中國傳統文化：端午節

端午節起源於中國，最初是中國人民祛病防疫的節日，吳越之地春秋之前有在農曆五月初五以龍舟競渡形式舉行部落圖騰祭祀的習俗;後因詩人屈原在這一天死去，便成了中國漢族人民紀念屈原的傳統節日;部分地區也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥等説法。以下是小編為大家搜索整理的.中國傳統文化：端午節，希望對正在關注的您有所幫助!更多精彩內容請及時關注我們應屆畢業生考試網!

　　The Dragon Boat Festival

　　端午節

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.

每年農曆的五月初五,是中國傳統的端午節，又稱端陽節、重午節、天中節等。

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

過端午的習俗由來已久，大約開始於春秋戰國之際。但是關於端午節的始源， 卻有不同的説法。

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.

而其中流傳最廣、影響最大的是紀念屈原一説。

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

屈原自感無力挽救楚國的衰亡，於五月五日自沉汨羅江而死。

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，為了避免屈原的屍體被魚鼈吞食，便於五月五日這一天划着龍舟在江中驅趕魚鼈，並將包好的粽子投放江中來餵魚鼈，以保護屈原的屍體。