第一篇：端午節(jié)英文介紹

Dragon Boat Fe ｓ tiv ａl l: 5th day oｆ ｔｈｅ 5th luｎａｒ mｏnｔh

龍舟節(jié):農(nóng)歷５月初 5

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The Dｒagｏn Boat Ｆestival, alｓo ｃａlled the Duanwu Festｉval, is celebrateｄ ｏn ｔhｅ ｆiｆth ｄaｙ of the fiｆth mｏnｔh accｏrdｉng to ｔhe Chｉｎｅｓe caｌeｎdar． Fｏr thousaｎdｓ of yearｓ，thｅ festivａl has been mａrkｅd bｙ eａt(yī)ing zｏｎg zi(glutｉnoｕs ricｅ wraｐped ｔｏ form a pyｒａｍid ｕsｉng baｍｂoo oｒ rｅe(cuò)d leaves)and ｒaｃing dｒａgon boａｔs.屈原

龍舟節(jié),也被稱作端午節(jié)，慶祝于中國農(nóng)歷 5 月初 5。幾千年以來,這個(gè)節(jié)日的主要風(fēng)俗為吃粽子(用竹葉或蘆葦葉將糯米飯包裹成金字塔形狀)和賽龍舟。

The fesｔival iｓ ｂeｓt kｎown for ｉts ｄｒagon-ｂｏat races, eｓpｅｃｉａllｙ in the sｏuｔｈｅrn ｐroviｎces where theｒe are many ｒiverｓ and ｌakeｓ.Ｔhｉs regａt(yī)ｔa ｃomｍemorａｔeｓ tｈe deａｔh of Qu Yuan , an honest mｉnistｅｒ ｗhｏ is ｓaid to have ｃommitｔｅd sｕicｉｄe by drowniｎg himselｆ in ａ ｒiｖｅr．

眾所周知，人們在這個(gè)節(jié)日就要進(jìn)行龍舟比賽,尤其是在有許多河流和湖泊的南方城市。賽龍舟這項(xiàng)活動是為了紀(jì)念逝去的屈原,歷史記載屈原是一位正直,不甘同黑暗的社會同流合污而投河自盡的愛國大夫。

Qu was ａ mｉｎｉｓter oｆ the Stａｔe of Chu sｉtuated ｉn prｅsent-ｄaｙ Hunaｎ anｄ Hｕｂeｉ pｒovinｃes, during the Wａｒring Stａt(yī)es Period(４75-22１ＢC）． Ｈe wａs upriｇhｔ, loyal and highｌy esｔeemed fｏｒ his wise

couｎsel ｔhat ｂroｕght ｐeace and ｐｒｏｓｐeｒity tｏ tｈe stａt(yī)e.Hｏweveｒ, whｅn a dishonest anｄ ｃｏrｒｕｐt ｐｒinｃe vｉｌｉfｉｅd Qu, hｅ was disgｒacｅｄ ａnd dｉsmissｅd froｍ ｏｆficｅ.Ｒeaｌｉzｉｎg thaｔ tｈｅ cｏuntry waｓ now iｎ the hands ｏf ｅvil ａnd corruｐｔ offiｃiａls, Qu graｂbed a lａrge sｔoｎe ａnd ｌeapt into tｈｅ Miｌuｏ River on thｅ ｆｉｆth day ｏf tｈe fｉfth moｎｔh． Ｎearby fishermen ruｓｈed oveｒ tｏ ｔry aｎd saｖe him ｂｕｔ ｗｅre unａｂle ｔo eｖｅｎ reｃｏｖｅr hｉs ｂody.Theｒｅaｆter, ｔhe stａt(yī)e declｉnｅd and ｗａs eveｎtuaｌlｙ cｏｎｑuerｅd ｂy the Staｔｅ oｆ Qin.屈原是戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期（公元前４7５-２21）楚國（今湖南和湖北）的一名大夫。他十分正直、衷心，并且自信可以通過自己的治國才能給國家?guī)砗推胶拓?cái)富。然而，當(dāng)時(shí)虛偽和和墮落的國王對屈原惡意誹謗,這使他感到非常羞恥,就罷官離開了朝野。意識到現(xiàn)在整個(gè)國家都處于邪惡腐敗政黨的手中，屈原在 5 月初 5 那天抱起一塊大石頭跳進(jìn)了汨羅江。附近的漁民沖過去想要去救他,但卻并沒有找到他的身體。之后，楚國真的衰落了,最終由秦國所占領(lǐng)。

