本期主題【端午節(jié)】
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double FifthFestival, is celebrated on May 5th on lunarcalendar.It is a folk festival widely spread with ahistory of over 2,000 years, and is one of the mostimportant Chinese festivals as well. There are variouscelebrating activities on that day, among which the customs of eating rice dumplings anddragon boat racing are quite important.There are many legends on the origin of the DragonBoat Festival.Some people think it is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, while others say it isto be in honour of Wu Zixu, a famous general during the Warring States period. However, thelegend of Qu Yuan spreads most widely. People appreciate highly the noble sentiment andprominent talent of this patriotic poet and are very sympathetic with the ending that hecommitted suicide by drowning himself in a river.
參考翻譯：
端午節(jié)(the Dragon Boat Festival)，又稱重五節(jié)，于每年農(nóng)歷五月初五慶祝。 這是廣泛流傳2000多年的民間節(jié)日，也是中國最重要的節(jié)日之一。端午節(jié)當(dāng)天舉行各種慶祝活動(dòng)，吃粽子和賽龍舟(dragon boat racing)是其中的重要習(xí)俗。關(guān)于端午節(jié)的起源，有很多傳說。一部分人認(rèn)為端午節(jié)是為了紀(jì)念詩人屈原，另一部分人則認(rèn)為是為了紀(jì)念戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期的將領(lǐng)伍子胥。然而，屈原的傳說流傳最廣。人們非常欣賞這位愛國詩人的高尚情操和出眾才華，更對(duì)他投江自盡的結(jié)局深表同情。
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double FifthFestival, is celebrated on May 5th on lunarcalendar.It is a folk festival widely spread with ahistory of over 2,000 years, and is one of the mostimportant Chinese festivals as well. There are variouscelebrating activities on that day, among which the customs of eating rice dumplings anddragon boat racing are quite important.There are many legends on the origin of the DragonBoat Festival.Some people think it is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, while others say it isto be in honour of Wu Zixu, a famous general during the Warring States period. However, thelegend of Qu Yuan spreads most widely. People appreciate highly the noble sentiment andprominent talent of this patriotic poet and are very sympathetic with the ending that hecommitted suicide by drowning himself in a river.
參考翻譯：
端午節(jié)(the Dragon Boat Festival)，又稱重五節(jié)，于每年農(nóng)歷五月初五慶祝。 這是廣泛流傳2000多年的民間節(jié)日，也是中國最重要的節(jié)日之一。端午節(jié)當(dāng)天舉行各種慶祝活動(dòng)，吃粽子和賽龍舟(dragon boat racing)是其中的重要習(xí)俗。關(guān)于端午節(jié)的起源，有很多傳說。一部分人認(rèn)為端午節(jié)是為了紀(jì)念詩人屈原，另一部分人則認(rèn)為是為了紀(jì)念戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期的將領(lǐng)伍子胥。然而，屈原的傳說流傳最廣。人們非常欣賞這位愛國詩人的高尚情操和出眾才華，更對(duì)他投江自盡的結(jié)局深表同情。