{"id":5500,"date":"2018-06-13T19:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2022-06-03T22:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:15:45","slug":"the-history-of-the-chinese-dragon-boat-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/the-history-of-the-chinese-dragon-boat-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is the history of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in both <strong>Chinese characters<\/strong> and <strong>Pinyin<\/strong>. You can test your Chinese reading skill sentence by sentence by first reading a sentence and then <strong>clicking on the blue link<\/strong> to see the translation in our <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Dictionary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of you who want to read the story in English, just scroll to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that the English version is not translated word for word. To see how each Chinese character would translate into Chinese, just click on the Chinese sentences below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7aef\u5348\u8282\u7684\u4f20\u8bf4<\/a> (du\u0101n w\u01d4 ji\u00e9 de chu\u00e1n shu\u014d) The History of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82%E4%B8%BA%E6%AF%8F%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%86%9C%E5%8E%86%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%88%E5%88%9D%E4%BA%94%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%A4%E8%80%81%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%E8%8A%82%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%8C%E5%A7%8B%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%98%A5%E7%A7%8B%E6%88%98%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%9F%E2%91%A0%EF%BC%8C%E8%B7%9D%E4%BB%8A%E5%B7%B2%E6%9C%89%E4%B8%A4%20%E5%8D%83%E5%A4%9A%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7aef\u5348\u8282\u4e3a\u6bcf\u5e74\u7684\u519c\u5386\u4e94\u6708\u521d\u4e94\uff0c\u662f\u53e4\u8001\u7684\u4f20\u7edf\u8282\u65e5\uff0c\u59cb\u4e8e\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u6625\u79cb\u6218\u56fd\u65f6\u671f\u2460\uff0c\u8ddd\u4eca\u5df2\u6709\u4e24\u5343\u591a\u5e74\u7684\u5386\u53f2<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E2%80%9D%E7%AB%AF%E2%80%9D%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%A4%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E4%B8%AD%E6%98%AF%E5%88%9D%E5%A7%8B%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%EF%BC%8C%E2%80%9C%E7%AB%AF%E4%BA%94%E2%80%9D%E4%B9%9F%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%88%9D%E4%BA%94&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201d\u7aef\u201d\u5728\u53e4\u6c49\u8bed\u4e2d\u662f\u521d\u59cb\u7684\u610f\u601d\uff0c\u201c\u7aef\u4e94\u201d\u4e5f\u5c31\u662f\u521d\u4e94<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8F%A4%E4%BA%BA%E7%BA%AA%E5%B9%B4%E9%80%9A%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%A9%E5%B9%B2%E5%9C%B0%E6%94%AF%E2%91%A1%EF%BC%8C%E6%8C%89%E5%9C%B0%E6%94%AF%E2%80%9C%E5%AD%90%E4%B8%91%E5%AF%85%E5%8D%AF%E8%BE%B0%E5%B7%B3%E5%8D%88%E6%9C%AA%E7%94%B3%E9%85%89%E6%88%8C%E4%BA%A5%E2%80%9D%E9%A1%BA%E5%BA%8F%E6%8E%A8%E7%AE%97%EF%BC%8C%E6%AD%A3%E6%9C%88%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E4%B8%BA%E5%AF%85%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