Lu Xun's Dragon Boat Festival
Lu Xun's " Dragon Boat Festival " was a famous modern Chinese novel about the conflict between the Dragon Boat Festival tradition and one's fate. The protagonist of the story was a young man named Zhang Qing. His father was an expert in the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. He had a high status in his family. However, Zhang Qing did not agree with this traditional culture. He thought that this custom was hypocritical and expressed doubts about his father's practice. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhang Qing's father suddenly passed away, which made Zhang Qing very shocked and sad. He felt that he had failed to avenge his father and inherit the family tradition. In the following story, Zhang Qing met a girl named Li Songlin who loved traditional culture. They communicated with each other and gradually understood their father and family history. In the end, Zhang Qing decided to inherit his father's tradition and contribute to the family. This article expressed the author's reflection on traditional culture and thinking about modern life through the description of the conflict between personal destiny and traditional culture. It also showed the readers how a person could achieve personal and social progress through their own efforts and thinking, surpassing the limitations of traditional culture and family.