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Ｔｈｅ pｅopｌe oｆ Cｈu who mourned tｈe dｅaｔｈ ｏf Qu ｔhrew rice inｔo ｔhe rｉver tｏ feed hiｓ gｈost ｅｖerｙ year on ｔｈe fifth day of tｈe fifth month.Bｕt onｅ yｅar，the ｓpiｒｉt of Qu appeaｒｅｄ aｎｄ ｔolｄ ｔhe mourners ｔhａt(yī) a ｈuge reｐtｉle ｉｎ tｈe ｒiver ｈad ｓtoｌｅｎ tｈｅ rice.Thｅ spirｉt thｅn ａdvised thｅm to wrａp the rｉce in ｓｉlｋ and bind iｔ ｗith five different-cｏlored threaｄs befoｒe toｓsinｇ it ｉnto the rｉvｅｒ．

粽子

為了紀(jì)念屈原,楚國人紛紛在５月初５這天將米飯團(tuán)扔進(jìn)江里,借此來慰藉屈原的靈魂。但是，有一年，屈原的靈魂出現(xiàn)了,并告訴悼念者江里有一個(gè)巨大的爬行動物偷走了米飯,建議他們可以將米飯用絲綢包裹起來,接著用五種不同顏色的線綁起來再扔進(jìn)河里。

During the Duａnwｕ Festｉval, a gｌutｉnous riｃｅ pudding callｅd zong ｚi ｉs eaten ｔo sｙmbolizｅ the ｒiｃe ofｆerings to Qu． Inｇｒeｄients ｓｕch ａs beans，lotus sｅe(cuò)ds, chestnuts, pｏｒk fａt(yī) anｄ tｈe goｌｄeｎ ｙｏｌk ｏf a salteｄ ducｋ egg ａre ｏｆteｎ ａdｄeｄ tｏ the gｌｕｔｉnous ｒｉce． Ｔhe ｐudding is thｅｎ ｗrappeｄ wiｔｈ ｂamboo leaves，bounｄ witｈ a kind of raffiａ ａnd boileｄ in ｓalt watｅr fｏr hourｓ．

在端午節(jié)那天,人們吃一種糯米飯來紀(jì)念屈原,這種食物被稱為粽子。粽子的主要成分通常有豆子,蓮子，栗子,肥豬肉和咸鴨蛋的蛋黃部分等。然后用竹葉將這些材料包裹起來,用一種纖維細(xì)線將其捆綁,放入沸騰的鹽水中煮數(shù)小時(shí)即可。

Ｔ he d ｒ agon －ｂo o ａ t races

The dragon－boａｔ racｅｓ sｙｍbolｉze the ｍaｎy attemｐts tｏ rescuｅ and recoｖeｒ Ｑｕ"s bｏdy.A typical ｄrａgoｎ boat ranｇes fｒom 50－100 feeｔ in lｅnｇtｈ, ｗiｔｈ a beam of aboｕｔ 5.5 ｆeｅt, ａcｃoｍmｏｄａt(yī)ing tｗo paddlｅrs seated ｓiｄｅ ｂy sｉde.龍舟比賽

龍舟比賽象征著人們?yōu)闋I救屈原和尋找屈原的身體做出的許多努力。典型的龍舟通常長 59 到 100 英尺，中間有一個(gè) 5.5 英尺的梁,兩邊分別坐兩位劃槳者。

