recordable雅思口语素材汇总之端午节

2021年1月11日发(作者：鲁清)
雅思口语素材汇总之端午节

雅思口语素材:Dragon Boat Festival(端午节)
Qu Yuan
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the
fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of
years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice(糯米)wrapped
to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) 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(赛舟会)commemorates
the death of Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by
drowning himself in a river.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei
provinces, during the Warring States Period (475-221BC)(战国时期). He was upright,
loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity
to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was
disgraced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands
of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo
River on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and
save him but were unable to even recover his body. Thereafter, the state declined
and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin.
The 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(爬行动物)in the river had
stolen the rice. The spirit then advised them to wrap the rice in silk and bind it
with five different- colored threads before tossing it into the river.
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 seeds(莲
子), chestnuts(栗子), pork fat and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often