英语翻译”中国有许多传统节日这些节日背后大多有故事比如说端午节”然后写关于端午节的故事

英语翻译
”中国有许多传统节日
这些节日背后大多有故事
比如说端午节”
然后写关于端午节的故事

Rice Dumplings (Zongzi) and Qu Yuan 鈥 About Duanwu Festival
The story of Qu Yuan shows us the legend of a tasy glutinous rice dumpling called Zongzi,a popular specialty consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.According to the tale,the spirit of Qu Yuan appeared before a group of fisherman,crying out to them that he was starving because a dragon was eating his rice offerings.
The offerings consisted of bamboo tubes filled with gluttinous rice.In order to prevent the dragon from stealing them,Qu Yuan ordered the tubes to be closed with lily leaves adn tied with multi-colored threads.
Today's Zongzi is made similarly,with a serving of rice wrapped in leaves and tied together with string.The way the string is wound and kontted tells waht ingredients are inside.
There are a lot of different kinds of zongzi,each with its own particular flavor,shape,and type of leaf for wrapping.Zongzi is usually four-sided with pointed,rounded ends,or pyramid shapes.Sometimes it is in the shape of a cone or cylinder.The glutinous rice mixture us wrapped in leaves of wild rice,palm or bamboo.Bamboo-leaf zongzi is a specialty of South China.
As for flavor,the Beijing style is the sweetest,with coarse bean paste.Guangdong zongzi is either sweet-tasting,with walnut,date or bean,or salty with filling ham,egg,meat,roast chicken.
Chinese culture has many,many festivals,commemorating some rather unusual events.Dragon Boat Festival is one such festival.This year,it fell on June 15.The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi,the glutinous rice dumpling,as it is translated into English,though I think that scarcely describes it.
In some places,they actually do have races of boats that are colorfully decorated with dragon designs,but I have never seen such a race.I have,however,eaten lots of zongzi.I was given several this year.You can buy them commercially and they are commonly eaten as a snack food,but at this time of year,you are likely to receive homemade ones.The rice is a glutinous rice and is very sticky.The rice may be white,as shown above,and it may have some red bean paste inside,though the ones you see here had nothing inside.Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce and inside is a small chunk of ham.In any case,each one is wrapped in reed leaves and steamed,I suppose,for a long time.At first,I thought they were rather tasteless,but I have developed a taste for them now,and I like to eat them,though once a year is enough.
The origin of the zongzi is as strange as the food itself.It seems that there was a Chinese poet and official (Chinese officials in ancient times were always poets; that was the mark of an educated and capable person) named Qu Yuan (pronounced a little like "chew you ann.") He was an official in the kingdom of Chu,in about 340-278 BC,which was before China had been unified into a nation.China has a tradition of ministers who give advice to the king,or emperor,and Qu Yuan was such a minister.Qu Yuan advised the king of Chu to prepare for war because the state of Qin was poised to devour his state.But the king thought he was safe,since the emperor of Qin seemed to be focusing on other,weaker,states.But,eventually,Qin did attack Chu,and the Chu kingdom was defeated.
Qu Yuan was so distraught over this that he committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River.His countrymen,upon learning of this tragedy,rushed to the scene in small boats and tried to find his body.They failed to find it,so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings and not Qu Yuan's body.Later,it became a ritual to eat the zongzi on the anniversary of Qu Yuan's death and to hold dragon boat races.
Qu Yuan --A Patriotic Poet
Qu Yuan lives in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.).Chu was in constant danger of being invaded by the states of Qin,the strongest among the seven states then existing in central China.As one of the dukes,Qu advocated that Chu join forces with the neighboring state of Qi to fight against Qin's troops.However,his patriotism and dedication were betrayed by capitulators who slandered him.The king of Chu believed them and sent Qu into exile.
Qu wrote many immortal masterpieces exposing the corrupt and incompetent feudal regime.In his autobiographical works he expresses his political position and his ambition of rejuvenating his state.When he heard that Qin troops had occupied the Chu capital,he threw himself into the Miluo River in despair on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
Duanwu Festival
As we enter the month of June,we find ourselves already in the middle of the year.However,according to the Chinese lunar calendar,the fifth month just begins and the Chinese people are preparing to celebrate another traditional festival -- the Duanwu Festival.
The Duanwu Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.For thousands of years,Duanwu has been marked by eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats.
The taste of Zongzi,a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to give it a special flavor,varies greatly across China.Zongzi is often made of rice mixed with dates in Northern China,because dates are abundant in the area.Eastern China's Jiaxing County is famous for its pork-stuffed Zongzi.In the southern province of Guangdong,people stuff Zongzi with pork,ham,chestnuts and other ingredients,making them very rich in flavor.In Sichuan province,Zongzi is usually served with a sugar dressing.Most people still maintain the tradition of eating Zongzi on the day of the Duanwu Festival.But the special delicacy has become so popular that you can now buy it all the year round.
Duanwu is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival,because dragon boat races are the most popular activity during the festival,especially in Southern China.A dragon boat is shaped like a dragon,and is brightly painted in red,white,yellow and black.Usually,a dragon boat is 20 to 40 meters long,and needs several dozen people to row it.Boatmen row the boat in cadence with the drumbeats,as the captain standing in the bow of the boat waves a small flag to help coordinate the rowing.Before the race gets underway,a solemn ceremony is held to worship the Dragon King.
Dragon boat racing is quite a spectacle,with drums beating,colorful flags waving,and thousands of people cheering on both sides of the river.Nowadays,it has become a popular sporting activity in Southern China.International dragon boat races are held in Guangzhou and Hong Kong every year.
The Duanwu Festival used to have other interesting customs that are no longer commonly observed,though you may still find them practiced in some rural areas.
Ancient Chinese believed the day of Duanwu was unlucky because midsummer was just around the corner.The hot weather used to bring various diseases,which could spread rampantly.Dispelling disease and driving out evil were the main purpose of the festival.People would paste on their front doors pictures of Zhongkui,a legendary Chinese ghost-catcher.People would also use cattail and mugwort leaves to drive away mosquitoes and other insects.
Since children are generally the most vulnerable to disease,they received extra care at this special time.Children would wear necklaces or bracelets,made of red,yellow,blue,white and black threads,to keep evil away from them.They would also receive colorful pouches containing fragrant herbal medicines as presents.They hung these around their necks,and would compete with one another to see whose pouch had the finest needlework.Mothers also made sure to bathe their children in water boiled with herbal medicines.Modern science has proven that these medicines are,in fact,quite beneficial to health.
Ancient Chinese believed realgar was an antidote for all poisons,and therefore most effective to drive away evil spirits and kill insects.So everyone would drink some realgar wine during the Duanwu Festival,and children would have the Chinese character for 鈥淜ing鈥 written on their foreheads with realgar wine.