端午节英语作文

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

Dear Mike,

Glad to hear from you.I'd like to tell you something about the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival and how I spent it this year.

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on May 5th this year. People all across China eat zongzi and dragon boat races are held in many places to remember a great ancient person Qu Yuan.

We had three days off for this festival this year.During that time, I went for a picnic in the countryside with my good friends, and of course, ate zongzi with my family. I also watched the dragon boat races on TV. I enjoyed the holiday very much.

I hope you can come to China next year and spend the festival with me.

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

编辑:Liuxuepaper.Com

作文地带知识拓展:

• 端午节，是中国四大传统节日之一，时间为农历五月初五，是集拜神祭祖、祈福辟邪、欢庆娱乐和饮食为一体的民俗大节，有端阳节、龙舟节、重午节、重五节、天中节等二十多个别称，是汉族、水族、纳西族、藏族、彝族、傣族、仡佬族、普米族等民族的传统节日。

  外文名：

  Dragon Boat Festival

  Loong Boat Festival

  Duanwu Festival

  名称由来：

  “端午”二字最早见于晋代周处的《风土记》：“仲夏端午，烹乌角黍。” “端”字有“初始”的意思，因此“端五”就是“初五”。而按照历法五月正是“午”月，因此“端五”也就渐渐演变成了“端午”。《燕京岁时记》记载：“初五为五月单五，盖端字之转音也。”

  “端午”的“端”字本义为“正”，“午”为“中”，这天午时则为正中之正。古人以天干地支来作为载体，天干承载天之道，地支承载地之道，设天干地支以契天地人事之运，纪元通用天干地支。仲夏午月午日飞龙在天，此时龙星处在正南中天，为全年周天运行最“中正”之位，既“得中”又“得正”，乃大吉大利之象。古人历来崇尚中、正之道，“中正“之道在此表现得淋漓尽致。另，端亦有“初”的意思，因此午（五）月的第一个午日，亦谓端午。