33 Dragon Boat Festival and its tragic origins(端午節(jié)及其悲劇起源)
In ancient time,there was a great poet called Qu Yuan.
在中國有位偉大的詩人叫屈原。
He couldn't bear the anguish when his mother land was invaded,so he drowned himself in the river.
他不忍看到祖國被侵略,投江而死。
Local residents rode boats to salvage and drop the rice balls into the river to distract fishes' attention from Qu'body.
當?shù)匕傩談澊瑩凭?,還投米團來吸引魚。
Later people memorialized Qu's patriotism by rowing and making Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival,Duanwujie. That's how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started.
后來,人們?yōu)榱思o念他,每年端午節(jié)都會劃船、包粽子,就有了賽龍舟和吃粽子的習俗。
A nation practice on Duanwujie is to put wormwood on the front door to repel evil things.
古時端午節(jié)的風俗是在門口掛藥草以預防疾病,驅(qū)除不好的事情。
In some places people drink realgar wine and children wear sachet.
有些地方還喝雄黃酒(藥酒),小孩子戴香包。
Now the family gets together on Duanwujie.
現(xiàn)在過端午節(jié)時常常是一家人團聚在一起。
Nowadays people have a variety of other activities to celebrate this traditional festival.
現(xiàn)在人們過端午節(jié)時還會以其他各種方式來度過這個傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。