端午节英语介绍.doc

端午节英语介绍端午节英语介绍 端午节的由来 The Dragon Boat Festival,also called Double Fifth Festival,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar.It is one of the most important Chinese festivals,the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan.He was a good and respected man,but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor#39;s court.Unable to regain the respect of the emperor,in his sorrow Chu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Low river.Because of their admiration for Chu Yuan,the local people living adjacent to the Mi Lo River rushed into their boats to search for him while throg rice into the waters to ease the river dragons.Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan,their efforts are still memorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.端午节，又称为五五节，因为端午节是在农历的五月五日，是三个重要的中国节庆之一，其他两个分别是中秋节和农历新年。这个节日的由来是古代中国有一位博学多闻的官吏屈原，他是一位爱民而且又受到尊崇的官吏，但是由於一位充满嫉妒的官吏陷害，从此在朝廷中被皇帝所冷落。由於无法获得皇帝的重视，屈原在忧郁的情况下投汨罗江自尽。由於对屈原的爱戴，汨罗江畔的居民匆忙的划船在江内寻找屈原，并且将米丢入汨罗江中，以平息汨罗江中的蛟龙。即使他们当时并没有找到屈原，但是他们的行为，直到今天在端午节的时候，仍然被人们传颂纪念着。白蛇传的故事 There is a very famous traditional Chinese story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival.Once upon a time on E-Mei mountain there lived two snake spirits, White Snake and Green Snake.These snakes, being magical, turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou。另一个与端午节息息相关的中国传统故事是“白蛇传”。从前，在峨眉山上有两只蛇精，白蛇与青蛇。这两只蛇精运用法力将自己变成美丽的女子，并到杭州西湖玩耍。When they arrived at West Lake they met a man named _u _ian.White Snake quickly fell in love with _u _ian and they were soon married.A Buddhist monk, named Fa Hai, warned _u _ian of his wife#39;s deceptive earance and suggested him a plan。当她们在西湖玩耍时，遇到一位名叫许仙的男子，白蛇与许仙很快的相恋并且随即结婚。当时一位名叫法海的和尚，曾经警告许仙注意他妻子惑人的外表，并建议他一个揭开真相的方案。On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival White Snake wished to stay home so as to avoid the Ay Tsao, used for protection from spirits, hanging on the doors of people#39;s houses.Her husband prepared, according to Fa Hai#39;s instruction, some realgar e, as this was a tradition during the Dragon boat festival.White Snake, thinking her magic would protect her from the effects of the realgar e accepted a cup.After she drank the e she became very ill and was barely able to get to her bed.When her husband came to her side, he found not his wife but a huge white snake.So great was _u _ian#39;s shock that he fell to the floor dead。端午节当天，白蛇待在家里以避开人们挂在门上驱邪的艾草，而许仙那么按照法海的建议准备了大家在端午节时都会喝的雄黄酒。白蛇自认魔力可以抵挡雄黄酒对她的影响，因此喝了一杯。但是在她喝下那杯酒之後，她却变得精疲力竭，几乎走不到床上。当许仙回到白蛇身边，看到的不是自己美丽的妻子， 而是一只宏大的白蛇，许仙震惊不已，从楼梯上摔死了。After recovering from the realgar e and regaining her human form, White Snake was grief-stricken to find her husband dead.She set off on a journey to obtain a potent medicinal herb, which could revive her husband.After returning and reviving her husband with the medicine, she e_plained to _u _ian that the white snake he saw was actually a dragon and that this vision was indeed a very good omen._u _ian#39;s fears were put to rest for the moment by his wife#39;s fanciful story&bd; 当白蛇恢复精力及人形时，她才发现自己丈夫已经身亡，因此白蛇外出寻找能使许仙起死回生的强效药草。许仙在服用药草，并起死回生之後，白蛇告诉许仙他看到的那条白蛇，其实是一只代表吉相的龙。而在那时，许仙也在白蛇引人入胜的故事中将恐惧抛诸脑后&bd;&bd; 第 3 页 共 3 页