A woｏdｅn dragon ｈｅaｄ is attａched aｔ thｅ boｗ, aｎｄ a dragon ｔail ａt(yī) thｅ stern.A baｎner hoisteｄ ｏn a polｅ iｓ ａｌso faｓtｅｎed at tｈe

stern and the huｌｌ iｓ deｃorated wiｔh reｄ, ｇreen ａnd ｂluｅ sｃａleｓ ｅdgｅd ｉn gold.Ｉn the ｃenter of ｔhe boａｔ is a canopied sｈrinｅ behind whｉｃh thｅ dｒummeｒs, gonｇ bｅaters and cｙｍｂａl plａyeｒs arｅ seａｔｅd ｔo sｅt the pａce foｒ ｔｈe pａｄdlers． Tｈere ａｒe aｌso men ｐositiｏneｄ at the bow to set oｆｆ fiｒecrackｅrs, tｏss ｒｉcｅ ｉntｏ tｈe wateｒ and ｐretend ｔo be ｌｏｏｋing ｆor Qu． Alｌ ｏｆ tｈｅ noise and pａgｅanｔrｙ creａt(yī)ｅｓ an ａt(yī)mｏspｈerｅ of ｇａieｔｙ ａnd ｅxcｉtｅmｅnt for thｅ parｔiciｐaｎｔs anｄ ｓpecｔaｔors ａlike.Ｔhe rａces are held aｍong difｆerent ｃlans, ｖilｌages anｄ orgａｎizatｉｏns, anｄ the winｎers aｒe ａwarded meｄals, baｎneｒs，jugs ｏｆ wｉne ａnd ｆestive meals.船頭是一個(gè)木制的龍頭，船則是龍尾,并且會立著一面旗子,而船身都是紅色、綠色、藍(lán)色的刻度,同時(shí)鑲著金邊。船中心則是帶有頂棚的船身，在此之后敲鼓打鑼的人整齊落座，為劃舟打出節(jié)拍。在船頭也會有固定的人燃放煙花，向水中投放粽子，做出在尋找屈原的樣子。所有的這些為參與者們和觀看者們營造出一種興奮、激動和喜悅的節(jié)日氣氛。龍舟比賽通常在不同的民族、村莊和組織之間舉行，勝出者會贏得獎(jiǎng)牌，旗子，美酒和節(jié)日飲食。

第二篇：端午節(jié)英文介紹

the Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth month of the year is a traditional festival in China, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the sticky rice dumpling

festival.On Dragon Boat Festival, people used to eating zongzi, dragon boat, hang calamus ` HaoCao artemisiae argyi, embalm cangzhu, drink realgar wine.Allegedly, eating zongzi and dragon boat racing is to commemorate qu yuan, As for hanging moxa calamus, have perfumed, a.dahurica cangzhu, drink realgar wine, it is said to ward off evil spirits."

Since the start of 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival officially listed in national holidays.In culture gradually multivariate, information increasingly rich today, the Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese

traditional festivals confronted with many challenges.The urgent need people keep pace with The Times, we should not only keep tradition, and to meet the people need.In GuiLin, the annual Dragon Boat Festival, held every entirely dragon boat match.One month before the game，the teams will be in lijiang to makepre-match preparation to get good grades in the game.Although just a game, but many more are

embodies our traditional festive to commemorate and to inherit.Nowadays many traditional festivals had become the legal

holiday, traditional festivals also more get everybody's attention, we will also pass traditional festival customs.

第三篇：端午節(jié)英文介紹范文

端午節(jié)英文介紹

Brief Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival

Officially falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day.While many stories regarding its origin abound, the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan, a minister during the Warring States Period(475-221 BC)

Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival's Origin

At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict.While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to carve out their own kingdoms.The state of Qin would eventually emerge the victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history.Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor.A wise and articulate man, he was loved by the common people.He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court--thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials.Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service.In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years.Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River.His last poem reads:

Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair，Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot, And waited for the wind to come, to sour up on my journey

As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats, beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's body.The Modern Dragon Boat Festival started from that time to this day, people commemorated Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races, eating zong zi, and several other activities, on the anniversary of his death: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing crowds of spectators.Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated canoes.Ranging anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, their heads are shaped like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail.Depending on the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat.A drummer and flag-catcher stand at the front of the boat.Before a dragon boat enters competition, it must be “brought to life” by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony.Races can have any number of boats competing, with the winner being the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course.Annual races take place all over China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and other overseas Chinese communities.Zong Zi

The traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival, Zong zi is a glutinous rice ball, with a filling, wrapped in corn leaves.The fillings can be egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them.They are generally steamed.Talisman and Charms

Another aspect of the Double Fifth Day is the timing: at the beginning of summer, when diseases are likely to strike, people also wear talisman to fend off evil spirits.They may hang the picture of Zhong Kui, guardian against evil spirits, on the door of their homes, as well.Adults may drink Xiong Huang Wine, and children carry fragrant silk pouches, all of which can prevent evil.It is said that if you can balance a raw egg on its end at exactly noon on Double Fifth Day, the rest of the year will be lucky.

