Dragon-Boat-Festival-端午节节日介绍

ABriefIntroductiontoDragonBoatFestivalAppliedMathematicsMainSpeaker:郭宏宇GroupAssists:蔡耀元陈冬冬金昊哲Canyourecognizethiskindofplant?ChineseMugwort艾草WhichfestivalwillcrossyourmindatthesightofthepictureofQuYuan?DragonBoatFestivalAboutitsnameTheDragonBoatFestivalisalsocalledtheDuanwuFestival.SinceitiscelebratedonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthaccordingtotheChineseLunarcalendar,itearnsanothername—DoubleFifthFestival.Actually,ithasavarietyofnamesinChinese.List端阳节龙舟节午日节五月节浴兰节PopularityItisapopularandtraditionalfestivalcelebratedbytheHans,Koreans,Mongolians,Huis,Yis,Bais,Miaos,Zhuangsandothers,altogether27ofthe56nationalitiesinChina.AndnowtheAsianpeople,includingJapanese,Vietnamese,etc.TheoriginsofDragonBoatFestivalThereareagreatmanyoflegendsabouttheoriginofDragonBoatFestival.Themostpopulartheoryoftheoriginofthefestivalisthatitwasderivedfromtheactivitiescommemorating[kə‘meməreitiŋ]（纪念）QuYuan.ThestoryaboutQuYuanhasbeendeeplyrootedinChinesecultureandthisfestival,soitisdefinitelyaveryimportantfactorfortheoriginofthefestival.QuYuan’sdrowningintotheMiluoRiverQuYuanwasaministeroftheStateofChusituatedinpresent-dayHunanandHubeiprovinces,duringtheWarringStatesPeriod(475-221BC)（战国时期）.Hewasupright,loyalandhighlyesteemed（德高望重）forhiswisecounsel[‘kaunsəl]（进谏）thatbroughtpeaceandprosperitytothestate.However,whenadishonestandcorruptprincevilified[‘vilifaid]（中伤）QuYuan,hewasdisgraced,dismissedfromoffice,andeventuallyexiled.Duringhisexile,QuYuandidnotgiveup.Hetraveledextensively,taughtandwroteabouthisideas.Hisworks,theLament[lə'ment](LiSao),theNineChapters(JiuZhang),aremasterpiecesandinvaluableforstudyingancientChineseculture.Hesawthegradualdeclineofhismotherland,theChuState.AndwhenheheardthattheChuStatewasdefeatedbythestrongQinState,hewassodespairedthatheendedhislifebyflinginghimselfintotheMiluoRiver.Itwassaidthatafterpeopleheardhedrowned,theyweregreatlydismayed.Fishermenracedtothespotintheirboatstosearchforhisbody.Unabletofindhisbody,peoplethrewricedumplings,eggsandotherfoodintotherivertofeedfish,hopingtosecurehiscorpse.Sincethen,peoplestartedtocommemorateQuYuanthroughdragonboatraces,eatingricedumplingsandotheractivities,ontheanniversaryofhisdeath,the5thofthefifthmonth.Thisissaidtobetheoriginofthepresentnation-widecustom,whichisthecommonpeople’sexpressionofgriefoverQu’sdeath.Butsincesomeofthewell-knowntraditionsofthefestivalalreadyexistedevenbeforeQuYuan,otheroriginsofthefestivalwerealsosuggested.WenYiduosuggestedthatthefestivalmaybeassociatedwithdragoncloselybecausetwoofthemostimportantactivitiesofthefestival,dragonboatracingandeatingricedumplings,arerelatedtodragon.Anotherviewisthatthefestivalisoriginatedfromthetaboo禁忌ofevildays.ThefifthmonthoftheChineselunarcalendaristraditionallyconsideredanevilmonthandthe5thofthemonthisparticularlyabadday,soalotoftaboohadbeendeveloped.CustomsHowdoyoucelebratetheDragonBoatFestivalinyourhometown?RiceDumplingsRiceDumplingisapyramiddumplingmadeofglutinous[‘ɡlu:tinəs]rice（糯米）wrappedinbambooorreed（芦苇）leaves.RiceDumplingsThepeopleofChuwhomournedthedeathofQuYuanthrewriceballsintotherivertofeedfishes,sothefisheswouldn’teathisbody,everyyearonthefifthdayofthefifthmonth.Butoneyear,thespiritofQuYuanappearedandtoldthemournersthatahugereptile[‘reptail]（爬行动物）intheriverhadstolentherice.Thespiritthenadvisedthemtowrapthericeinsilkandbind（绑）itwithfivedifferent-coloredthreadsbeforetossing（投）itintotheriver.IngredientsofricedumplingsIngredientssuchasbeans,lotusseeds（莲子）,chestnuts（栗子）,porkandtheyolk[jəuk]（蛋黄）ofasaltedduckeggareoftenaddedtotheglutinousrice.DragonboatracesThedragon-boatracessymbolizethemanyattemptstorescueandrecoverQu‘sbody.Atypicaldragonboatrangesfrom50-100feetinlength,withabeam（梁）ofabout5.5feet,accommodatingtwopaddlersseatedsidebyside.Today,peopleholdtheracedifferentlyfromplacetoplace.Herearesomeinstances.HubeiProvince1.AlongtheMiluoRiverinHubeiProvince,thefestivalcelebratorsholdagrandopeningceremonybeforetheracestarts.2.Attheceremonydozondsofmeninnewclothes,withburningcandlesinhands,walkaroundboatsthreetimestoshowworshipofLuBan.3.Thentheycarry,ontheirshoulders,animageofadragon’sheadtotheTempleofQuYuan.4.Finally,theytieredribbonstotheboatsandpullthemintotheriverfortherace.5.Atthecrackofasignalgun,theboatsraceaheadlikedischargedarrowsfittedtobowstrings弓弦.XiamenandZhangzhouIntheareasofXiamenandZhangzhouofFujianProvince,abigwoodenboatisarrangedlyingatthefinishingline.Whenraceboatsreachtheline,anumberofducksarereleasedfromthebigwoodenboatintotheriverforalltheracerstocatchamid[ə‘mid]（在…之中）thunderouscheersofspectatorsonthebanks.ChineseDragonBoatRaceRecently,CCTVheldtheChineseDragonBoatRacearoundtheorientalworld,manyteamsgetinvolvedthelong-termraceduringthewholeyear.AndWujinDistrictgotaracedivision.WecanseethepowerfulathletesandgorgeousteamsinAprileveryyear.HangingmugwortplantsItissaidthathangingmugwortplantscanprotectpeoplefromillfortune.Thiscustomhangsaninterestingfolktale.TowardstheendoftheTangDynasty(618-907)anation-widepeasantuprisingtookplace.ItissaidthatonedaytheleaderHuangChao,c