关于端午节的英语作文：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 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)
关于端午节的英语作文：Dragon Boat Festival的延伸内容：端午节来历
端午节为每年农历五月初五，又称端阳节、午日节、五月节、五日节、艾节、端五、重午、午日、夏节。端午节是我国汉族人民的传统节日，这一天必不可少的活动逐渐演变为吃粽子，赛龙舟，挂菖蒲`蒿草、艾叶，薰苍术、白芷，喝雄黄酒。
端午节习俗 古老的端午节民俗有吃粽子、赛龙舟，在民间还有插“五端”、吃“五黄”、吃“五毒饼”辟“五毒”、系“五彩丝线”，佩带囊香袋香等习俗。钟馗捉鬼，也是端午节习俗， 在江淮地区， 家家悬钟馗像， 用以镇宅驱邪。吃粽子： 以祭祀屈原，为恐鱼吃掉，故用竹筒盛装糯米饭掷下。
端午节传说 端午也称端五，是我国最大的传统节日之一。“端”的意思和“初”相同，称“端五”也就如称“初五”。关于端午的起源说法不一，楚人纪念的是屈原，越人纪念的是勾践吴人纪念的是伍子胥和曹娥，其他地方也有自己的不同纪念对象。其中以纪念屈原之说影响最广、最深和最大。
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