Thanks a lot for your last letter, in which you asked me about the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival. Here is something about it.
Over a thousand years ago, there was a famous poem called Qu Yuan in China. He cared about the common people as well as the whole country, so he did a lot for them. However, he was not satisfied with the political situation at that time. What’s worse, he was unable to change it. At last, he felt so hopeless that he decided to take his own life (take one’s own life = commit suicide自殺). Finally, he jumped into the Miluo River and drowned ( drown淹死，溺死). In memory of him, people created the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so it is also called the Double Fifth Festival. It usually comes in June. In China, it has been a public holiday, so we have 3 days off. On that day, we usually eat zongzi, a kind of traditional Chinese food, which is made of glutinous rice (stuffed with different things). It tastes really delicious. We also drink xionghua wine. It’s said that it can keep us from evil spirits. To celebrate this festival, what’s more, we have many activities. The most popular one is dragon boat races. People usually take active part in them and enjoy themselves a lot during the races.
I’m really glad that you’re interested in our Dragon Boat Festival. If you want to know more about it, I’d like to send you some photos that I took during the festival last year. I hope they will be helpful.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
端午節(jié)英語演講稿篇2the dragon boat festival, also called double fifth festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. it is one of the most important chinese festivals, the other two being the autumn moon festival and chinese new year.
the origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named chu yuan. he was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperors court.
unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow chu yuan threw himself into the mi low river. because of their admiration for chu yuan, the local people living adjacent to the mi lo river rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons.
although they were unable to find chu yuan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the dragon boat festival.
dragon boat race traditions at the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. these exciting races were inspired by the villagers valiant attempts to rescue chu yuan from the mi lo river. this tradition has
remained unbroken for centuries.
tzung tzu a very popular dish during the dragon boat festival is tzung tzu. this tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. the tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the mi low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour chu yuan.
ay taso the time of year of the dragon boat festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of chu yuan. many chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. families will hang various herbs, called ay tsao, on their door for protection. the drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons from the body. hsiang bao are also worn. these sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs thought to protect the wearer from illness.
dragon boat festival in addition to known people eat rice dumplings, therich have around. monopterus eat egg noodles tea fan nanchang in jiangxiprovince, the dragon boat festival tea eggs and salt to eat eggs. eggs are eggs,duck, goose. eggshell painted red net bags with colorful, and hung on the neckof a child means a child wishes , safe and sound. eat rice cake to eat frieddumplings and so on. i like to eat rice dumplings, and the north and the souththroughout the different customs, dumplings of various sizes, there are saltysweet, have reached a large, three catties giant dumpling pocket, and there aresmall and small, passport-size longer than the sweet dumpling. .i have eatenleshan we produced the best son to eat meat, the rice holding in meat, fat andnot greasy, eating up a pepper and the fresh bamboo leaves, articulate liuxiang,long taste. the most valuable is cheap, there are 82 of each weight, only two offive cents.
today, dragon boat festival is the chinese people is still a very popularin the grand festival. starting in 20__ china for the promotion of nationalculture, national traditions reservations will be classified as statutoryholidays in may fifth.
Of my presentation today is entitled Dragon Boat Festival in May had five. Fifth lunar month, known as Dragon Boat Festival, client is the beginning, early means. Fifth Five-side can be called. Dragon Boat Festival will be called in some places in May Festival, Ai Festival, summer festivals. Chinas Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for Chinese people. Began in the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2,000 years of history has been. Dragon Boat Festival and the origin of many legends, there are: to commemorate Qu Yuan, said that the Memorial and Memorial said Caoe; According to Mr. Wen Yiduo the test of Dragon Boat Festival and Dragon Boat Festival the history of education cited research, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, China South Wuyue ancient totem national festival held in the festival, earlier than the Yuan. But thousands of years, Qu Yuans patriotism and his touching poem, it has been widely popular. In the field of folk culture, the Chinese people in the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat races and eating rice dumplings, are linked with the commemoration of Qu Yuan.
