拉风哥英语故事典故——端午、白蛇传

2021年1月11日发(作者：尤英)
端午 历史
The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the
longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons.
Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.

The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the
patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese
citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the
rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
The celebration's is a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year. It is done so by
different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions, and
displaying portraits of evil's nemesis, Chung Kuei. If one manages to stand an egg on it's end at exactly
12：00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.

Notesignificant：重要的
drumbeat：鼓声，打鼓
patriotic：爱国的




nemesis：报应风俗习惯



concoction：调和物
Dragon Boat race Traditions At the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing
teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races
were inspired by the villager's valiant attempts to rescue Chu Yuan from the Mi Lo river. This tradition has
remained unbroken for centuries.

Tzung Tzu A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists
of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of
tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low
river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Yuan.

Ay Taso The time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance
than just the story of Chu Yuan. Many Chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time
when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. Families will hang various herbs,
called Ay Tsao, on their door for protection. The drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons
from the body. Hsiang Bao are also worn. These sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs
thought to protect the wearer from illness.

风俗习惯端午节最重要的活动是龙舟竞赛，比赛的队伍在热烈 的鼓声中划著他们多彩的龙舟前进。
这项活动的灵感是来自於当时汨罗江畔的居民，在江中划船救屈原， 而这个传统也一直保持了数个世纪。
在端午节时受欢迎的食物就是粽子，粽子是以米包著肉、花生、蛋黄 及其他材料，再以竹叶包裹。而粽子
的传统则来由於汨罗江边的渔夫，将米丢入江中平息江中的蛟龙，希 望他们不要将屈原吃掉。农历的五月，
也就是端午节的这个时节，对中国人而言，除了屈原的故事还有许 多其他重要的意义。许多中国人相信五
月是一年中容易引发疾病的危险时节，因此必须有许多防备家人生 病的措施。许多家庭会将一种特别的植
物-艾草挂在门口，作为保护之用，而人们也会挂带香包，它是以 含有多种香味的药用植物所做成，也可以
保护人们远离疾病。

Traditions/Vocabulary race比赛（名词）

The races were very exciting because the cars were very fast and loud.那个比赛非常刺激，因为那
些车子非常的快速而且大声。