinese Department

云行雨施，飞龙在天；风长天阔，端阳人间。何愁梅雨不择闲，自有五月清欢间。转瞬，已到端午。

端午节是中国最重要的传统佳节之一，其别称众多如“龙舟节”、“重五节”等等。

在《易经·乾卦》中有：“飞龙在天”。更是将端午诠释为“得中、受正”的吉祥日。在那一天我们祭神拜祖、祈福攘邪、配香囊、悬艾草，将千百年来美好的祝福传递至今。后又有纪念行吟泽畔、蹈江而逝的爱国诗人屈原之说，无论何种解读，端午始终是一个凝聚着中华民族诸多美好与特别期待的传统佳节。

一树繁花半枚粽，都在巧手灵心间

戏粽子

 “仲夏端五，方伯协极。享用角黍（粽子），龟鳞顺德”。粽子是端午的“标配”，如果哪一天的端午没有粽子便觉得少了什么，别小看小小的粽子，它已经有2000多年的历史了，并且端午不可无此物。不管是“折粽子”还是“钓粽子”，都让学生感受到了别样的乐趣。伴随孩子们清脆的，端午千年的食粽文化向我们轻轻开启。每一枚小小的“粽子”，都是一颗小小的种子，栽种在孩子们传统文化的心田。

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心随月色遣入怀，囊进校城一院香

缝香囊

香可解此味，人间清欢，绣手旁走间，囊括华年。端午配香囊，也是端午传统习俗。在缝香囊摊位，同学们聚精会神地缝制着自己独属的专有香囊，配上五彩的丝线，装好苍术、菖蒲、艾叶等中草药，一个个端午香囊就做好了。同学们一边谈论着香囊的历史文化，一边把散发幽幽清香、寓意平安完全的“锦囊”佩戴在自己身上。

只凭一线上青天，中有天机合自然

制纸鸢

端午放纸鸢，谓之“放殃”，中国人将美好的寓意寄托纸鸢之中，年年有鱼，龙凤呈祥，燕子纳喜等等，风筝高飞之际，也正是人生高起之时。同时纸鸢高展，翱翔天际，也将所有的忧愁烦恼，疾病困扰统统抛诸脑后，形成庄子哲学的至高境界——逍遥。在纸鸢摊位，同学们精心制作自己的纸鸢，并留下真挚的祝福。

让这些纸鸢承载着美好的祝福，扶摇直上，翱翔天际，将美好的祝福播撒人间。

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端午樽前幸好戏，为君绝笔谢风烟

其他活动

     除了以上摊位活动之外， 还有纸牌游戏、龙舟主题书签设计、投壶游戏游戏。

趁着怡人好戏怡人景，好戏连台度佳节，同学们在各式各样的端午传统活动中，感受传统佳节不朽的魅力。

飞龙吐火照长空，舞动竹竿彻夜明

麒麟表演、龙舟竞渡

    瑞龙行空，气贯长虹，福祉临端，品物咸亨，虎步龙行，五谷丰登。来自龙华第三实验学校的师生们为我们带来了气势磅礴的麒麟表演。随后是龙舟竞渡大赛，MIS学子进行了陆地龙舟竞赛，感受着“麒麟”和“龙”图腾的力量和精神。

端午佳节，承载了中华民族太多独有的美好，龙的信仰、福的纳取，以及对美好生活的追求……都浓缩在这一独特的节日当中。曼校在引领国际教育的同时，非常注重中华传统文化的继承与发扬。“随风潜入夜，润物细无声”，希望这份文化底蕴，能春风化雨，撒入每个曼校学子心间。

在此传统佳节之际，曼校祝诸位——端午安康。

曼校中文组