端午節是我國的傳統節日，自今已有兩千多年的歷史了。它起源於春秋戰國，最早是為了祭奠含恨死在汨羅江中的屈原。經歷多少春秋冬夏，風吹雨打，端午節在許多古節日中保留了下來。你知道用英語怎麼介紹端午節嗎？我們一起來學習一下吧！
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar. The exact date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2014, it occurred on June 2; in 2015, it occurred on June 20, and in 2016, it falls on June 9. The festival was long marked as a cultural festival in China, the government, however, did not officially recognize Duanwu as apublic holiday until 2008.
The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice/glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. The sun is considered to be at its strongest around the time of summer solstice.
bamboo leaves 竹葉
realgar wine 雄黃酒
summer solstice 夏至
Zongzi, is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous/sticky rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo,reed, or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings, or sticky rice dumplings.
糯米的英文：glutinous rice or sticky rice
steam 蒸， boil 煮
fillings 餡
bamboo leaves 竹葉
Zongzi, 粽子的拼音，牛津詞典收錄單詞。但是如果你擔心外國朋友聽不懂，你也可以說rice dumpling或者sticky rice dumpling, 或者 sticky rice/glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.
The official English name for the holiday,"Dragon Boat Festival," directly translates into two alternative Chinese names for the holiday, Lóngchuánjié and Lóngzhōujié. Among Malaysian, Singaporean people, the festival is also known as the"Fifth Month Festival," the "Fifth Day Festival," and the"Dumpling Festival." In Indonesian, the festival is known as"Peh Cun", which is derived from the Hokkien phrase（扒船).
端午節的官方英文翻譯是Dragon Boat Festival(直譯為:龍舟節), 另外流行的稱呼還包括：端午的拼音 Duanwu Festival, 和Double Fifth Festival
Malaysian 馬來西亞的,
Singaporean 新加坡的
dumpling是一個非常概括的單詞，除了表示餃子，湯圓, 包子以外，還可以表示粽子。
The Name
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet Qu Yuan (c. 340–278BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. A cabinet member of the Chu royal house, Qu Yuan served in high offices.
commemorate 慶祝，紀念
Dynasty 朝代, 周朝就可以說ZhouDynasty
Warring States period 戰國時期, 春秋時期可以說Spring and Autumn period
However, when the king decided to ally withthe increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance and even accused of treason. During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Ying, the Chu capital.In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.
It is said that the local people, who admired him, raced out in their boats to save him or at least retrieve his body. This is said to have been the origin of dragon boat races. When his body could not be found, they dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead of Qu Yuan\\\\'s body. This is said to be the originof zongzi.
It is said... 據說
retrieve 取回
origin 起源，淵源
相關詞彙
Dragon Boat Festival端午節
dragon boat race賽龍舟
sticky rice糯米
zongzi / traditional Chinese rice-pudding粽子
wrapped in a piece of leaf / wrapped in leaves包在葉子裡
salty / savory鹹的
egg yolk蛋黃
patriotic poet愛國詩人
to commemorate Qu Yuan為了紀念屈原
lunar calendar農曆
keep up the tradition保留傳統
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