端午节的英文（关于“端午节”的英文知识！）

端午节有三天的假期可以尽情玩耍，还有各种美味无比的粽子吃，想想就开心！不过在彻底放飞自己之前，我们还是先来了解一下与“端午节”相关的英文表达吧！#端午节#

一、端午节的英文表达?

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar. The exact date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar.

“端午节”的英文表达为：Dragon Boat Festival，因为选取端午节中的核心意象 “龙舟 （dragon boat）”作为节日的名字，十分形象生动，也很好记。

端午节龙船粽子插画

端午节的日期为中国农历五月初五，用英文表示就是：5th day of 5th month in Chinese Lunar Calendar。中国传统节日都是按照“阴历（农历）”来计算的，而“阴历”就是按照月亮的圆缺周期来制定的，所以被称为“Lunar Calendar”，即“阴历”；而跟“阴历”相对的“阳历（公历）”则是按照太阳的运行规律来制定，故被称为“Solar Calendar”，也叫做“the Gregorian calendar”。

二、端午节的习俗

The festival commemorates the death of the poet Qu Yuan. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi and racing dragon boats. Zongzi, is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous/sticky rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo, reed, or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings, or sticky rice dumplings.

Glutinous rice filled with meat, nuts or bean paste and wrapped in bamboo leaves. It is associated with Dragon Boat Festival with historical meaning. The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.

端午节被认为是为了纪念屈原的节日。端午节不可不吃的美味食物就是粽子。在糯米中加入肉、干果或者豆沙，再以竹叶包裹。在端午节吃粽子是一个具有历史意义的传统。这个传统现在在朝鲜、韩国、日本以及东南亚国家都很流行。

三、如何用英文介绍包粽子的步骤？

1）have bamboo leaves watered.

粽叶先浸水。

2）Fill the boat shape with a few tablespoons of the soaked sticky rice. Top with a sprinkling of mung beans.

在船型粽叶中填入几勺浸湿的糯米，再加少许绿豆。

3）Packed it with line with three, four, or five angles.

用线把粽子裹起来，可以做成三角、四角或五角。

4）Boiled them, first with big fire, then turn to small fire till rip.

然后再进行蒸煮，先用大火，再转成小火直到粽子壳开裂。

四、赛龙舟 Dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination.

端午节最应景的节目就是赛龙舟。赛龙舟是端午节重要的组成部分，枪声一响，人们就会看到龙舟上的运动员，伴随着快速的鼓点，迅速又整齐划一地划动船桨，冲向终点。

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