%8C%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%94%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88%E6%AD%A3%E6%98%AF%E2%80%9C%E5%8D%88%E6%9C%88%E2%80%9D&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u53e4\u4eba\u7eaa\u5e74\u901a\u7528\u5929\u5e72\u5730\u652f\u2461\uff0c\u6309\u5730\u652f\u201c\u5b50\u4e11\u5bc5\u536f\u8fb0\u5df3\u5348\u672a\u7533\u9149\u620c\u4ea5\u201d\u987a\u5e8f\u63a8\u7b97\uff0c\u6b63\u6708\u5f00\u59cb\u4e3a\u5bc5\u6708\uff0c\u7b2c\u4e94\u4e2a\u6708\u6b63\u662f\u201c\u5348\u6708\u201d<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8F%A4%E6%97%B6%EF%BC%8C%E2%80%9C%E5%8D%88%E2%80%9D%E4%B8%8E%E2%80%9C%E4%BA%94%E2%80%9D%E9%80%9A%E7%94%A8%EF%BC%8C%E6%95%85%E2%80%9C%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E2%80%9D%E4%B8%8E%E2%80%9C%E7%AB%AF%E4%BA%94%E2%80%9D%E5%90%8C%E4%B9%89&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u53e4\u65f6\uff0c\u201c\u5348\u201d\u4e0e\u201c\u4e94\u201d\u901a\u7528\uff0c\u6545\u201c\u7aef\u5348\u201d\u4e0e\u201c\u7aef\u4e94\u201d\u540c\u4e49<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8F%88%E5%9B%A0%E5%85%B6%E6%9C%88%E6%95%B0%E5%92%8C%E6%97%A5%E6%95%B0%E7%9B%B8%E5%90%8C%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E4%BB%AC%E5%8F%88%E7%A7%B0%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82%E4%B8%BA%E2%80%9C%E9%87%8D%E4%BA%94%E8%8A%82%E2%80%9D%E6%88%96%E2%80%9C%E9%87%8D%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82%E2%80%9D&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u53c8\u56e0\u5176\u6708\u6570\u548c\u65e5\u6570\u76f8\u540c\uff0c\u4eba\u4eec\u53c8\u79f0\u7aef\u5348\u8282\u4e3a\u201c\u91cd\u4e94\u8282\u201d\u6216\u201c\u91cd\u5348\u8282\u201d<\/a>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>du\u0101n&nbsp;w\u01d4&nbsp;ji\u00e9 w\u00e9i m\u011bi&nbsp;ni\u00e1n de n\u00f3ng&nbsp;l\u00ec w\u01d4 yu\u00e8&nbsp;ch\u016b w\u01d4, sh\u00ec g\u01d4&nbsp;l\u01ceo de chu\u00e1n&nbsp;t\u01d2ng ji\u00e9&nbsp;r\u00ec, sh\u01d0 y\u00fa zh\u014dng&nbsp;gu\u00f3 de ch\u016bn&nbsp;qi\u016b&nbsp;zh\u00e0n&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u00ed&nbsp;q\u012b, j\u00f9&nbsp;j\u012bn y\u01d0 y\u01d2u li\u01ceng&nbsp;qi\u0101n&nbsp;du\u014d&nbsp;ni\u00e1n de l\u00ec&nbsp;sh\u01d0.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2018Du\u0101n\u2019 z\u00e0i g\u01d4 h\u00e0n&nbsp;y\u01d4 zh\u014dng sh\u00ec ch\u016b&nbsp;sh\u01d0 de y\u00ec&nbsp;si, \u2018du\u0101n w\u01d4\u2019 y\u011b&nbsp;ji\u00f9&nbsp;sh\u00ec ch\u016b w\u01d4. g\u01d4&nbsp;r\u00e9n j\u00ec&nbsp;ni\u00e1n t\u014dng&nbsp;y\u00f2ng ti\u0101n&nbsp;g\u0101n d\u00ec&nbsp;zh\u012b, \u00e0n d\u00ec&nbsp;zh\u012b \u2018z\u01d0&nbsp;ch\u01d2u y\u00edn m\u01ceo ch\u00e9n s\u00ec w\u01d4 w\u00e8i sh\u0113n y\u01d2u x\u016b h\u00e0i\u2019 sh\u00f9n&nbsp;x\u00f9 tu\u012b&nbsp;su\u00e0n, zh\u0113ng&nbsp;yu\u00e8 k\u0101i&nbsp;sh\u01d0 w\u00e8i y\u00edn yu\u00e8, d\u00ec&nbsp;w\u01d4 g\u00e8 yu\u00e8 zh\u00e8ng&nbsp;sh\u00ec \u2019w\u01d4 yu\u00e8. g\u01d4&nbsp;sh\u00ed, \u2018w\u01d4\u2019 y\u01d4 \u2018w\u01d4\u2019 t\u014dng &nbsp;y\u00f2ng, g\u00f9 \u2018du\u0101n&nbsp;w\u01d4\u2019 y\u01d4 \u2019du\u0101n w\u01d4\u2019 t\u00f3ng&nbsp;y\u00ec.