英文：The Dragon Boat Festival, originating from

China.was

originally a festival for ancient people to sacrifice to the dragon ancestors in the form of dragon boat RACES. Because of the warring states period in the Dragon Boat Festival, the poet qu yuan jumped into the miluo river to commit suicide. Individual places also have memorial wu zixu, cao e and jie zitui,

etc.In

general, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the dragon totem sacrifice, the Dragon Boat Festival as "evil moon evil day" from the

north.into

the summer season "disease prevention" fashion, attached to commemorate qu yuan jumped into the river and other historical figures to commemorate the content, and finally form the Dragon Boat Festival cultural connotation today.譯文：端午節，起源於中國，最初是上古先民以龍舟競渡形式祭祀龍祖的節日。因戰國時期的楚國詩人屈原在端午節抱石跳汨羅江自盡，後亦將端午節作為紀念屈原的節日；個別地方也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥及介子推等說法。總的來說，端午節起源於龍圖騰祭祀，把端午視為“惡月惡日”起於北方，注入夏季時令“祛病防疫"風尚，附會紀念屈原跳江自盡等歷史人物紀念內容，最後形成如今端午節文化內涵。

The Dragon Boat Festival origin and fable Dragon Boat Festival are theancient traditional holiday, the beginning to China"s Spring andAutumn Period Warring States time, until now already some more than2,000 years history. Dragon Boat Festival"s origin and the fable arevery many, here only introduces following four kinds: The source tocommemorates Qu Yuan according to "Shihchi" "Qu Yuan the Jia freshbiography" the record, Qu Yuan, is Spring and Autumn Period timeMinister Chu Huaiwang. He initiates to lift virtuous giving energy,富國強兵, advocated strongly association Qi Kangqin, encountersperson"s the and so on expensive 族子 orchid intense opposition, QuYuan suffers greedily goes to the duty, is expelled the capital city,exiles 沅, the Hunan basin. He in the exile, wrote down has beenconcerned about country and people "離騷", "Day Asked", "Nine Songs"and so on immortal poem, the alone style, affected profoundly (thus,Dragon Boat Festival also called poet festival). 278 B.C., the Qinarmed force breaks through the Chu country Kyoto. Qu Yuan saw ownmotherland are invaded, feels as if a knife were piercing heart, butthroughout does not endure to discard own motherland, on May 5, afterhas written down 絕筆 makes "Bosom Sand", holds the stone to throwthe Miluo river body to die, has composed a tune grand patriotismmusic movement by own life. After fable Qu Yuan died, the Chu countrycommon people are sorrowful exceptionally, well up in abundance to汨羅 the waterfront are grieved by reminder of deceased Qu Yuan. Thefishermen delimit the ships, back and forth salvages his true body inthe river. Has a fisherman to put out food and so on food group, eggwhich prepares for Qu Yuan, "splash, splash" throws in the river, saidwas lets the fish lobster crab eat to the full, could not go nipsDoctor Qu"s body. After the people see imitate in abundance. A seniordoctor brings world realgar wine to pour into in the river, said wantsthe medicine corona flood dragon marine animals, in order to avoidinjures Doctor Qu. Afterwards for feared the food group eats for theflood dragon, the people find out with the melia japonica leaf 包飯,outside entangles the color silk, develops Cheng Zongzi. Later, inevery year in May fifth day, will have the dragon boat boat race, haseaten the steamed rice dumpling, drinks the realgar wine the custom;To this comes commemorative patriotic poet Qu Yuan. The source tocommemorates Wu Zixu Dragon Boat Festival the second fable, spreadsarea Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces very broadly, is commemorates theSpring and Autumn Period time (the B.C.E. 770-- previous 476 years) WuZixu. Wu Zixu, the Chu country person, 父兄 kills for Chu king,afterwards the child assisted 棄暗投明, rushes to the Wu country,helped Wu Fachu, five fought enters Chu Duying the city. At that timeChu Pingwang has died, sub- assists 掘墓 flogs a corpse 300, to thenewspaper kills 父兄 the enmity. After Wu Wanghe the hut dies, itssub- husband difference continues the position, the Wu armed forcemorale high, is ever-victorious, jumps over the country rout,越王勾踐 please with, the husband difference permits it. Sub-assists the suggestion, should thoroughly eliminate more the country,the husband misses does not listen, Wu Guoda butchers, is jumped overthe country bribe, the slanderous talk frames the child to assist,husband bad letter it, bestows the child to assist the treasuredsword, sub- Xu Yici dies. Sub- Xu Benwei loyal is good, is unafraid ofdeath, said in front of dying to the neighbor person: "After I died,digs out my eye is hanging east gate of in the Wujing, looked more thecountry army enters the city to extinguish Wu", then suicides dies,the husband misses Wen Yan to be angry, is assisted the wrench thecorpse to install in the leather invests on May 5 the big river,therefore hands down Dragon Boat Festival also for commemorates dateof the Wu Zixu. The source to commemoration 孝女 Cao the E DragonBoat Festival"s third fable, is for commemorates the Eastern HanDynasty (the A.D. 23--220 year) 孝女 Cao Ejiu the father to throwthe river. Cao E is the Eastern Han Dynasty 上虞 person, the fatherdrowns Yu Jiangzhong, on severalth does not see the corpse, at thattime 孝女 Cao Enian the only 14 years old, the day and night alongthe river wailed. Crossed 17 day, also throws the river in May 5, fivewill hold the father corpse in the future. Passes on in light of thisfor the myth, subsequently hands down to the county government officecounty magistrate, made still to set up a stone monument for it, purelets his disciple Handan make the eulogy refined language praise.孝女 grave of the Cao E, in now Zhejiang Shaoxing, rear-drive CaoEbei is the Jin king righteousness book. The posterity forcommemorates the Cao E"s filial piety festival, the river placeconstructs Cao Emiao in Cao Etou, she lives the villages and smalltowns change name as Cao Ezhen, Cao Exun the father place choose aname as Cao"e Jiang. Source Yu Guyue the nationality totem offers asacrifice to the modern massive archaeological finds and thearchaeology research confirmed that, Middle and lower reaches YangtzeRiver general areas, in the neolites time, some one geometry 印紋ceramic remains for the characteristic culture. Should remain the raceis, is a worship dragon totem clan and tribe ---- history callshundred races according to the expert inference. On the unearthedearthenware decorative design in a utensil and the historical fable示明, they have break send 紋身 the custom, lives to the region ofrivers and lakes, compares oneself to others is the dragondescendants. Its production tool, are massive or the stone implement,also has the shovel, the chisel and so on the small bronzeware. As inthe daily necessities pots and blows, the fever boils food 印紋 TaoDing is they unique, is one of they race group symbols. Still hadhundred people until the the Qin and Han Dynasty time, Dragon BoatFestival was they establishes uses in to offer a sacrifice toancestor"s holiday. In in the number millennium historicaldevelopment, the majority of hundred Vietnamese people"s already fusedin the Han Nationality to go, other parts evolved for south manynational minorities, therefore, Dragon Boat Festival has become theentire Chinese nation"s holiday.

