标题: Dragon Boat Festival [打印本页] 作者: 糯米宝宝 时间: 2009-5-22 08:35 标题: Dragon Boat Festival
The Modern Dragon Boat Festival
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'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 throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons.
Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.
经典名言: 世人皆醉我独醒作者: 极度郁闷中 时间: 2010-6-10 23:58
路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索！！作者: 胡笑笑 时间: 2010-6-11 00:13
过个几十个端午节,但确不知道它的由来,今天总算知道了.作者: hexiling 时间: 2010-6-11 07:05
要不是那些充满嫉妒的官吏的陷害，我们今天还有端午节嘛？ 作者: wwnw_007 时间: 2010-6-11 08:13
传统节日需要清楚作者: joanna01 时间: 2010-6-12 09:01
it's not bad for us to know some history作者: jessieicm 时间: 2010-6-12 16:13
I asked a UK colleague if he knows this Festival. The reply is really suprising:
This festival is now respected by UNESCO and part of the World’s cultural heritage. People actually celebrate this in the west now because of the number of Chinese students who come to the UK Universities. Most people do not know the reason but Dragon Boat Racing has now become popular in University towns of England.作者: Andy.Yang 时间: 2010-6-12 16:30
know it...