第四篇：端午節(jié)英文介紹

Good afternoon, I’m Cathy.I’m happy to be with you.I hope you can enjoy yourself in my class.First, I have got a question for you.Do you still remember the traditional festival on June 16? It was celebrated on Wednesday.Right.It is the Dragon Boat Festival.The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats.What is the origin for the festival? yes, we want to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in the miluo river.So today my topic is Chinese festivals.Now let’s recall them in the order of the time.New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, Women’s Day, Tree-planting Day, Tomb-sweeping Festival, Labor Day, Youth Day, Children’s Day, Dragon Boat Festival, qixi festival(Chinese Valentine’s Day), Army’s Day, Mid-autumn Festival, Teachers’ Day, Double Ninth, National Day.The spring festival is the biggest and most important festival in China.In the festival, people will participate in many activities.Can you give us some examples? Right.Buy new clothes, have new haircut, clean the house, do new year’s shopping, stick couplets and “fu” on the doors, people usually put “fu” upside down.When it is placed in this position, it means the good luck has come or will come.(squibbing firecrackers).The younger generation can get some money as a gift, and we also set off firecrackers.Nearly all the family members will come back for the family reunion dinner no matter where they stay or how busy they are.Here is my question for you? What do we usually eat in spring festival? yes, jiaozi, tangyuan, niangao, yu.Do you know why? We eat jiaozi because the shape of jiaozi is like “yuanbao”, it means you will have plenty of money and treasures in the coming year.The shape of tangyuan is round, means “get together” and the filling is sweet.It means family members stay together harmoniously and happily.Niangao share the same pronunciation as gao, means you’ll make progress year by year.Yu means surplus, in Chinese we have niannianyouyu, it is a wish for year of plenty.The Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Jie is a traditional Chinese festival, which is on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese New Year.The festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year.Chinese started to celebrate the Lantern Festival from the Han Dynasty(206 BC-221 AD).Like most other Chinese festivals, there is also a story behind the Festival.It is also believed that the festival has Taoist origins.This is a festival for people having fun.On the night of the festival, people go on streets with a variety of lanterns under the full moon, watching lions or dragon dancing, playing Chinese riddles and games, 2 and lighting up firecrackers.There is really a lot of fun for the young and the old.Yuanxiao(glutinous rice ball)or Tangyuan is the special food for the Lantern Festival.It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty.Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing.Yuanxiao is sticky, sweet and round in shape, symbolizing family unity, completeness and happiness.Tree-planting day is celebrated to commemorate Dr.Sun yat-sen.March 12 is the anniversary of his death.He has attached great importance to forestry.The traditional tomb-sweeping festival falls on April 5 and is seen by Chinese as a special day for remembering the dead.After the festival, the temperature will rise up and fainfall increases.It is the high time for plowing and sowing.The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance.It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.3 This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens.At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south.On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar.They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.It was said long time ago, there was a boy whoes father died when he was a little boy.People called him Cowherd.He lived with his brother and sister-in-law.But his sister-in-law did not like him and always cornered him.One day, the heartless women asked him herd the cows and told him he could go home on dondition that he turned those nine cows into ten which is utterly impossible.He went out with only nine cows.Later he came to a moutain and sat down on the grass, crying.Then came an old man who told him there was an injured cow in the wood.Cowherd followed the old man’s direction and finally found the cow.Then he learned that the cow he saved was a cow in the heaven.Some days passed, the cow told cowherd that there would be some fairy maidens bathing in the lake.If he tole the red clothes of one of them, the one who owned the red clothes was going to be his wife.That day, Cowherd did do what the cow told him.And finally he married the fairy maiden called Weaver Maid.They had a daughter and a boy and lived a happy life.But one day the cow told Cowherd if he died his skin can be made shoes, and the one who wears the shoes can fly.Several days later, the cow died.The Queen Mother in the heaven flared up for she found that her daughter had married a man.So she sent troops from heaven to catch Weaver Maid.Cowherd came home finding that his wife was brought back to heaven.He wore the shoes made of the cow’s skin in a hurry and followed the troops to rescue Weaver Maid.But unfortunately no soner did he grabed Weaver Maid’s hand than the Queen Mother drew a line between them which immediately formed a river by using her golden hairpin.Cowherd and Weaver Maid were separated on the each side of the river forever.The magpies were moved by their touching story.So they built a bridge for their once-a-year reunion till now.This tragic story is known to all chiese people.So we name the day—7th July—Chinese Valentine’s Day, or rather, Double Seventh Festival.Mid-autumn Day falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month（農(nóng)歷）.On that night the moon is brighter and fuller than any other night.In China, Mid-autumn Day is a time for family reunions(團(tuán)圓).On this day, many families enjoy watching the full moon.Some families will bake（烘）cakes, called “moon cakes.” They're delicious!In ancient China, poets considered the moon as a symbol of brightness（光明）, purity（純潔）, and goodness（善良）.They wrote many beautiful poems about the moon.The most popular one was a story about a lady on the moon(嫦娥).She flew to the moon and lived in the Moon Palace（月宮）.

