端午節英文資料

端午節英文資料

【篇一：用英語介紹端午節】

用英語介紹端午節

the duanwu festival is a chine traditional and statutory

holiday. it is a public holiday in china, where it is called the

duanwu jie. in english it is also referred to as dragon boat

festival, after one of the traditional activities for the holiday.

the duanwu festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month

of the chine calendar, giving ri to the alternative name of

double fifth. in 2009, this falls on may 28. the focus of the

celebrations includes eating zongzi, which are large rice wraps,

drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.

the festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially

in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and

lakes. this regatta commemorates the death of qu yuan , an

honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by

drowning himlf in a river. the dragon-boat races symbolize

the many attempts to rescue and recover qus body.

相關詞匯介紹：

statutory holiday 法定假日

traditional activity 傳統活動

chine calendar = lunar calendar 農歷，陰歷

give ri to 導致，引出

alternative name 備選名

zongzi 粽子 a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glut

inous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leavesdouble fifth 重五

節，重午節

【篇二：端午節英文介紹】

the dragon boat festival（5th may in chine lunar calendar）

also called zongzi festival and dragon boat festival. it is one of

the oldest traditional festival in china with more than 2,000

years history. it’s said that it is to commemorate the death of a

chine patriotic poet, qu yuan. there are lots of activities for

chine people to celebrate in this festival. such as hanging

pictures of zhong kui, hanging calamus and moxa on the door,

eating zongzi, carrying about spice bags, drinking realgar wine,

organizing dragon boat race, etc.

1. hanging picture of zhong kui----- it’s believed that hanging

the picture of zhongkui on the door can prevent evil from

coming in people’s hou.

2. hanging calamus and moxa on the door----- people will

clean up the hou and hang calamus and moxa on the door to

meet dragon boat festival. in addition to against evil, it can

guide happiness into people’s

hou.

qu yuanthe dragon boat festival, also called the duanwu

festival, is

celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

chine calendar. for thousands of years, the festival has been

marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a

pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon

boats.

屈原 龍舟節，也被稱作端午節，慶祝于中國農歷5月初5。幾千年

以來，這個節日的主要風俗為吃粽子（用竹葉或蘆葦葉將糯米飯包

裹成金字塔形狀）和賽龍舟。

the festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially

in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and

lakes. this regatta commemorates the death of qu yuan , an

honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by

drowning himlf in a river.

眾所周知，人們在這個節日就要進行龍舟比賽，尤其是在有許多河

流和湖泊的南方城市。賽龍舟這項活動是為了紀念逝去的屈原，歷

zongzithe people of chu who mourned the death of qu threw

rice into the river to feed his ghost every year on the fifth day

of the fifth month. but one year, the spirit of qu appeared and

told the mourners that a huge reptile in the river had stolen the

rice. the spirit then advid them to wrap the rice in silk and

bind it with five different-colored threads before tossing it into

the river.

粽子 為了紀念屈原，楚國人紛紛在5月初5這天將米飯團扔進江里，

借此來慰藉屈原的靈魂。但是，有一年，屈原的靈魂出現了，并告

訴悼念者江里有一個巨大的爬行動物偷走了米飯，建議他們可以將

米飯用絲綢包裹起來，接著用五種不同顏色的線綁起來再扔進河里。

during the duanwu festival, a glutinous rice pudding called

zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to qu.

ingredients such as beans, lotus eds, chestnuts, pork fat

and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often added to the

glutinous rice. the pudding is then wrapped with bamboo

leaves, bound with a kind of raffia and boiled in salt water for

hours.

在端午節那天，人們吃一種糯米飯來紀念屈原，這種食物被稱為粽

pageantry creates an atmosphere of gaiety and excitement for

the participants and spectators alike. the races are held among

different clans, villages and organizations, and the winners are

awarded medals, banners, jugs of wine and festive meals.