端午节英文简介ppt.ppt

* * Dragon Boat Festival What do you know? A. The date B.The origin C.The customs The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian.?  The?origin?of?this?festival?centers?around? a?government?official?named?Qu?Yuan. ?  He?was?a?good?and?respected?man.? 朝搴阰之木兰兮 夕揽洲之宿莽 日月忽其不淹兮 春与秋其代序 唯草木之零落兮 恐美人之迟暮 Unable?to?regain?the?respect?of?the?emperor, in?his?sorrow?Qu?Yuan?threw?himself?into ?the?Mi?Luo?river. ?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?while throwing?rice?into?the?waters?to?appease?the?river ?dragons.  Although?they?were?unable?to?find?Qu? Yuan,?their?efforts?are?still?commemorated?today? during?the?Dragon?Boat?Festival.  Hanging Calamus and Moxa Dragon Boat Race The Culture of Zongzi Realgear Wine ?Many Chinese consider?this?time?of?year ?an?especially dangerous?time?when?extra efforts?must?be?made?to?protect?their? family?from?illness. Ai Hao is a kind of special felon herb ,the leaves of which are believed by our Chinese people to have magic power of protecting us from dangerous or evil things. Usually people hang it over the door. 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. ?These? exciting?races?were?inspired?by?the ?villagers?valiant?attempts?to?rescue?Qu? Yuan?from?the?Mi?Luo?river.?This?tradition?has? remained?unbroken?for?centuries.?  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.? The?tradition?of?tzung?tzu?is?meant?to remind?us?of?the?village?fishermen?scattering rice?across?the?water?of?the?Mi?Luo?river?in? order?to?appease?the?river?dragons?so?th