Chinese FestivalsThe Festival 节日概括

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 a public holiday until 2008.

龙舟节，也称端午节，传统农历第五个月的第五天。确切日期每年都在公历上变化。2014是在6月2日，2015在6月20日，2016发生在6月9日。在中国，这个节日一直被视为一个文化节日，但政府直到2008才正式承认端午是一个公众节日。

o lunar calendar 中国传统的农历

o Gregorian calendar 格里高里历, 所谓的公历

o Vary 变化 v.

o public holiday国定假期,法定假期， 也可以称statutory holiday

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.

大多数庆祝活动的包括吃粽子（糯米/糯米包在竹叶上）、喝雄黄酒和赛龙舟。在夏至的时候太阳是一年中光线最强的时候。

o bamboo leaves 竹叶

o realgar wine 雄黄酒

o 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.

粽子，是一种传统的中国食品，由糯米制成，馅有不同的馅料，用竹子、芦苇或其他大的扁平叶子包裹。它们是用蒸汽或煮沸烹调的。在西方国家，他们也被称为粽子或糯米饺子。

o 糯米的英文：glutinous rice or sticky rice

o steam 蒸， boil 煮

o fillings 馅

o bamboo leaves 竹叶

o Zongzi, 粽子的拼音，牛津词典收录单词。但是如果你担心外国朋友听不懂，你也可以说rice dumpling或者sticky rice dumpling, 或者 sticky rice/glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.

The Name 节日名称

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

节日的官方英文名“龙舟节”，可以直接翻译成龙船节。在马来西亚和新加坡，节日也被称为“五月节”、“五日节”和“饺子节”。在印度尼西亚，端午节被称为“Peh Cun”，这是源于福建话。

o 端午节的官方英文翻译是Dragon Boat Festival(直译为:龙舟节), 另外流行的称呼还包括：端午的拼音 Duanwu Festival, 和Double Fifth Festival

o Malaysian 马来西亚的,

o Singaporean 新加坡的

o dumpling是一个非常概括的单词，除了表示饺子，汤圆, 包子以外，还可以表示粽子。

The Story 渊源故事

The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet Qu Yuan (c.340–278 BC) 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.

在中国历史上，人们传说最多的说法是端午是用来纪念周代战国时期楚国诗人屈原（公元前340—278年）的逝世。屈原是皇家内阁成员并在当时身居要职。

o commemorate： 庆祝， 纪念

o Dynasty 朝代, 周朝就可以说Zhou Dynasty, 唐朝可以说Tang Dynasty

o Warring States period 战国时期, 春秋时期可以说Spring and Autumn period

However, when the king decided to ally with the 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.

然而，当国王决定与日益强大的秦国结盟时，屈原因为反对同盟被驱逐，甚至被指控叛国。在流放期间，屈原写了大量的诗歌。二十八年后，秦占领了郢。屈原绝望地自杀，溺死在汨罗河中。

o banish 驱逐

o treason 叛国

o exile 流放

o suicide 自杀, 描述自杀这个动作可以说commit suicide.

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 origin of zongzi.

据说当地仰慕他的人划船来救他，或者找回他的尸体。据说这是龙舟比赛的起源。当他的尸体找不到的时候，他们把糯米球扔到河里，这样鱼就吃了糯米球而不是屈原的尸体。据说这就是粽子的由来。