端午節的英語

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用英語介紹端午節

端午節(DragonBoatFestival)為每年農歷五月初五，又稱端陽節、

午日節、五月節等。"端午節'為中國國家法定節假日之一，并已被列

入世界非物質文化遺產名錄。端午節起源于中國，最初是中國人民祛

病防疫的節日，吳越之地春秋之前有在農歷五月初五以龍舟競渡形式

進行部落圖騰祭祀的風俗;后因詩人屈原在這一天死去，便成了中國

人民紀念屈原的傳統節日;部分地區也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥等說法。

近年來，有許多外國人也跟著過"中國節'，那么如何向他們介紹端午

節呢?下面是由第一我整理的如何用英語介紹端午節，盼望大家喜愛!

TheFestival節日概括

TheDragonBoatFestival,alsoknownasDuanwuFestival,

occursonthe5thdayofthe5thmonthofthetraditionallunar

ctdatevariesfromyeartoyearonthe

20xx,itoccurredonJune2;in20xx,

itoccurredonJune20,andin20xx,

festivalwaslongmarkedasaculturalfestivalinChina,the

government,however,didnotofficiallyrecognizeDuanwuasa

publicholidayuntil20xx.

lunarcalendar中國傳統的農歷

Gregoriancalendar格里高里歷,所謂的公歷

Vary改變v.

publicholiday國定假期,法定假期，

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也可以稱statutoryholiday

Thefocusofmostcelebrationsinvolveatingzongzi

(stickyrice/glutinousricewrappedinbambooleaves),

drinkingrealgarwine,is

consideredtobeatitsstrongestaroundthetimeofsummer

solstice.

bambooleaves竹葉

realgarwine雄黃酒

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餡

bambooleaves竹葉

Zongzi,粽子的拼音，牛津詞典收錄單詞。但是假如你擔憂外

國伴侶聽不懂，你也可以說ricedumpling或者stickyricedumpling,

或者stickyrice/glutinousricewrappedinbambooleaves.

TheName節日名稱

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TheofficialEnglishnamefortheholiday,DragonBoat

Festival,directlytranslatesintotwoalternativeChine

namesfortheholiday,LngchunjiandLngzhōalaysian,

Singaporeanpeople,thefestivalisalsoknownastheFifth

MonthFestival,theFifthDayFestival,andtheDumpling

nesian,thefestivalisknownasPehCun,which

isderivedfromtheHokkienphra(扒船).

端午節的官方英文翻譯是DragonBoatFestival(直譯為:龍

舟節),另外流行的稱呼還包括：端午的拼音DuanwuFestival,和

DoubleFifthFestival

Malaysian馬來西亞的,

Singaporean新加坡的

dumpling是一個特別概括的單詞，除了表示餃子，湯圓,包

子以外，還可以表示粽子。

TheStory淵源故事

ThestorybestknowninmodernChinaholdsthatthe

festivalcommemoratesthedeathofthepoetQuYuan(c.340278

BC)oftheancientstateofChuduringtheWarringStatesperiod

etmemberoftheChuroyalhou,

QuYuanrvedinhighoffices.

commemorate：慶祝，紀念

Dynasty朝代,周朝就可以說ZhouDynasty,唐朝可以說

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TangDynasty

WarringStatesperiod戰國時期,春秋時期可以說Spring

andAutumnperiod

However,whenthekingdecidedtoallywiththe

increasinglypowerfulstateofQin,Quwasbanishedfor

his

exile,eightyears

later,QincapturedYing,air,QuYuan

committedsuicidebydrowninghimlfintheMiluoRiver.

banish驅除

treason叛國

exile流放

suicide自殺,描述自殺這個動作可以說commitsuicide.

Itissaidthatthelocalpeople,whoadmiredhim,raced

outintheirboatstosavehimoratleastretrievehisbody.

hisbodycouldnotbefound,theydroppedballsofstickyrice

intotheriversothatthefishwouldeattheminsteadofQu

saidtobetheoriginofzongzi.

Itissaid...據說

retrieve取回

origin起源，淵源

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當然除了屈原之外，部分地區也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥等說法。

盼望今日的共享對你對這一節日的英文表達有關心。HappyDragon

BoatFestival!