&nbsp;Y\u00f2u y\u012bn q\u00ed yu\u00e8 sh\u00f9 h\u00e9 r\u00ec sh\u00f9 xi\u0101ng&nbsp;t\u00f3ng, r\u00e9n&nbsp;men y\u00f2u&nbsp;ch\u0113ng du\u0101n&nbsp;w\u01d4&nbsp;ji\u00e9 w\u00e9i \u2018ch\u00f3ng&nbsp;w\u01d4 ji\u00e9\u2019&nbsp;hu\u00f2 \u2018ch\u00f3ng&nbsp;w\u01d4 ji\u00e9\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4%E6%9C%89%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%B8%8D%E5%90%8C%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%EF%BC%8C%E5%85%B6%E4%B8%AD%E6%9C%80%E5%B9%BF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%BA%E7%9F%A5%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4%E4%B8%8E%E6%88%98%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%97%E4%BA%BA%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F%E2%91%A2%E6%9C%89%E5%85%B3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7aef\u5348\u8282\u7684\u4f20\u8bf4\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u4e0d\u540c\u7248\u672c\uff0c\u5176\u4e2d\u6700\u5e7f\u4e3a\u4eba\u77e5\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u4f20\u8bf4\u4e0e\u6218\u56fd\u65f6\u671f\u7684\u8bd7\u4eba\u5c48\u539f\u2462\u6709\u5173<\/a>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>du\u0101n&nbsp;w\u01d4&nbsp;ji\u00e9 de chu\u00e1n&nbsp;shu\u014d y\u01d2u h\u011bn du\u014d b\u00f9&nbsp;t\u00f3ng b\u01cen b\u011bn, q\u00ed&nbsp;zh\u014dng zu\u00ec gu\u01ceng w\u00e9i&nbsp;r\u00e9n zh\u012b de y\u012b g\u00e8 chu\u00e1n&nbsp;shu\u014d y\u01d4 zh\u00e0n&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u00ed&nbsp;q\u012b de sh\u012b&nbsp;r\u00e9n q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n y\u01d2u&nbsp;gu\u0101n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F%E6%98%AF%E6%88%98%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%A5%9A%E5%9B%BD%E2%91%A3%E8%AF%97%E4%BA%BA%E3%80%81%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5c48\u539f\u662f\u6218\u56fd\u65f6\u671f\u7684\u695a\u56fd\u2463\u8bd7\u4eba\u3001\u653f\u6cbb\u5bb6<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E4%B8%BB%E5%BC%A0%E5%AF%B9%E5%86%85%E5%8F%98%E6%B3%95%EF%BC%8C%E5%AF%B9%E5%A4%96%E8%81%94%E5%90%88%E9%BD%90%E5%9B%BD%E2%91%A4%E6%8A%97%E5%87%BB%E7%A7%A6%E5%9B%BD%E2%91%A5&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4ed6\u4e3b\u5f20\u5bf9\u5185\u53d8\u6cd5\uff0c\u5bf9\u5916\u8054\u5408\u9f50\u56fd\u2464\u6297\u51fb\u79e6\u56fd\u2465<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%E9%81%AD%E5%88%B0%E8%B4%B5%E6%97%8F%E7%9A%84%E6%8E%92%E6%8C%A4%E6%AF%81%E8%B0%A4%EF%BC%8C%E8%A2%AB%E7%BD%A2%E5%AE%98%E6%B5%81%E6%94%BE&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u56e0\u4e3a\u906d\u5230\u8d35\u65cf\u7684\u6392\u6324\u6bc1\u8c24\uff0c\u88ab\u7f62\u5b98\u6d41\u653e<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%90%8E%E6%9D%A5%E6%A5%9A%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E9%83%BD%E8%A2%AB%E7%A7%A6%E5%9B%BD%E6%94%BB%E7%A0%B4%EF%BC%8C%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F%E7%9C%BC%E8%A7%81%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E7%A5%96%E5%9B%BD%E8%A2%AB%E4%BE%B5%E7%95%A5%EF%BC%8C%E6%82%B2%E6%84%A4%E4%BA%A4%E5%8A%A0%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%8E%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%88%E5%88%9D%E4%BA%94%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%80%E7%9F%B3%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%89%E4%BA%8E%E6%B1%A8%E7%BD%97%E6%B1%9F%E2%91%A6%