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端午節(jié)英文簡介第1頁/共15頁The

origin

of

this

summer

festival

centers

around

a

scholarly

government

official

named

Qu

Yuan.

第2頁/共15頁He

was

a

good

and

respected

man,

but

because

of

the

misdeeds

of

jealous

rivals

he

eventually

fell

intodisfavor

in

the

emperor's

court.

朝搴阰之木蘭兮夕攬洲之宿莽日月忽其不淹兮春與秋其代序唯草木之零落兮恐美人之遲暮第3頁/共15頁Unable

to

regain

the

respect

of

the

emperor,in

his

sorrow

Qu

Yuan

threw

himself

into

the

Mi

Luo

river.第4頁/共15頁

Because

of

their

admiration

for

Qu

Yuan,

the

local

people

living

adjacent

to

the

Mi

Luo

River

rushed

into

their

boats

to

search

for

him

whilethrowing

rice

into

the

waters

to

appease

the

river

dragons.

第5頁/共15頁Although

they

were

unable

to

find

Qu

Yuan,

their

efforts

are

still

commemorated

today

during

the

Dragon

Boat

Festival.

第6頁/共15頁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.第7頁/共15頁

These

exciting

races

were

inspired

by

the

villager's

valiant

attempts

to

rescue

Qu

Yuan

from

the

Mi

Luo

river.

This

tradition

has

remained

unbroken

for

centuries.

第8頁/共15頁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.

第9頁/共15頁The

tradition

of

tzung

tzu

is

meant

toremind

us

of

the

village

fishermen

scatteringrice

across

the

water

of

the

Mi

Luo

river

in

order

to

appease

the

river

dragons

so

that

they

would

not

devour

Qu

Yuan.第10頁/共15頁The

time

of

year

of

the

Dragon

Boat

Festival,the

fifth

lunar

moon,

has

more

significance

than

just

the

story

of

Qu

Yuan.第11頁/共15頁

ManyChineseconsider

this

time

of

year

an

especiallydangerous

time

when

extraefforts

must

be

made

to

protect

their

family

from

illness.第12頁/共15頁AiHaoisakindofspecialfelonherb,theleavesofwhicharebelievedbyourChinesepeopletohavemagicpowerofprotectingu