端午節的英文故事

端午節的英文故事

　　端午節是中國的傳統節日，我們知道怎么樣用英語給大家介紹端午節嗎？以下是小編為大家整理好的端午節的英文故事，歡迎大家閱讀參考！

　　屈原的傳說【1】

　　As a minister in the State of Chu - one of the seven warring states before Qin (221BC - 206BC) in China's first feudal dynasty - Qu Yuan supported the decision to fight against the powerful State of Qin (one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)) together with the State of Qi (ibid). However he was slandered by the aristocrat Zi Lan and was subsequently exiled by the King. In order to show his love and passion for his country, he wrote many enduring poems such as Li Sao (The Lament), Tian Wen (Asking Questions to the Heaven) and Jiu Ge (Nine Songs) and is therefore regarded as a famous poet in China's history. In 278 BC, after finishing his last masterpiece - Huai Sha (Embracing the Sand), he drowned himself in the river rather than see his country occupied and conquered by the State of Qin.

　　On hearing of Qu Yuan's death, all the local people nearby were in great distress. Fishermen searched for his body by sailing their boats down the river and other people threw food such as eggs and food like zongzi into the river to attract fish and other animals from destroying Qu Yuan's body. Later, many people imitated these acts to show their respect for this great patriotic poet and this practice continues today.

　　Because Qu Yuan died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people decided to commemorate him on that day every year. Dragon boat racing and eating zongzi have become the central customs of the festival. For two thousand years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit has influenced numerous people and he remains revered by the people from all over the world.

　　屈原投江的故事【2】

　　In order to commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan who jumped into the Miluo river, and avoid his body to be eaten by fish and shrimp, so people cast many of bamboo rice (rice dumplings) in the river, and compete to row (acetate ship) hoping to find the body of Qu yuan.

　　為了紀念愛國詩人屈原，居民為了不讓跳下汨羅江的屈原尸體被魚蝦吃掉，所以在江里投下許多用竹葉包裹的米食（粽子），并且競相劃船（賽龍船）希望找到屈原的'尸體。

　　曹娥尋父尸的故事【3】

　　Cao E, dutiful girl of the eastern Han dynasty, whose father drowned in the river when she was 14-year old. She cried along the river, still didn’t see his father’s corpse after 17 days, and she jumped into the river on May 1st as well, after five days the two corpses folded together and float. That was a moving story, so people in the township worship her.

　　東漢孝女曹娥，因曹父溺江而亡，年僅十四歲的她沿江豪哭，經十七日仍不見曹父尸首，乃在五月一日投江，五日后兩尸合抱而浮起的'感人事跡， 鄉人群而祭之。

　　伍子胥的忌日【4】

　　It’s a legend that after He Lu ,the king of Wu died , the prince Fuchai ascended the throne, send armed forces to suppress Yue and won. Goujian ,the king of Yue please reconciliation , Fuchai didn’t listen but agreed treacherous official and judged Wu Zixu commit suicide. And jumped his body into river on May 5, since then people commemorated him on Dragon Boat Festival.

　　傳說伍子胥助吳伐楚后，吳王闔閭逝世，皇子夫差繼位，伐越大勝，越王勾踐請和，伍子胥主張和，夫差不聽，卻聽信奸臣言，賜伍子胥自殺，并于于五月五日將尸體投入江中，此后人們于端午節祭祀伍子胥。

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