端午节的来历 · The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival

端午节Duānwǔjié在zài农历nónglì五月wǔyuè初五。chūwǔ

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

传说chuánshuō这个zhège节日jiérì是shì为了wèile纪念jìniàn古代gǔdài爱国àiguó诗人shīrén屈原。Qū Yuán

It is said this holiday is to commemorate Qu Yuan, an ancient patriotic poet.

屈原Qū Yuán在zài国家guójiā灭亡mièwáng时,shí悲愤bēifèn地de投入tóurù汨罗江。Mìluó Jiāng

When his country fell, Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River out of grief.

当地dāngdì百姓bǎixìng听说tīngshuō后,hòu划huá着zhe船chuán去qù寻找xúnzhǎo他。tā

When the local people heard, they paddled boats to look for him.

为了wèile不bù让ràng鱼yú伤害shānghài他tā的de身体,shēntǐ人们rénmen把bǎ米mǐ投tóu入rù江中。jiāng zhōng

To prevent fish from harming his body, they threw rice into the river.

这zhè两liǎng件jiàn事shì后来hòulái演变成yǎnbiàn chéng赛龙舟sài lóngzhōu和hé吃chī粽子zòngzi的de风俗。fēngsú

These two acts later evolved into dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.

今天,jīntiān端午节Duānwǔjié早zǎo已yǐ不仅bùjǐn是shì纪念,jìniàn更gèng成chéng了le文化wénhuà认同rèntóng的de象征。xiàngzhēng

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is no longer just memorial — it has become a symbol of cultural identity.

屈原Qū Yuán是shì战国时期Zhànguó shíqī楚国Chǔ guó的de大臣。dàchén

Qu Yuan was a minister of the state of Chu in the Warring States period.

他tā主张zhǔzhāng联合liánhé抗秦,kàng Qín却què被bèi小人xiǎorén陷害,xiànhài遭到zāodào流放。liúfàng

He argued for an alliance against Qin, but was framed by petty men and exiled.

流放期间,liúfàng qījiān他tā写下xiě xià了le《离骚》Lí Sāo等děng不朽bùxiǔ的de诗篇。shīpiān

During his exile he wrote Li Sao and other imperishable poems.

那些nàxiē诗shī至今zhìjīn仍réng是shì中国Zhōngguó文学wénxué的de高峰。gāofēng

Those poems remain a summit of Chinese literature to this day.

秦军Qín jūn攻破gōngpò楚国Chǔ guó都城dūchéng那年,nà nián他tā终于zhōngyú绝望juéwàng了。le

The year the Qin army broke the Chu capital, he despaired at last.

五月初五wǔ yuè chū wǔ那天,nà tiān他tā抱bào着zhe石头shítou走进zǒu jìn了le江水。jiāngshuǐ

On the fifth day of the fifth month, he walked into the river holding a stone.

今天jīntiān的de赛龙舟sài lóngzhōu已经yǐjīng成chéng了le一项yí xiàng国际guójì比赛。bǐsài

Dragon boat racing today has become an international sport.

鼓声gǔ shēng一响,yì xiǎng几十个人jǐshí ge rén的de桨jiǎng同时tóngshí落水。luò shuǐ

The drum sounds, and dozens of oars strike the water at once.

粽子zòngzi的de口味kǒuwèi南北nán běi不同,bùtóng北方běifāng多甜,duō tián南方nánfāng多咸。duō xián

Zongzi taste different north and south — the north mostly sweet, the south mostly salty.

为了wèile甜粽tián zòng还是háishi咸粽,xián zòng人们rénmen每年měi nián都要dōu yào争论zhēnglùn一次。yí cì

Sweet zongzi or salty — people have the same argument once a year.

一个yí ge两千多年前liǎng qiān duō nián qián的de故事,gùshi就这样jiù zhèyàng活huó到dào了le今天。jīntiān

A story from over two thousand years ago has lived on to today just like that.