Elena is celebrating the Duanwu Festival with her family and friends. What is the Duanwu festival? How is it celebrated? Elena and the Dragon King discuss it as they play a guessing game. Is the Dragon King real?

端午节快到了，奶奶告诉伊伊“五月五，庆端午，划龙舟，敲锣鼓。龙王掌管降雨，龙舟赛就是祭拜龙神、祈祷风调雨顺、国泰民安的一种形式。”伊伊想，“他那么神通广大，应该可以解答我的所有问题吧？”五天五件事，每晚伊伊都把自己困惑的问题留给龙王来“指点迷经”。这五件事包括家里的活动、学校的活动以及陪爸爸去参加龙舟赛。直到故事末尾，才点出每天“聆听”伊伊故事和问题并给出参考答案的就是爸爸。

Dingli Stevens has a master degree in Television Engineering and PhD in Film Study. She lectures in Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing. Together with her husband and two daughters, Dingli lives in Singapore. She organises monthly children books reading programmes, FREL (Fun to Read, Easy to Learn) in Singapore, which encourages children to read more books and to improve their storytelling. Besides these, Dingli also writes a weekly online column called Kidsbookparty to share stories about reading and education.

丁丁，两个女娃的妈咪，影视技术工科出身的电影学博士。从教多年，致力于儿童电影素养教育和公益项目。资深阅读推广人、影视编导和节展策划。最幸福的事——带着孩子阅读、游戏、学习、走遍天下！