传统作文之有关中国传统节日的英语作文

有关中国传统节日的英语作文
【篇一：中国各传统节日英语作文】



dragon boat festival, often known as tuen ng festival or duan
wu festival, is a traditional chinese festival held on the fifth day
of the fifth month of the chinese calendar. it is also known as
the double fifth.[citation needed] it has since been celebrated,
in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well, most
notably korea.

the exact origins of duan wu are unclear, but one traditional
view holds that the festival memorializes the chinese poet qu
yuan of the warring states period. he committed suicide by
drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the
corruption of the chu government. the local people, knowing
him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to
feed the fishes to prevent them from eating qus body. they
also sat on dragon boats, and tried to scare the fishes away by
the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce
looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.

in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also
celebrated as poets day, due to qu yuans status as chinas first
poet of personal renown.

today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed
the fishes) and race dragon boats in memory of qus dramatic
death.

中文：

龙舟节，端午节经常或端午节，是一 种传统的中国节日对中华历5
月5日举行。它也被称为端五。[来源请求]它已经被庆祝，以各种方式在其他地区以及东亚，尤其是韩国。

端午确切的起源尚不清楚，但一种传统的观点认 为，节日来源在中
国诗人屈原的战国时期。他犯的河中溺死自己，因为他是由政府的
腐败深恶痛 绝楚自杀。当地群众，知道他是一个好人，决定投身到
河里的鱼的食物，饲料，以防止吃屈原的尸体他们 。他们还坐在龙
舟，并试图吓唬由船上和激烈的寻找龙在船头头战鼓齐鸣声中的鱼
了。

在中国民国初年，段坞也被“诗人节“庆祝，由于屈原作为中国的第
一个著名的诗人的个人 地位。

今天，人们吃粽子的曲的戏剧性死亡内存和龙舟比赛（原本打算饲
料鱼类的食物）。

the dragon boat festival is a lunar （阴历）holiday，
occurring （存正）on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month （农
历史五月第五天） the chinese dragon boat festival is a
significant （有意义的）holiday celebrated （庆祝）in china，
and the one with the longest history （历史最悠久）。 the
dragon boat festival is celebrated by boat races （龙舟赛） in
the shape of dragons. competing teams （竞争团队） row their
boats forward to a drumbeat （击古）racing to reach the finish
end first. the boat races during the dragon boat festival are
traditional customs（传统习俗）to attempts to （试图）rescue
（搭救） the patriotic poet （爱国诗人）chu yuan. chu yuan
drowned （溺死） on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in
277 b.c. chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves （竹叶）
filled with cooked rice into the water. therefore the fish could
eat the rice rather than the hero poet. this later on turned into
the custom

of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings（棕子）。 the
celebration is a time for protection （防护） from evil（邪恶）
and disease （疾病） for the rest of the year. it is done so by
different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front
door， drinking nutritious concoctions （营养品）， and
displaying （展示） portraits （画像） of evils nemesis（邪恶报
应），chung kuei. if one manages to （成功做??） stand （直
立）an egg on its end at exactly 12：00 noon， the following
year will be a lucky one.

a chinese holiday is gaining worldwide popularity 一个逐渐受
到全球欢迎的中国节日

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.

有些节日实在是很有趣 ，所以在本土文化以外的地方也很受欢迎。
最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节，世界各地的人都会庆祝圣诞节 ，即
使是非基督徒。同样，最近几年端午节已经不局限于中国，成为国
际性节日，而庆祝的人可 能对节日的由来并不太了解。

the dragon boat festival is one of three major chinese 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
service of the chu emperor. despairing over corruption at court,
qu threw himself 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.

端午节与春节和 中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中，它可
能是最古老的一个，可以追溯到公元前227年的战国 时代。这个节
日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原，他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望
而投河自尽。镇 上的人纷纷冲上船去救他，却没有成功。后来大家
把米撒到水里，希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。

多年以后，屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子(一种包在竹
叶中的米食 )的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的想像，每
年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举 办，从温哥华到悉尼，
从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近50支龙
舟队 伍，德国则有近30个。

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.”

