吃粽子的来历英文

吃粽子的来历英文

吃粽子的来历英文

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吃粽子的来历英文

A Chine holiday is gaining worldwide popularity

Some holidays are so much fun that they catch on outside of

their culture. The most obvious example is probably Christmas,

which is celebrated around the world by people who aren’t even

Christian.

Similarly, in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival has moved

beyond China to become an international holiday celebrated by

people who may know little about the holiday’s origins.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three major Chine

holidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three,

it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring States Period

in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the

rvice of the Chu Emperor.

Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himlf into a

river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to

save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the

people scattered rice on the water.

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demi transformed into

the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind

of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.

The races have certainly captured the imagination of people

from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon

boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to

Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada

alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly

30.

So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to

foreigners? “It’s an unusual sport,” says one racer from

Germany. “It’s not like everybody’s doing it. That’s one of

the reasons that there’s such great team spirit in a dragon boat

team – everybody feels like we’re doing something special.”

And what about the zongzi? “Ehhh, they’re not bad, I

guess,” he says. “Something of an acquired taste. I just

haven’t really acquired it yet.”