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Dragon Boat Festival
Duānwǔ Jié
端午节
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端午节 每年农历五月初五是端午节，也叫"龙舟节"。这个节日已有两千多年的历史。端午节的起源与爱国诗人屈原有关。据说屈原投江自尽后，人们划船打捞，并向江中投粽子以免鱼吃掉他的身体。如今，端午节有两个重要传统：赛龙舟和吃粽子。粽子是用竹叶包裹糯米和馅料制成的，有甜有咸。龙舟比赛热闹精彩，鼓声震天！
Duānwǔ Jié Měi nián nónglì wǔ yuè chūwǔ shì Duānwǔ Jié, yě jiào "Lóngzhōu Jié". Zhège jiérì yǐ yǒu liǎngqiān duō nián de lìshǐ. Duānwǔ Jié de qǐyuán yǔ àiguó shīrén Qū Yuán yǒuguān. Jùshuō Qū Yuán tóu jiāng zì jìn hòu, rénmen huá chuán dǎlāo, bìng xiàng jiāng zhōng tóu zòngzi yǐmiǎn yú chī diào tā de shēntǐ. Rújīn, Duānwǔ Jié yǒu liǎng gè zhòngyào chuántǒng: sài lóngzhōu hé chī zòngzi. Zòngzi shì yòng zhúyè bāoguǒ nuòmǐ hé xiànliào zhìchéng de, yǒu tián yǒu xián. Lóngzhōu bǐsài rènào jīngcǎi, gǔ shēng zhèn tiān!
Dragon Boat Festival Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, also called the "Dragon Boat Festival." This holiday has a history of over two thousand years. The origin of the festival is related to the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Legend says that after Qu Yuan drowned himself in the river, people rowed boats to search for him and threw rice dumplings into the river to prevent the fish from eating his body. Today, the festival has two important traditions: dragon boat racing and eating zongzi. Zongzi are made of bamboo leaves wrapped around glutinous rice and fillings, both sweet and savory. Dragon boat races are lively and exciting, with thunderous drumbeats!
📚 Key vocabulary
端午节
Duānwǔ Jié
Dragon Boat Festival
مهرجان قوارب التنين
龙舟
lóngzhōu
dragon boat
قارب تنين
屈原
Qū Yuán
Qu Yuan (poet)
تشو يوان (شاعر)
粽子
zòngzi
rice dumpling
زونغتسي / كتلة أرز
竹叶
zhúyè
bamboo leaf
ورقة خيزران
糯米
nuòmǐ
glutinous rice
أرز لزج
赛龙舟
sài lóngzhōu
dragon boat race
سباق قوارب التنين
✅ Quick quiz
1. 端午节在农历哪天？
What lunar date is Dragon Boat Festival?
2. 端午节起源与谁有关？
Who is the Dragon Boat Festival related to?
3. 端午节的两大传统是什么？
What are the two main Dragon Boat Festival traditions?