用英语介绍端午节
用英语介绍端午节
【篇一：端午节的习俗中英文版】
the custom of dragon boat festival
端午节的习俗
1.dragon boat racing
赛龙舟
because chuese don’t want virtuous minister qu yuan died at that time, so there are a lot of people boating to save him after he jumping into river.
当时楚人因舍不得贤臣屈原死去，于是有许多人划船追赶拯救。
2.eating zongzi on dragon boat festival
端午节吃粽子
people boiled sticky rice or steamed reed on may 5 and then jumped it into the river, to sacrifice to qu yuan, with bamboo tube array sticky rice rolls for fear of fish to eat, gradually reed leaves maize replacing bamboo tube.
人们在五月五日煮糯米饭或蒸粽糕投入江中，以祭祀屈原，为恐鱼吃掉，故用竹筒盛装糯米饭掷下，以后渐用粽叶包米代替竹筒。
3.wearing perfume satchel
佩香囊
children wear perfume satchel on the dragon boat festival can avoid devil. 端午节小孩佩香囊，避邪驱瘟之意。
4.eating eggs
吃蛋
some areas will boil tea eggs and brine eggs to eat on the dragon boat festival. eggs are henapple, duck eggs, goose egg. painted red on eggshell, with colorful net bags, hanging in a childs neck, for blessing children, and hopping them are safe.一些地区，端午节要煮茶蛋和盐水蛋吃。蛋有鸡蛋、鸭蛋、鹅蛋。蛋壳涂上红色，用五颜六色的网袋装着，挂在小孩子的脖子上，意为祝福孩子逢凶化吉，平安无事。
5.drinking realgar wine
饮雄黄酒
this custom is very popular in the yangtze river area.
此种习俗，在长江流域地区的人家很盛行。
6.wash all diseases
游百病
this custom is prevalent in part of guizhou province on dragon-boat festival custom. some people will go to swim as well.
此种习俗，盛行于贵州地区的端午习俗有些人也会去游泳。
7.eat twelve red
吃十二红
gaoyou and other places have the tradition of eating twelve red. twelve red refers to oil shrimp, fried amaranth, salted duck egg yellow, cinnabar tofu and so on.
高邮等地有吃“十二红”的习俗。十二红指油爆虾、炒红苋菜、咸鸭蛋黄、朱砂豆腐等。
【篇二：端午节英文介绍】
dragon boat festival: 5th day of the 5th lunar month
龙舟节：农历5月初5
qu yuanthe dragon boat festival, also called the duanwu festival, is
celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the chinese calendar. for thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats.
屈原龙舟节，也被称作端午节，庆祝于中国农历5月初5。几千年以来，这个节日的主要风俗为吃粽子（用竹叶或芦苇叶将糯米饭包裹成金字塔形状）和赛龙舟。
the festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. this regatta commemorates the death of qu yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.
众所周知，人们在这个节日就要进行龙舟比赛，尤其是在有许多河流和湖泊的南方城市。赛龙舟这项活动是为了纪念逝去的屈原，历史记载屈原是一位正直，不甘同黑暗的社会同流合污而投河自尽的爱国大夫。
qu was a minister of the state of chu situated in present-day hunan and hubei provinces, during the warring states period (475-221bc). he was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. however, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified qu, he was disgraced and dismissed from office. realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the miluo river on the fifth
day of the fifth month. nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body. thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the state of qin.
屈原是战国时期（公元前475-221）楚国（今湖南和湖北）的一名大夫。他十分正直、衷心，并且自信可以通过自己的治国才能给国家带来和平和财富。然而，当时虚伪和和堕落的国王对屈原恶意诽谤，这使他感到非常羞耻，就罢官离开了朝野。意识到现在整个国家都处于邪恶腐败政党的手中，屈原在5月初5那天抱起一块大石头跳进了汨罗江。附近的渔民冲过去想要去救他，但却并没有找到他的身体。之后，楚国真的衰落了，最终由秦国所占领。
粽子为了纪念屈原，楚国人纷纷在5月初5这天将米饭团扔进江里，借此来慰藉屈原的灵魂。但是，有一年，屈原的灵魂出现了，并告诉悼念者江里有一个巨大的爬行动物偷走了米饭，建议他们可以将米饭用丝绸包裹起来，接着用五种不同颜色的线绑起来再扔进河里。
during the duanwu festival, a glutinous rice pudding called zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to qu. ingredients such as beans, lotus seeds, chestnuts, pork fat and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often added to the glutinous rice. the pudding is then wrapped with bamboo leaves, bound with a kind of raffia and boiled in salt water for hours.
在端午节那天，人们吃一种糯米饭来纪念屈原，这种食物被称为粽子。粽子的主要成分通常有豆子，莲子，栗子，肥猪肉和咸鸭蛋的蛋黄部分等。然后用竹叶将这些材料包裹起来，用一种纤维细线将其捆绑，放入沸腾的盐水中煮数小时即可。
the dragon-boat racesthe dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts to rescue and recover qus body. a typical dragon boat ranges from 50-100 feet in length, with a beam of