端午節(jié)又稱重陽節(jié)，在我國，春節(jié)、中秋節(jié)、端午節(jié)并成中國三大傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日，而端午節(jié)又是其中最古老的節(jié)日。

關(guān)于端午節(jié)的“前世今生”眾說紛紜，其中，最為大家所熟悉的是紀念愛國詩人屈原(In order to commemorate patriotic Poet Qu Yuan who jumped into Miluo River)，其余諸如：紀念伍子胥說(Wu Zixu's death anniversary) ;紀念東漢孝女曹娥說(Cao E looked for her father’s corpse);起于三代夏至節(jié)說;惡月惡日驅(qū)避說…… 以上各說，各本其源。

據(jù)聞一多先生的《端午考》和《端午的歷史教育》古籍記載及專家考古考證，端午的真正起源是中國古代新石器時代，南方吳越民族舉行圖騰祭的節(jié)日，時間比戰(zhàn)國時期屈原更早。

Eating Tsung-Tse

品粽子

Dating back to the warring states period in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates qu yuan, In order to commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan who jumped into the Miluo river, and avoid his body to be eaten by fish and shrimp, so people cast many of bamboo rice (rice dumplings) in the river, and compete to row (acetate ship) hoping to find the body of Qu yuan.over the years, eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.

有關(guān)粽子的由來，這就要追溯到公元前227年的戰(zhàn)國時期，為了紀念楚國的大夫屈原，為了紀念愛國詩人屈原，居民們?yōu)榱瞬蛔屘裸枇_江的屈原尸體被魚蝦吃掉，所以在江里投下許多用竹葉包裹的米食粽子。

而如今，粽子早已成為我國家喻戶曉的美食小吃，而且，我國各地粽子種類也不同。

北京：

In Beijing, they are most commonly stuffed with a candied or dried jujube, the dried Chinese red date. Some zongzi are left plain, to be dipped into sugar.

北京粽子通常會以dried Chinese red date(紅棗)作餡，有些粽子本身不加調(diào)料，吃的時候蘸糖吃。

廣東、福建和廣西：

people soak the glutinous rice in alkaline water, which gives the rice a honey-colored glaze and a softer texture.

在廣東、福建和廣西壯族自治區(qū)的一些地方，人們會把糯米浸在alkaline water(堿水)里，這樣糯米就會變成蜜黃色，質(zhì)地也會更柔軟。

四川和江浙：

People in Sichuan province make a spicy zongzi with chili powder and preserved pork while in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, the locals put a piece of pork fat into the dumpling to give it a special aroma.

Jiaxing zongzi use chicken and "eight treasure" stuffing, as well as the more common red bean paste and preserved duck egg yolk.

But fresh pork zongzi is the most popular.

四川人通常用chili powder(辣椒粉)和preserved pork(腌豬肉)來包一種“辣粽”，而在江浙地區(qū)，當?shù)厝藭隰兆永锇M一塊pork fat(豬油)，讓粽子吃起來更香。我國最著名的粽子還屬嘉興粽，嘉興的粽子填料用的是雞肉和“八寶”，也有包紅豆沙和咸蛋黃的。

Drinking Realgar Wine

飲雄黃酒

People drink realgar wine to protect themselves from illness. Adults drink realgar wine, which can fend off evil spirits. A doctors say that itis poisonous and undrinkable.

從古時開始，在中國南方地區(qū)，大家會飲雄黃酒，為了在下半年里預(yù)防疾病。但是，醫(yī)生建議雄黃酒可用不可飲，因為過量會中毒。

Dragon Boat Racing

龍舟賽

Over the years, the races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. The dragon boat festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of china in cities from vancouver to sydney, from gdańsk, poland to cape town, south africa. canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and germany has nearly 30.

而如今，龍舟競賽顯然激起了來自世界各地的人們的熱情，每年春天有將近60場龍舟賽在中國境外的城市舉辦，大家以賽龍舟的比賽活動來慶祝端午節(jié)，參賽小組劃著龍舟朝著鼓聲前進，最終達到終點。正因如此，端午節(jié)就如同圣誕節(jié)一樣，也成為了一項國際性的節(jié)日。從溫哥華到悉尼，從波蘭的格但斯克到南非的開普敦。單單字加拿大就有將近50支龍舟隊伍，德國則有近30個。

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