Dragon Boat FestivalDragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival) is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in

China.Legends

about Dragon Boat

Festival.There

are many different legends about the festival, but the most famous one is about Qu Yuan,a patriotic poet in ancient

China.Eating

Zongzi.Zongzi

is a kind of food made with sticky rice and is wrapped withreed or bamboo leaves. It has different shapes and fillings. In the northern part of China, people use red jujube as fillings. In the southern part of China, people use beans, fresh meat, or egg yolk as

fillings.Dragon

Boat

Racing.Dragon

boats look like Chinese dragons. A team of people row a dragon boat together. At the front of the boat, one team member beats a drum to encourage

histeammates.It

is said that the winning team will bring luck and happiness to the people of their village.中國端午節端午節是在每年農曆五月初五。它是中國最重要的傳統節日之一。端午節的傳說，關於端午節的傳說有很多。最著名的一個傳說是和屈原――中國古代的一位愛國詩人有關的。吃粽子，粽子是一種用糯米制作，用蘆葦葉或竹葉包裹著的食物。它有著不同的形狀和餡料。在中國北方，人們用紅棗作為粽子的餡料。在中國南方，人們用豆子，鮮肉和蛋黃作為餡料。賽龍舟，龍舟看起來就像中國龍。一組人一起划龍舟。在龍舟前端，一位隊員會擊鼓給隊友們鼓舞士氣。據說獲勝的那一組會給他們的村子帶來運氣和福氣。