脾气端午节英语作文(Dragon Boat Festival)

2021年1月8日发(作者：桑兰)
The Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(阴
历). It is one of the three most important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are
the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.

The story of this colorful festival concerns a famous Chinese scholar-statesman(政治
家) named Chu Yuan(屈原) who, some three centuries before the birth of Christ, served the
King of Chu(楚怀王)during the Warring States period. As a loyal minister(大臣), Chu Yuan
at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(君主). Eventually, through
the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(不足信的, 不名誉的).

Chu Yuan was never able to regain(恢复) the emperor's favor and on the fifth day of
the fifth moon in the year 295 B.C.(Before Christ), at the age of 37, Chu Yuan clasped a
stone to his chest and plunged into the Milo River(汨罗江) in the Hunan Province(湖南省).

Respecting the minister as an upright(正直的) and honest man, the people who lived in
the area jumped into their boats and rushed out in a vain search for him. This unsuccessful
rescue attempt is a part of what the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates every year.

Probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the
Dragon Boats. These races not only symbolize the people's attempt to save Chu Yuan,
they also demonstrate the Chinese virtues(美德) of cooperation and teamwork.

Another activity of the Festival is the making and eating of a kind of dumpling called
Tzungtzu (粽子). When it became known that Chu Yuan was gone forever, the people,
living along the river, threw cooked rice into the water as a sacrifice(祭品) to their dead hero.
They wrapped(包) rice in bamboo leaves(粽叶), and stuffed(填满) it with ham, beans, bean
paste(豆沙), salted egg yokes, sausages, nuts, and/or vegetables.

To the Chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the Dragon Boat Festival. Since
antiquity(古代), they have believed that this month is a pestilential and danger-fraught(瘟疫
的及充满危险的) period. Children born in this month are said to be difficult to raise(抚养),
and people tend to concentrate their efforts during this time attempting to protect their
families from ills and misfortune. The day of the Dragon Boat Festival is customarily the
time when cleaning and sanitation(卫生) are stressed(着重, 强调). Most families hang