中国传统文化：端午节

端午节起源于中国，最初是中国人民祛病防疫的节日，吴越之地春秋之前有在农历五月初五以龙舟竞渡形式举行部落图腾祭祀的习俗;后因诗人屈原在这一天死去，便成了中国汉族人民纪念屈原的传统节日;部分地区也有纪念伍子胥、曹娥等说法。以下是小编为大家搜索整理的.中国传统文化：端午节，希望对正在关注的您有所帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网!

　　The Dragon Boat Festival

　　端午节

The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is animportant day for the Chinese people. The day called“Duan Wu”(meaning Day of Right Mid-Day) isobserved everywhere in China.

每年农历的五月初五,是中国传统的端午节，又称端阳节、重午节、天中节等。

This unique Chinese celebration dates back toearliest times and a number of legends explain its origins.

过端午的习俗由来已久，大约开始于春秋战国之际。但是关于端午节的始源， 却有不同的说法。

The best known story centers on a patriotic court official named Qu Yuan, of the State of Chuduring the Warring States Period more than 2, 000 years ago.

而其中流传最广、影响最大的是纪念屈原一说。

In a last desperate protest, he threw himself into the river and drowned.

屈原自感无力挽救楚国的衰亡，于五月五日自沉汨罗江而死。

Later Qu Yuan’s sympathizers jumped into boats, beat the water with their oars and made ricedumplings wrapped in reed-leaves (zongzi) and scattered them into the Miluo River in the hopethat fish in the river would eat the rice dumplings instead of the body of the deceased poet.

老百姓很同情屈原的遭遇，为了避免屈原的尸体被鱼鳖吞食，便于五月五日这一天划着龙舟在江中驱赶鱼鳖，并将包好的粽子投放江中来喂鱼鳖，以保护屈原的尸体。