端午节 · Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is the traditional cultural festival popular in China and the cultural circles of Chinese characters every year in the fifth lunar month of May. It originated in China, and is known as the four traditional Chinese folk festivals during the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
端午节
端午节,为每年农历五月初五,是流行于中国以及汉字文化圈诸国的传统文化节日,起源于中国,与春节、清明节、中秋节并称为中国民间的四大传统节日。
和端午
竞渡深悲千载冤,
忠魂一去讵能还。
国亡身殒今何有,
只留离骚在世间。
—— 张耒《和端午
一、 端午节的起源
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three major Chinese holidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three, it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring States Period in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the water。
端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中,它可能是最古老的一个,可以追溯到公元前227年的战国时代。这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原,他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他,却没有成功。后来大家把米撒到水里,希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。
英文小故事,讲述端午节的来龙去脉
二、 端午节的庆祝方式
在中国,不同的地方有不同关于端午节传说和庆祝方式,以下是大家最熟悉的几种。