King Huai of Chu always listened to his advice but Emperor QingXiang didn't listen to him.
A big country called Qin wanted to annex Chu, so the king of Qin lied to the king of Chu. Qu Yuan saw through the tricks but the king of Chu trusted the trick.
Because of this, the king of Chu lost an important battle, the country was in danger.
Qu Yuan was sad. He jumped into the Miluo River with a big rock and dended his life.
The Dragon Boat Festival
Having dragon boat races
Some fishermen drove boats to salvage Qu Yuan's dead body
Eating zongzi
The villigers threw some rice with reed leaves into the river to keep the fish away from Qu Yuan's dead body
Achievements
He was one of the earliest poet in China
He created a kind of new literary style: The Songs of Chu
He was the founder of Chinese romantic literature
He was one of the world's four cultural celebrities
The classic verse
Long, long had been my road and far, far was the journey
路漫漫其修远兮我将上下而求索
A ruler is short, an inch is strong, things are insufficient, and wisdom is unknown
夫尺有所短,寸有所长;物有所不足,智有所不用