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A5%E8%BA%AB%E6%AE%89%E5%9B%BD&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u540e\u6765\u695a\u56fd\u56fd\u90fd\u88ab\u79e6\u56fd\u653b\u7834\uff0c\u5c48\u539f\u773c\u89c1\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u7956\u56fd\u88ab\u4fb5\u7565\uff0c\u60b2\u6124\u4ea4\u52a0\uff0c\u4e8e\u4e94\u6708\u521d\u4e94\uff0c\u6000\u77f3\u81ea\u6c89\u4e8e\u6c68\u7f57\u6c5f\u2466\uff0c\u4ee5\u8eab\u6b89\u56fd<\/a>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n sh\u00ec zh\u00e0n&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u00ed&nbsp;q\u012b de ch\u01d4&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u012b&nbsp;r\u00e9n, zh\u00e8ng&nbsp;zh\u00ec&nbsp;ji\u0101. T\u0101 zh\u01d4&nbsp;zh\u0101ng du\u00ec&nbsp;n\u00e8i bi\u00e0n&nbsp;f\u01ce, du\u00ec&nbsp;w\u00e0i li\u00e1n&nbsp;h\u00e9 q\u00ed&nbsp;gu\u00f3 &nbsp;k\u00e0ng&nbsp;j\u012b q\u00edn&nbsp;gu\u00f3. y\u012bn&nbsp;w\u00e8i z\u0101o&nbsp;d\u00e0o gu\u00ec&nbsp;z\u00fa de p\u00e1i&nbsp;j\u01d0 hu\u01d0&nbsp;b\u00e0ng, b\u00e8i b\u00e0&nbsp;gu\u0101n li\u00fa&nbsp;f\u00e0ng. h\u00f2u&nbsp;l\u00e1i ch\u01d4&nbsp;gu\u00f3 gu\u00f3&nbsp;d\u016b b\u00e8i q\u00edn&nbsp;gu\u00f3 g\u014dng&nbsp;p\u00f2, q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n y\u01cen&nbsp;ji\u00e0n z\u00ec&nbsp;j\u01d0 de z\u01d4&nbsp;gu\u00f3 b\u00e8i q\u012bn&nbsp;l\u00fc\u00e8, b\u0113i&nbsp;f\u00e8n ji\u0101o&nbsp;ji\u0101, y\u00fa w\u01d4 yu\u00e8&nbsp;ch\u016b w\u01d4, hu\u00e1i sh\u00ed z\u00ec ch\u00e9n y\u00fa m\u00ec&nbsp;lu\u00f3&nbsp;ji\u0101ng, y\u01d0 sh\u0113n x\u00f9n&nbsp;gu\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F%E6%8A%95%E6%B1%9F%E5%90%8E%EF%BC%8C%E5%BD%93%E5%9C%B0%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E9%97%BB%E8%AE%AF%E9%A9%AC%E4%B8%8A%E5%88%92%E8%88%B9%E6%8D%9E%E6%95%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%8D%B4%E5%A7%8B%E7%BB%88%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%81%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%B8%E4%BD%93&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f20\u8bf4\u5c48\u539f\u6295\u6c5f\u540e\uff0c\u5f53\u5730\u767e\u59d3\u95fb\u8baf\u9a6c\u4e0a\u5212\u8239\u635e\u6551\uff0c\u5374\u59cb\u7ec8\u4e0d\u89c1\u5c48\u539f\u7684\u5c38\u4f53<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E5%8F%88%E6%80%95%E6%B1%9F%E6%B2%B3%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E9%B1%BC%E8%9F%B9%E5%92%8C%E8%9B%9F%E9%BE%99%E6%B0%B4%E5%85%BD%E5%90%83%E6%8E%89%E4%BB%96%E7%9A%84%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%EF%BC%8C%E7%BA%B7%E7%BA%B7%E5%9B%9E%E5%AE%B6%E6%8B%BF%E6%9D%A5%E9%9B%84%E9%BB%84%E9%85%92%E2%91%A7%E5%80%92%E8%BF%9B%E6%B1%9F%E9%87%8C%E8%8D%AF%E6%99%95%E8%9B%9F%E9%BE%99%E6%B0%B4%E5%85%BD%EF%BC%8C%E7%B1%B3%E5%9B%A2%E6%8A%95%E5%85%A5%E6%B1%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%96%82%E9%A3%9F%E9%B1%BC%E8%9F%B9&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u767e\u59d3\u53c8\u6015\u6c5f\u6cb3\u91cc\u7684\u9c7c\u87f9\u548c\u86df\u9f99\u6c34\u517d\u5403\u6389\u4ed6\u7684\u8eab\u4f53\uff0c\u7eb7\u7eb7\u56de\u5bb6\u62ff\u6765\u96c4\u9ec4\u9152\u2467\u5012\u8fdb\u6c5f\u91cc\u836f\u6655\u86df\u9f99\u6c34\u517d\uff0c\u7c73\u56e2\u6295\u5165\u6c5f\u4e2d\u5582\u98df\u9c7c\u87f9<\/a>\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%