第五篇：端午節(jié)介紹

端午節(jié)

（英文為Dragon Boat Festival或Double Fifth Festival）又稱為端陽節(jié)，為每年的農(nóng)歷5月初五日，在湖北、湖南、貴 州、四川一帶，端午節(jié)又分為大端午與小端午。小端午為每年農(nóng)歷五月初五，大端午為每年農(nóng)歷五月十五日。2010年，6月14日，6月15日，6月16日為法定放假日子。2010年6月16日為端午節(jié)。

時(shí)至今日，端午節(jié)在中國人民中仍是一個(gè)十分盛行的隆重節(jié)日。國家非常重視非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)的保護(hù)，2006年5月20日，該民俗經(jīng)國務(wù)院批準(zhǔn)列入第一批國家級非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)名錄。

2009年9月30日在阿聯(lián)酋首都阿布扎比召開的聯(lián)合國教科文組織保護(hù)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)政府間委員會會議決定：中國端午節(jié)成功入選《世界人類非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)代表作名錄》。

法定節(jié)日

《國務(wù)院關(guān)于修改〈全國年節(jié)及紀(jì)念日放假辦法〉的決定》（2008年1月1日起施行）第二條規(guī)定，“全體公民放假的節(jié)日：……

（五）端午節(jié)，放假一天（農(nóng)歷端午當(dāng)日）……”據(jù)此，自2008年開始，端午節(jié)正式列入國家法定節(jié)日。在文化逐漸多元、信息日益豐富的今天，端午節(jié)等中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日面臨著不少挑戰(zhàn)。這迫切需要人們與時(shí)俱進(jìn)，既要保持傳統(tǒng)，又要適應(yīng)當(dāng)今人們需要。

名稱由來

“端”字有“初始”的意思，因此“端五”就是“初五”。而按照歷法五月正是“午”月，因此“端五”也就漸漸演變成了現(xiàn)在的“端午”。《燕京歲時(shí)記》記載：“初五為五月單五，蓋端字之轉(zhuǎn)音也?！?/p>

節(jié)日由來

此說最早出自南朝梁代吳均《續(xù)齊諧記》和南朝宗懔《荊楚歲時(shí)記》。據(jù)說，屈原投汨羅江后，當(dāng)?shù)匕傩章動嶑R上劃船撈救，一直行至洞庭湖，始終不見屈原的尸體。那時(shí)，恰逢雨天，湖面上的小舟一起匯集在岸邊的亭子旁。當(dāng)人們得知是為了打撈賢臣屈大夫時(shí)，再次冒雨出動，爭相劃進(jìn)茫茫的洞庭湖。為了寄托哀思，人們蕩舟江河之上，此后才逐漸發(fā)展成為龍舟競賽。百姓們又怕江河里的魚吃掉他的身體，就紛紛回家拿來米團(tuán)投入江中，以免魚蝦糟蹋屈原的尸體，后來就成了吃粽子的習(xí)俗。看來，端午節(jié)吃粽子、賽龍舟與紀(jì)念屈原相關(guān)，有唐代文秀《端午》詩為證：“節(jié)分端午自誰言，萬古傳聞為屈原?？靶Τ彰烀?，不能洗得直臣冤?！?/p>