Today, I gave the students tell us about Qu Yuan said: Qu Yuan, is the minister of the Spring and Autumn Period . Ju-yin, he advocated empowerment, strongly linked Qi met with strong opposition from the aristocracy, Qu Yuan was greedy removal, were exiled. In exile, wrote a care for the Li Sao, Heaven, Nine Songs and other immortal poems, far-reaching (and thus, Dragon Boat Festival, also known as a poet). 278 BC, the Qin Chu Kyoto break. Quyuan see their country invaded, , but still can not bear to give up their own motherland, in the May 5, in the pen to write the way for after the death of Miluo River bouldering vote to their own lives wrote a magnificent piece of patriotism. Legend of Qu Yuans death, Chu abnormal grief people have rushed to pay tribute to Qu Yuan Miluo River. Fisherman from the vessel are designated in the river to salvage his round. A fisherman out of rice ready for Qu Yuan, eggs and other food, thump, thump, and thrown into the River, the said fish is to eat a lobster crab, it would not have bent a doctors physical. See below follow the example of people one after another. An old doctor was brought into a scene hsiunghuang wine-ri, said that the water dragon drunk beast collapsed, the doctor would not hurt the enemy. Later, for the dragon balls in order to avoid the food, people come up with neem leaves board, color outside the winding wire, developed into a .
Which is essential for the activities of the day evolved as follows: eating dumplings, dragon-boat race, hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica dahurica, hsiunghuang wine to drink. It is said that eating rice dumplings and dragon-boat race is in memory of Qu Yuan, so after the liberation of the Dragon Boat Festival had to be called the Poets Day to commemorate Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica dahurica, hsiunghuang wine to drink, it is said to be evil in order to pressure.
Dragon Boat Festival in addition to known people eat rice dumplings, the rich have around. Monopterus eat egg noodles tea fan Nanchang in Jiangxi Province, the Dragon Boat Festival tea eggs and salt to eat eggs. Eggs are eggs, duck, goose. Eggshell painted red net bags with colorful, and hung on the neck of a child means a child wishes , safe and sound. Eat rice cake to eat fried dumplings and so on. I like to eat rice dumplings, and the North and the South throughout the different customs, dumplings of various sizes, there are salty sweet, have reached a large, three catties giant dumpling pocket, and there are small and small, passport-size longer than the sweet dumpling. . I have eaten Leshan we produced the best son to eat meat, the rice holding in meat, fat and not greasy, eating up a pepper and the fresh bamboo leaves, articulate Liuxiang, long taste. The most valuable is cheap, there are 82 of each weight, only two of five cents.
Today, Dragon Boat Festival is the Chinese people is still a very popular in the grand festival. Starting in 2008, China for the promotion of national culture, national traditions reservations will be classified as statutory holidays in May Fifth.
the dragon boat festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had ahistory of more than 2,000 years. it is usually in june in the gregoriancalendar.
there are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the mostpopular of which is in commemoration of qu yuan (340-278 bc). qu yuan wasminister of the state of chu and one of china‘s earliest poets. in face of greatpressure from the powerful qin state, he advocated enriching the country andstrengthening its military forces so as to fight against the qin. however, hewas opposed by aristocrats headed by zi lan, and later deposed and exiled byking huai. in his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and peopleand composed immortal poems including l sao (the lament), tian wen (heavenlyquestions) and jiu ge (nine songs), which had far-reaching influences. in 278 bc, he heard the news that qin troops hadfinally conquered chu‘s capital, so he finished his last piece huai sha(empacing sand) and plunged himself into the miluo river, clasping his arms toa large stone. the day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the chineselunar calendar. after his death, the people of chu crowded to the bank of theriver to pay their respects to him. the fishermen sailed their boats up and downthe river to look for his body. people threw into the water zongzi(pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) andeggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. an old doctorpoured a jug of reaglar wine (chinese liquor seasoned with realgar) into thewater, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. that‘s why people later followedthe customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wineon that day.
dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all overthe country. as the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoespulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums,speeding toward their destination. folk tales say the game originates from theactivities of seeking qu yuan‘s body, but experts, after painstaking andmeticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious,semi-entertaining program from the warring states period (475-221 bc). in thefollowing thousands of years, the game spread to japan, vietnam and britain aswell as china‘s taiwan and hong kong. now dragon boat racing has developed intoan aquatic sports item which features both chinese tradition and modern sportingspirit. in 1980, it was listed into the state sports competition programs andhas since been held every year. the award is called "qu yuan cup."
zongzi is an essential food of the dragon boat festival. it is said thatpeople ate them in the spring and autumn period (770--476 bc). in early times,it was only glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves andtied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified, includingjujube and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk. if time permits, peoplewill soak glutinous rice, wash reed leaves and wrap up zongzi themselves.otherwise, they will go to shops to buy whatever stuff they want. the customof eating zongzi is now popularin north and south korea, japan and southeast asian nations.
on dragon boat festival, parents also need to dress their children up witha perfume pouch. they first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fillthe bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silkthreads. the perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front ofa garment as an ornament. they are said to be able to ward off evil.