90%8E%E6%9D%A5%EF%BC%8C%E5%9C%A8%E6%AF%8F%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%88%E5%88%9D%E4%BA%94%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E6%9C%89%E8%B5%9B%E9%BE%99%E8%88%9F%E3%80%81%E5%96%9D%E9%9B%84%E9%BB%84%E9%85%92%E5%92%8C%E5%90%83%E7%B2%BD%E5%AD%90%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E4%BF%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A5%E6%AD%A4%E6%9D%A5%E7%BA%AA%E5%BF%B5%E7%88%B1%E5%9B%BD%E8%AF%97%E4%BA%BA%E5%B1%88%E5%8E%9F&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u540e\u6765\uff0c\u5728\u6bcf\u5e74\u7684\u4e94\u6708\u521d\u4e94\uff0c\u5c31\u6709\u8d5b\u9f99\u821f\u3001\u559d\u96c4\u9ec4\u9152\u548c\u5403\u7cbd\u5b50\u7684\u98ce\u4fd7\uff0c\u4ee5\u6b64\u6765\u7eaa\u5ff5\u7231\u56fd\u8bd7\u4eba\u5c48\u539f<\/a>\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>chu\u00e1n&nbsp;shu\u014d q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n t\u00f3u ji\u0101ng h\u00f2u, d\u0101ng&nbsp;d\u00ec b\u01cei x\u00ecng w\u00e9n&nbsp;x\u00f9n m\u01ce&nbsp;sh\u00e0ng hu\u00e1&nbsp;chu\u00e1n l\u0101o ji\u00f9, qu\u00e8 sh\u01d0&nbsp;zh\u014dng b\u00f9&nbsp;ji\u00e0n q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n de sh\u012b&nbsp;t\u01d0.&nbsp;B\u01cei x\u00ecng y\u00f2u p\u00e0 ji\u0101ng&nbsp;h\u00e9 l\u01d0 de y\u00fa xi\u00e8 h\u00e9 ji\u0101o&nbsp;l\u00f3ng shu\u01d0 sh\u00f2u ch\u012b di\u00e0o t\u0101 de sh\u0113n&nbsp;t\u01d0, f\u0113n&nbsp;f\u0113n hu\u00ed&nbsp;ji\u0101 n\u00e1&nbsp;l\u00e1i xi\u00f3ng hu\u00e1ng&nbsp;ji\u01d4 d\u00e0o j\u00ecn ji\u0101ng l\u01d0 y\u00e0o y\u016bn ji\u0101o&nbsp;l\u00f3ng shu\u01d0 sh\u00f2u, m\u01d0 tu\u00e1n t\u00f3u&nbsp;r\u00f9 ji\u0101ng zh\u014dng w\u00e8i&nbsp;sh\u00ed y\u00fa xi\u00e8.&nbsp;h\u00f2u&nbsp;l\u00e1i, z\u00e0i m\u011bi&nbsp;ni\u00e1n de w\u01d4 yu\u00e8&nbsp;ch\u016b w\u01d4, ji\u00f9 y\u01d2u s\u00e0i&nbsp;l\u00f3ng&nbsp;zh\u014du, h\u0113 xi\u00f3ng hu\u00e1ng&nbsp;ji\u01d4 h\u00e9 ch\u012b z\u00f2ng&nbsp;zi de f\u0113ng&nbsp;s\u00fa, y\u01d0&nbsp;c\u01d0 l\u00e1i j\u00ec&nbsp;ni\u00e0n \u00e0i&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u012b&nbsp;r\u00e9n q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2460 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%98%A5%E7%A7%8B%E6%88%98%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%9F&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6625\u79cb\u6218\u56fd\u65f6\u671f<\/a>&nbsp;(ch\u016bn&nbsp;qi\u016b&nbsp;zh\u00e0n&nbsp;gu\u00f3 sh\u00ed&nbsp;q\u012b): the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, 770 BC &#8211; 221 BC, is a long-term division in the history of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2461 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A4%A9%E5%B9%B2%E5%9C%B0%E6%94%AF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5929\u5e72\u5730\u652f<\/a>&nbsp;(ti\u0101n&nbsp;g\u0101n d\u00ec&nbsp;zh\u012b): heavenly-stem and Earthly-branch system, Chinese calendrical system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2462 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/quyuan\/13035\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5c48\u539f<\/a>&nbsp;(q\u016b&nbsp;yu\u00e1n): name, Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2463 