龍的節(jié)日

這種說法來自聞一多的《端午考》、和《端午的歷史教育》。他認(rèn)為，五月初五是古代吳越地區(qū)“龍”的部落舉行圖騰祭祀的日子。其主要理由是；(一)端午節(jié)兩個(gè)最主要的活動吃粽子和競渡，都與龍相關(guān)。粽子投入水里常被蛟龍所竊，而競渡則用的是龍舟。(二)競渡與古代吳越地方的關(guān)系尤深，況且吳越百姓還有斷發(fā)紋身“以像龍子”的習(xí)俗。(三)古代五月初五日有用“五彩絲系臂”的民間風(fēng)俗，這應(yīng)當(dāng)是“像龍子”的紋身習(xí)俗的遺跡。

惡日

在先秦時(shí)代，普遍認(rèn)為五月是個(gè)毒月，五日是惡日，相傳這天邪佞當(dāng)?shù)?，五毒并出。?jù)《禮記》載，端午源于周代的蓄蘭沐浴?！秴问洗呵铩分小吨傧挠洝芬徽乱?guī)定人們在五月要禁欲、齋戒。《夏小正》中記：“此日蓄藥，以蠲除毒氣?！薄洞蟠鞫Y》中記，“五月五日蓄蘭為沐浴”以浴驅(qū)邪認(rèn)為重五是死亡之日的傳說也很多?！妒酚洝っ蠂L君列傳》記歷史上有名的孟嘗君，在五月五日出生。其父要其母不要生下他，認(rèn)為“五月子者，長于戶齊，將不利其父母?！薄讹L(fēng)俗通》佚文，“俗說五月五日生子，男害父，女害母”?！墩摵狻返淖髡咄醭湟灿浭觯骸爸M舉正月、五月子；以正月、五月子殺父與母，不得舉也?！?東晉大將王鎮(zhèn)惡五月初五生，其祖父便給他取名為“鎮(zhèn)惡”。宋徽宗趙佶五月初五生，從小寄養(yǎng)在宮外。可見，古代以五月初五為惡日，是普遍現(xiàn)象。可見從先秦以后，此日均為不吉之日。這樣，在此日插菖蒲、艾葉以驅(qū)鬼，薰蒼術(shù)、白芷和喝雄黃酒以避疫，就是順理成章的事。并且人們還避“端五”忌諱，稱之為“端午”。

節(jié)日食俗

最早出現(xiàn)的端午時(shí)食，應(yīng)屬西漢的“梟羹”?！妒酚洝贰拔涞郾炯o(jì)”注引如淳言：“漢使東郡送梟，五月五日為梟羹以賜百官。以惡鳥，故食之”。大約因?yàn)闂n不易捕捉，所以吃梟羹的習(xí)俗并沒有持續(xù)下來。銼是端午的主角-粽子，在稍晚的東漢就已出現(xiàn)。一直要到晉朝，粽子才成為端午的應(yīng)節(jié)食品?！讹L(fēng)土記》：“五月五日，與夏至同，……先此二節(jié)一日，又以菰葉裹黏米，雜以粟，以淳濃灰汁煮之令熟?！蓖瑫r(shí)又有另一種端午節(jié)食，稱為“龜”也只在晉朝曇花一現(xiàn)，隨即銷聲匿跡。只有《風(fēng)土記》中稱為“角黍”的粽子，因?yàn)楦綍谇膫髡f上，千百年來，成為最受人歡迎的端午節(jié)食。

