the dragon boat festival 语法填空

the dragon boat festival 语法填空
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.For thousands of years,the festival(1)_(mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan,who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the state of Chu(2)_(situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces,during the Warring State Period.He was upright,loyal and highly respected.(3)_,he was dismissed from office.(4)_(realize)that the country was in the hands of evil officials,Qu leapt into the River Miluo that day ,he died
the people of Chu(5)_Mourned his death threw rice into the river to feed his goast(6)_year of his death.But one year,the spirit of him appeared and told that a huge reptile in the river had stolen the rice.The spirit then advised (7)_to wrap the rice and bind it (8)_throwing it into the river
During the festival,zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to Qu.And,the dragon-boats races symbolize (9)_many attempts to rescue and recover Qu"s body.