那么，为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢？“这是一项不寻常的
运 动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说，“这并不是所有的人都在从事的
运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高 昂的原因之一，每个人都觉
得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽子呢？“喔，我觉得它不难
吃 。”他说，“那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来
罢了。”

the dragon boat festival ,also called the duanwu festival ,is
celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

chinese always eat rice dumplings and watch
dragon boat races to celebrate it.

very popular.

the rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on.
you can eat different kinds of rice are very
delicious.

and dragon boat festival is for qu yuan. he is an honest
minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning
himself in a

river.

overall, the dragon boat festival is very interesting!

端午节(dragon boat festival)

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 emperors 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 peoples 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, andor 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 calamus(菖蒲) and
artemisia(艾草) above their doors, both as a decoration and as
a preventive against pestilence.

ancient folk medicines(民间药物) such as realgar(雄黄酒)are
added to the food eaten on the festival day. this is believed to
prevent disease and to promote a healthy digestive system(消
化器官). the drinking of realgar in wine supposedly relieves(解
除) the effects of poisons accumulated in human bodies.

the sachets (hsiang pao in chinese香包) are very popular with
children and they vie(竞争) with each other to collect as many
as possible. children are not the only ones who collect hsiang
pao. older people are often given them as a symbol of respect,
and they are highly prized because of the intricate(复杂的) and
beautiful embroidery(刺绣) that adorns(装饰) them.

the dragon boat festival is an entertaining and enjoyable
event. it gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of
the rich chinese cultural heritage

1、its chinese name qing ming literally means clear
brightness, hinting at its importance as a celebration of spring.
similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, tomb sweeping
day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the
beginning of the planting season and other

outdoor activities.

清明节，又叫踏青节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们
春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青， 并开展一系列体育活动的的
习俗。直到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛
行 。

2、in ancient times, people celebrated qing ming jie with
dancing, singing, picnics, and kite flying. colored boiled eggs
would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.

3、one theory is that since any number of ghosts rome
around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed
by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.

清明节扫墓英语作文

last qingming festival,i return home to worship my
ng festival is a folk the past,in the
past, the qingming festival was called arbor day. but today,
chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that
has grown. weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the
family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. unlike the
sacrifices at a familys home altar, the offerings at the tomb
usually consist of dry, bland food. one theory is that since any
number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less
appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be
plundered by strangers.

with the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day
to the honor past ancestors. following folk religion, the
chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked
after the family. sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep
them happy, and the family would prosper through good
harvests and more children.

1、its chinese name qing ming literally means clear
brightness, hinting at its importance as a celebration of spring.
similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, tomb sweeping
day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the
beginning of the planting season and other outdoor activities.

清明节，又叫踏青节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿 的时节，也正是人们
春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青，并开展一系列体育活动的的
习俗。直 到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛
行。

2、in ancient times, people celebrated qing ming jie with
dancing, singing, picnics, and kite flying. colored boiled eggs
would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.

3、one theory is that since any number of ghosts rome
around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed
by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.

清明节扫墓英语作文

last qingming festival,i return home to worship my
ng festival is a folk the past,in the
past, the qingming festival was called arbor day. but today,

【篇二：中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论】


中国传统节日的英文介绍和讨论

i 中国主要传统节日的英文翻译

元旦(1月1日)new years day

春节(农历一月一日)the spring festival

元宵节(农历一月十五日)the lantern festival

清明节(4月5日)ching ming festival; tomb-sweeping festival

端午节(农历五月初五)the dragon boat festival

中秋节(农历八月十五)mid- autumn (moon) festival

重阳节(农历九月九日)double- ninth day

除夕(农历十二月三十日)new years eve

ii 新年习俗英译 过年 celebrate the spring festival春联 spring
festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 new year paintings

买年货 do shopping for the spring festival do spring festival
shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern烟花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with
the loud pop.) 红包 red packets 舞龙 dragon dance (to expect
good weather and good harvests)

舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil
and bring good luck.)

戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show 灯谜 riddles written
on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 禁忌 taboo

拜年 pay new years call; give new years greetings; pay new
years visit

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones
ancestors

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year
gift 旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake团圆饭 family reunion
dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on new years eve

饺子jiaozi -; chinese meat ravioli ,dumplings

iii xinhua news agaency report

2007-11-07

beijing, nov. 7 (xinhua) -- china may increase the number of
legal holidays and include some traditional festivals, such as
the tomb-sweeping day, the dragon boat festival and the mid-
autumn festival, as part of the countrys legal holidays, sources
said.

the chinese government has formed a preliminary plan on the
new legal holiday arrangement and the plan will be released in
the near future. after that public opinion will be sought on the
internet.

as an ancient country with a civilized history of more than
5,000 years, some traditional festivals represent part of the
chinese nations cultural heritage. however, current legal
holiday arrangement only includes the spring ing,
professor with tsinghua university and member of the chinese
peoples political consultative conference (cppcc), said that
traditional festivals as legal holiday would help reserve the folk
customs.

the nations traditional culture will find its way to develop, cai
said.

fengjicai, a renowned chinese writer who upholds folk customs,
said the cultural meaning of chinese traditional festivals
should be restored and emphasized, especially with increasing
globalization.

chinese people currently have ten days of legal holiday. nine
days are for may day, the national day and the spring festival,
with three days for each, and one day for new years day.

however, the weekends on one side of the first three holidays
are designated as two working days, and people enjoy two
days off on the working days, which makes the holiday a
consecutive seven days. millions of chinese travel during the
holidays, so earning them the name golden weeks.

regarded as one of the most important days on the chinese
calendar, the tomb-sweeping day, or qingming festival, which
usually occurs on april 4 or 5 each year, was established by a
chinese emperor in memory of a loyal official who sacrificed
himself to save the emperors life more than 2,500 years ago.

the day gradually became a traditional occasion for paying
homage to ancestors and departed family members.

the dragon boat festival has been celebrated for thousands of
years to commemorate qu yuan, a great chinese patriotic poet,
who lived in the state of chu during the warring states period
(475 b.c. to 221 b.c.). he drowned himself in the miluo river in
todays hunan province in 278 b.c., on fifth day of the fifth
month of the chinese lunar calendar, hoping his death would
alert the king to revitalize the kingdom.

the tradition arose that on the day of his death dragon boat
races would be held and people should eat zongzi, glutinous
rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.

the mid- autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the
eighth month on the lunar calendar, is considered an occasion
for reunion of family members and loved ones. on the
occasion, they would eat moon cakes, light lanterns while
enjoying the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance,
harmony and luck.

the festival was flavored by the legend of change, a lonely
fairy on the moon. according to the legend, she was the
beautiful wife of hou yi, a hero who shot down nine suns
scorching the earth but was slain by his apprentice fengmeng.
threatened by the murderer, change drank an elixir and flew to
the moon.

china introduced the golden week holidays in 1999, in a bid to
boost domestic consumption.

it was reported that tourism revenue has increased from 14.1
billion yuan (1.76 billion u.s. dollars) during the national day
holiday in 1999 to 64.2 billion yuan during the golden week this
october.

statistics also showed that the year 2001 alone saw tourist
numbers reach 780 million, much higher than the figure of 240
million in 1989. while chinas outbound tourists rose to 12.13
million in 2001, a big jump from 3 million in the early 1990s.

but after several years experience, complaints about
overcrowding, poor service, a scarcity of hotel rooms, and
damage to scenic spots, especially historic sites, during the
golden week holidays have spurred debate over the merits of
the week-long holiday concept.

