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duānwǔjié běnlái shì zài nónglì wǔyuè wǔ rì ，zhè yī tiān ，rénmen huì bǎ xiāngcǎo 、yàocǎo fàng zài shēnshàng huò jiālǐ ，gǎnzǒu wénchóng ，yě huì hē yào jiǔ lái bìmiǎn shēngbìng 。

Dragon Boat Festival is traditionally on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. On this day, people will hang aromatic and medicinal herbs on their clothes or their homes. This deters mosquitoes and other insects. People will also drink medicinal wines to prevent illnesses.

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宿舍宿舍，因为那个地方呢，它是有那个就是以前啊，红卫兵那个年代嘛，它留下一些住宅。我们呢，就住在那些老房子里面。那些老房子虽然说蚊虫挺多的，因为那个时候正好是......

sùshè sùshè ，yīnwèi nàge dìfang ne ，tā shì yǒu nàge jiùshì yǐqián a ，hóngwèibīng nàge niándài ma ，tā liúxià yīxiē zhùzhái 。wǒmen ne ，jiù zhùzài nàxiē lǎo fángzi lǐmiàn 。nàxiē lǎo fángzi suīránshuō wénchóng tǐng duō de ，yīnwèi nàge shíhou zhènghǎo shì ......

A dormitory. Because that place, it had from before, from the Red Guard time, some residences that were left over. We lived in those old houses. Though you could say that those houses had quite a lot of mosquitoes, because at that time it happened to be...

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