Dragon_Boat_Festival 端午节英语ppt节日介绍.ppt

Dragon Boat Festival About Dragon Boat Festival Legend Activices Hsiung Huang Wine Dragon Boat Race Rice Dumpling Chinese mugwort Poems About Dragon Boat Festival Story of White Snake There is a very famous traditional Chinese story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival. Once upon a time on E-Mei mountain there lived two snake spirits, White Snake and Green Snake. These snakes, being magical, turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou. When they arrived at West Lake they met a man named Xu Xian. White Snake quickly fell in love with Xu Xian and they were soon married. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival White Snake wished to stay home so as to avoid the Ay Tsao, used for protection from spirits, hanging on the doors of peoples houses. Her husband prepared, according to Fa Hais instruction, some realgar wine, as this was a tradition during the Dragon boat festival. White Snake, thinking her magic would protect her from the effects of the realgar wine accepted a cup. After she drank the wine she became very ill and was barely able to get to her bed. When her husband came to her side, he found not his wife but a huge white snake. So great was Xu Xians shock that he fell to the floor dead. She set off on a journey to obtain a potent medicinal herb, which could revive her husband. Returning and reviving her husband with the medicine. Standing an egg on end on the Spring Equinox   At any day of the year, take a carton of eggs and try to stand each one. Usually you cannot stand a raw egg because the inside of an egg is a very viscous (thick) liquid, and the yolk sits in this liquid. Making it very difficult to balance. However, with patience, you can usually make an egg stand up. It may take a lot of patience! If you can successfully stand an egg on its end exactly at 12:00 noon, then the coming year will be a lucky one. Hsiung Huang Wine Adults drink hsiung huang wine（雄黄酒） and children