last year, caijiming proposed shortening the national day and
may day holidays from three days to one day and distributing
the days to celebrate four

traditional festivals - the dragon boat festival, mid-autumn day,
tomb-sweeping day, and new years eve.

other chinese scholars have also reiterated their belief that the
important traditional chinese festivals should be made public
holidays.

the current holiday system does not accord with the long-
standing customs of chinese people, said liu quili, president of
the chinese folklore society.

huang tao, an associate professor of the peoples university of
china, said the most effective measures to protect cultural
festivals were to make the traditional festivals legal holidays to
enable more people to understand the importance of tradition.

iv 中国传统节日的整体介绍

traditional chinese festivals

boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditional
chinese festivals compose an important and brilliant part of
chinese culture.

the formation of traditional festivals is a long process of
historical and cultural accumulation in a nation or a state.
festival customs passed down to today still show signs of
ethnic group struggles. festival activities always reflect
primitive sacrifice, superstitious taboo and earthly life, peoples
spirit and religious influence. sometimes historical figures
become the focus of a festival, showing peoples
commemoration for them and endowing some historical sense
to it.

moreover, traditional chinese festivals were often connected
with ancient astronomy, calendars and mathematics. jieqi, or
the 24 seasonal division points, is a key factor in forming
traditional festivals. according to the traditional chinese

【篇三：中国传统节日英语作文】

the dragon boat festival, also called the duanwu festival, is
celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the
chinese calendar. people always eat rice dumplings and watch
dragon boat races to celebrate it. the festival is best known for
its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern places where
there are many rivers and lakes. it’s very popular. the rice
dumpling is made of glutinous rice, meat and so on. you can
eat different kinds of rice dumplings. they are very delicious.
and dragon boat festival is for qu yuan. he is an honest
minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning
himself in a river. overall, the dragon boat festival is very
interesting! the middle-autumn festival the middle-autumn
festival is one of the traditional chinese festivals, it is often
held in september or october. during the festival, family
members get united and have moon cakes together. there are
various kinds of moon cakes, such as bean paste, egg-yolk or
meat. the shape of a moon cake is round as it symbolizes a
big moon. moreover, in the evening of the middle-autumn
festival, people get together in a vacant place, eating delicious
moon cakes while appreciating the beautiful moon hanging in
the dark sky. to conclude, the middle-autumn festival is a very
nice festival for chinese people. last qing ming festival, i
return home to worship my grandfather. qing ming festival is a
folk festival. in the past, in the past, the qing ming festival was
called arbor day. but today, chinese visit their family graves to
tend to any underbrush that has grown. weeds are pulled, and
dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food
and spirit money. unlike the sacrifices at a familys home altar,
the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland
theory is that since any number of ghosts roomed around a
grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the
ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers. with the
passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the
honor past ancestors. following folk religion, the chinese
believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the
family. sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them
happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests
and more children. chinese spring festival celebrating the end
of winter and the warmth of spring. it began in the last day of
the lunar year, ends in the 15th day of lunar new year, and also

is the lantern festival. during the spring festival, people use red
lantern and spring festival couplets decorate a house, put on
all kinds of colored clothes, often visit friendsand relatives or
together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious food.
the children are looking forward to receiving red envelope
money, and together they play each other the fireworks, with
happy. street with dragonand lion dance and some other
carnival activities，cctv will held the grand spring festival gala.
lantern festival is a china’s traditional festival. it is celebrated
on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar n
festival is one of the biggest holidays in china. several days
before lantern festival, people begin to make lanterns. lanterns
are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits
and many, other things. while making lanterns people usually
write riddles on lanterns. on the eve of lantern festival, all the
lanterns are hung lantern festival people go outside to
have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the
lanterns. perhaps you call see some wonderful folk
performances, dragon dance and new younger. everything is
very interesting and everyone is very happy. our life is rich and
varied.

生活就像海洋，只有意志坚定的人才能到达彼岸。

this is an apple. i like apples. apples are good for our health.