AerialphototakenonJune13,2021showspeoplewatchingtraditionalshowsduringacelebrationoftheupcomingDragonBoatFestivalinXuyiCounty,Huai'anCity,eastChina'sJiangsuProvince.(Xinhua/JiChunpeng)BEIJING,June14(Xinhua)--OnMonday,ChinacelebratestheDragonBoatFestival,atraditionalfestivalobservedtocommemorateQuYuan,awell-knownpatrioticpoetfromancientChina.Quwrotemanypoemsthatexpressedhisconcernforthecountryandpeople,whichhavebeencitedbyPresidentXiJinpingonmultipleoccasions.Xi,alsogeneralsecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommitteeandchairmanoftheCentralMilitaryCommission,hasstressedthevirtueofpatriotismmanytimes.Thefollowingaresomehighlightsofhisremarks:--Theloveforone'smotherlandisthedeepestandmostenduringsentimentintheworld.--PatriotismisthecoreoftheChinesenationalethos.--PatriotismhasalwaysbeenasourceofspiritualstrengththatfirmlyunitestheChinesenation.--Patriotismisnotamereslogan.Apatriotisonewhocloselyintertwineshis/herownidealswiththefutureofthecountry,andhis/herlifewiththefateofthenation.--IncontemporaryChina,theessenceofpatriotismislovingthecountry,thePartyandsocialismallatthesametime.--PatriotismisthefoundationonwhichyoungChinesepeopleintheneweracanbecomewinnersinlife.