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chuguo\/46486\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u695a\u56fd<\/a>&nbsp;(ch\u01d4&nbsp;gu\u00f3): the state of Chu during the spring and autumn and Warring States period<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2464 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/qiguo\/98789\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9f50\u56fd<\/a>&nbsp;(q\u00ed&nbsp;gu\u00f3): the state of Qi during the spring and autumn and Warring States period<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2465 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/qinguo\/64643\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u79e6\u56fd<\/a>&nbsp;(q\u00edn&nbsp;gu\u00f3): the state of Qin during the spring and autumn and Warring States period<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2466 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%B1%A8%E7%BD%97%E6%B1%9F&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6c68\u7f57\u6c5f<\/a>&nbsp;(m\u00ec&nbsp;lu\u00f3&nbsp;ji\u0101ng): Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2467 <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E9%9B%84%E9%BB%84%E9%85%92&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u96c4\u9ec4\u9152<\/a>&nbsp;(xi\u00f3ng&nbsp;hu\u00e1ng&nbsp;ji\u01d4): realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">English Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. This is an old and traditional festival, which dates back around 2000 years to the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/duan\/7610\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u7aef<\/a>\u201d (du\u0101n) in Ancient Chinese means \u201cbeginning\u201d, and so the combination of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/duanwu\/222763\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u7aef\u4e94<\/a>\u201d (du\u0101n w\u01d4) means the &#8216;5th&#8217;. In ancient times the \u2018Heavenly-stem\u2019 and \u2018Earthly-branch\u2019 system was used to calculate the year and date. According to the sequence of the Earthly branch, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%AD%90%E4%B8%91%E5%AF%85%E5%8D%AF%E8%BE%B0%E5%B7%B3%E5%8D%88%E6%9C%AA%E7%94%B3%E9%85%89%E6%88%8C%E4%BA%A5&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5b50\u4e11\u5bc5\u536f\u8fb0\u5df3\u5348\u672a\u7533\u9149\u620c\u4ea5<\/a>\u201d (z\u01d0 ch\u01d2u y\u00edn m\u01ceo ch\u00e9n s\u00ec w\u01d4 w\u00e8i sh\u0113n y\u01d2u x\u016b h\u00e0i), the first month is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%AF%85%E6%9C%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5bc5\u6708<\/a>\u201d (y\u00edn yu\u00e8), so the 5th month is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8D%88%E6%9C%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5348\u6708<\/a>\u201d (w\u01d4 yu\u00e8). In ancient China, \u201c\u5348\u201d (w\u01d4) was used as \u201c\u4e94\u201d (w\u01d4), which means that \u201c\u7aef\u5348\u201d (du\u0101n w\u01d4) has the same meaning as \u201c\u7aef\u4e94\u201d (du\u0101n w\u01d4). Since the month of the festival is the same as the date, people often call the Dragon Boat Festival &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%AB%AF%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u7aef\u5348\u8282<\/a>&#8216; (du\u0101n w\u01d4 