1端午节的由来
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.
端午节（也称为双五节）在农历的第五个月的第五天庆祝。
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China and the one with the longest history.
中国端午节是中国庆祝的重要节日，也是历史最悠久的节日。它是中国最重要的节日之一，另外两个是中秋节和农历新年。
It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.
在中国，端午节是一个值得庆祝的重大节日，有着悠久的历史典故，端午节也是三大重要节庆之一，其他分别为中秋节和农历新年。
The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan.
这个夏季节日的起源围绕着一个叫屈原的学者政府官员。
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.
他是个好人，受人尊敬，但是由于嫉妒的对手的不端行为，他最终在皇帝的法庭上败诉了。
Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow, Chu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Lo River.
屈原因无法恢复对皇帝的尊敬而陷入了米罗河。
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.
由于屈原受到居民的爱戴，大家纷纷的划船在江内寻找屈原，并且将米丢入汨罗江中，以平息汨罗江中的龙。
Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.
虽然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。
The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan.
龙舟竞赛是端午节的传统习俗，当时是为了营救爱国诗人屈原。
Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C.
屈原在公元前277年的农历五月初五跳入江河中淹死。
Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water.
中国居民将竹叶包满熟饭丢入水里。
Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet.
因此，鱼可以吃米饭，而不是英雄诗人。
This later on turned into the custom of eating rice dumplings.
这后来也变成了每年端午节吃粽子的习俗。
单词解释：
lunar calendar 农历
significant 壮观的
jealous 嫉妒
rival 对手
emperor 皇帝
in one's sorrow 沉浸在某人的悲痛中
commemorate 纪念
attempt 企图
custom 习俗
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