端午节的英语

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用英语介绍端午节

端午节(DragonBoatFestival)为每年农历五月初五，又称端阳节、

午日节、五月节等。"端午节'为中国国家法定节假日之一，并已被列

入世界非物质文化遗产名录。端午节起源于中国，最初是中国人民祛

病防疫的节日，吴越之地春秋之前有在农历五月初五以龙舟竞渡形式

进行部落图腾祭祀的风俗;后因诗人屈原在这一天死去，便成了中国

人民纪念屈原的传统节日;部分地区也有纪念伍子胥、曹娥等说法。

近年来，有许多外国人也跟着过"中国节'，那么如何向他们介绍端午

节呢?下面是由第一我整理的如何用英语介绍端午节，盼望大家喜爱!

TheFestival节日概括

TheDragonBoatFestival,alsoknownasDuanwuFestival,

occursonthe5thdayofthe5thmonthofthetraditionallunar

ctdatevariesfromyeartoyearonthe

20xx,itoccurredonJune2;in20xx,

itoccurredonJune20,andin20xx,

festivalwaslongmarkedasaculturalfestivalinChina,the

government,however,didnotofficiallyrecognizeDuanwuasa

publicholidayuntil20xx.

lunarcalendar中国传统的农历

Gregoriancalendar格里高里历,所谓的公历

Vary改变v.

publicholiday国定假期,法定假期，

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也可以称statutoryholiday

Thefocusofmostcelebrationsinvolveatingzongzi

(stickyrice/glutinousricewrappedinbambooleaves),

drinkingrealgarwine,is

consideredtobeatitsstrongestaroundthetimeofsummer

solstice.

bambooleaves竹叶

realgarwine雄黄酒

summersolstice夏至

Zongzi,isatraditionalChinefood,madeof

glutinous/stickyricestuffedwithdifferentfillingsand

wrappedinbamboo,reed,e

esternworld,theyare

alsoknownasricedumplings,orstickyricedumplings.

糯米的英文：glutinousriceorstickyrice

steam蒸，boil煮

fillings馅

bambooleaves竹叶

Zongzi,粽子的拼音，牛津词典收录单词。但是假如你担忧外

国伴侣听不懂，你也可以说ricedumpling或者stickyricedumpling,

或者stickyrice/glutinousricewrappedinbambooleaves.

TheName节日名称

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TheofficialEnglishnamefortheholiday,DragonBoat

Festival,directlytranslatesintotwoalternativeChine

namesfortheholiday,LngchunjiandLngzhōalaysian,

Singaporeanpeople,thefestivalisalsoknownastheFifth

MonthFestival,theFifthDayFestival,andtheDumpling

nesian,thefestivalisknownasPehCun,which

isderivedfromtheHokkienphra(扒船).

端午节的官方英文翻译是DragonBoatFestival(直译为:龙

舟节),另外流行的称呼还包括：端午的拼音DuanwuFestival,和

DoubleFifthFestival

Malaysian马来西亚的,

Singaporean新加坡的

dumpling是一个特别概括的单词，除了表示饺子，汤圆,包

子以外，还可以表示粽子。

TheStory渊源故事

ThestorybestknowninmodernChinaholdsthatthe

festivalcommemoratesthedeathofthepoetQuYuan(c.340278

BC)oftheancientstateofChuduringtheWarringStatesperiod

etmemberoftheChuroyalhou,

QuYuanrvedinhighoffices.

commemorate：庆祝，纪念

Dynasty朝代,周朝就可以说ZhouDynasty,唐朝可以说

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TangDynasty

WarringStatesperiod战国时期,春秋时期可以说Spring

andAutumnperiod

However,whenthekingdecidedtoallywiththe

increasinglypowerfulstateofQin,Quwasbanishedfor

his

exile,eightyears

later,QincapturedYing,air,QuYuan

committedsuicidebydrowninghimlfintheMiluoRiver.

banish驱除

treason叛国

exile流放

suicide自杀,描述自杀这个动作可以说commitsuicide.

Itissaidthatthelocalpeople,whoadmiredhim,raced

outintheirboatstosavehimoratleastretrievehisbody.

hisbodycouldnotbefound,theydroppedballsofstickyrice

intotheriversothatthefishwouldeattheminsteadofQu

saidtobetheoriginofzongzi.

Itissaid...据说

retrieve取回

origin起源，渊源

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当然除了屈原之外，部分地区也有纪念伍子胥、曹娥等说法。

盼望今日的共享对你对这一节日的英文表达有关心。HappyDragon

BoatFestival!