ji\u00e9), &nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E9%87%8D%E4%BA%94%E8%8A%82%E2%80%9D%E6%88%96%E2%80%9C%E9%87%8D%E5%8D%88%E8%8A%82&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u91cd\u4e94\u8282\u201d\u6216\u201c\u91cd\u5348\u8282<\/a>\u201d (ch\u00f3ng w\u01d4 ji\u00e9 hu\u00f2 ch\u00f3ng w\u01d4 ji\u00e9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several different stories about the origins of the Dragon Boat Festival. One of the most famous is related to the poet Qu Yuan who lived during the Spring and Autumn Period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94-1024x576.jpg?resize=900%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Qu Yuan\" class=\"wp-image-5502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?resize=510%2C287&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?resize=100%2C56&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cf86a5c48feb804c3f53c04567ad1f94.jpg?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Qu Yuan was a poet and politician of the ancient state of Chu. He advocated political reform in the country and wanted to unite the Qi to resist the powerful state, Qin. He was eventually dismissed from office and banished to an outlying area, and was marginalised by the nobility. Later, the capital of Chu was breached by the Qin. Qu Yuan saw that his motherland had been invaded, and with bitterness and anger, on the 5th day of the 5th month, he held stones and drowned himself in the Miluo River, giving his life for his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is said that once they had heard of Qu Yuan\u2019s drowning in the river, the local people rowed out in boats to try and rescue him, but never found his body. The people were afraid that the fish, crabs, dragons or other water beast would eat his body, so they went back home to take Realgar wine and poured into into the river to get rid of the dragons and water beast. They also threw rice balls into the river to feed the fishes and crabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, on every 5th day of the 5th month, is has become customary to row dragon boats, drink Realgar wine and eat zongzi (rice balls), to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u7cbd\u5b50 (z\u00f2ng zi ) Zongzi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?resize=900%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2\" class=\"wp-image-5504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?w=1018&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?resize=510%2C298&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?resize=100%2C58&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34017c3818be64c55fa23d30ada9f3c2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C449&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zongzi\/66719\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u7cbd\u5b50<\/a> (z\u00f2ng zi) Zongzi are a traditional Chinese food that consists of glutinous rice stuffed with meats or bean paste and wrapped in a leaf, most often bamboo. &nbsp;They are cooked through steaming or boiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although they are most commonly found in a pyramid shape, they can also be found in different shapes and sizes throughout China. 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