吃粽子

“粽子香，香廚房。艾葉香，香滿堂。桃枝插在大門上，出門一望麥兒黃。這兒端陽，那兒端陽，處處都端陽。”這是舊時(shí)流行甚廣的一首描寫過端午節(jié)的民謠。總體上說，各地人民過端午節(jié)的習(xí)俗大同小異，而端午節(jié)吃粽子，古往今來，中國各地都一樣。

如今的粽子更是多種多樣，璀璨紛呈。現(xiàn)今各地的粽子，一般都用箬殼包糯米，但內(nèi)含的花色則根據(jù)各地特產(chǎn)和風(fēng)俗而定，著名的有桂圓粽、肉粽、水晶粽、蓮蓉粽、蜜餞粽、板栗粽、辣粽、酸菜粽、火腿粽、咸蛋粽等等

飲雄黃酒

端午飲雄黃酒的習(xí)俗，從前在長江流域地區(qū)極為盛行。古語曾說 “飲了雄黃酒，病魔都遠(yuǎn)走”。雄黃是一種礦物質(zhì)，俗稱“雞冠石”，其主要成分是硫化砷，并含有汞，有毒。一般飲用的雄黃酒，只是在白酒或自釀的黃酒里加入微量雄黃而成，無純飲的。雄黃酒有殺菌驅(qū)蟲解五毒的功效，中醫(yī)還用來治皮膚病。在沒有碘酒之類消毒劑的古代，用雄黃泡酒，可以祛毒解癢。未到喝酒年齡的小孩子，大人則給他們的額頭、耳鼻、手足心等處涂抹上雄黃酒，意在消毒防病，蟲豸不叮。

端午節(jié)的傳播 日本

此日男人游泳，女人洗頭。由于不再采用農(nóng)歷，日本的端午節(jié)固定于每年陽

歷5月5日，在日語中“菖蒲”和“尚武”是諧音，因此日本端午節(jié)又漸漸地變成了男孩子的節(jié)日。這一天也是日本的兒童日（男孩節(jié)），是法定的公眾假期。這一天日本有男孩子的家庭要掛鯉魚旗，豎鯉魚旗是希望孩子像鯉魚那樣健康成長，有中國“鯉躍龍門”的意思。從下面看鯉魚旗，浮現(xiàn)在藍(lán)天下的鯉魚很像在水中健壯地游。這是中國端午節(jié)沒有的習(xí)慣。會食用日本粽和柏餅。

韓國

朝鮮半島的文化在人類學(xué)和歷史來說，都和中國有一定的關(guān)系。因此，朝鮮半島各地民族可能與中國各地曾經(jīng)以相同的方式慶祝端午節(jié)。[原創(chuàng)研究？]不過，當(dāng)這些人民散居在朝鮮半島各地，他們各自都把端午節(jié)本土化，并以各自的名字稱呼這個(gè)慶典，例如：天中節(jié)、重午節(jié)、端陽、五月節(jié)、戌衣日、水瀨日等。韓國在端午日這天在江原道江陵市所舉辦大規(guī)模薩滿祭儀、山神祭與等一系列結(jié)合巫俗、儒道教地祝祭活動江陵端午祭，由于保留了大量的原始信仰、民俗遺風(fēng)與傳統(tǒng)文化，在2005年被列入聯(lián)合國教科文組織世界文化遺產(chǎn)。

韓國江陵端午祭是旨在繼承和發(fā)揚(yáng)端午節(jié)傳統(tǒng)文化習(xí)俗而舉行的慶典活動，1967年被指定為韓國第13號重要無形文化遺產(chǎn)和重要無形文物，2005年11月25日被世界教科文組織指定為人類口頭和無形遺產(chǎn)。江陵端午祭以大關(guān)嶺祭神為始拉開帷幕，活動期間將會舉行各種巫法和祭祀典禮，并會舉行跳繩、假面制作等傳統(tǒng)游戲和體驗(yàn)活動以及精彩的巫俗表演、假面舞、農(nóng)樂表演等。

韓國江陵端午祭久負(fù)盛名，每年的端午祭期間，來自韓國和世界各地的觀光者達(dá)百萬人之多。是什么東西吸引了如此眾多的參與者、參觀者？――這不能不歸功于韓國江陵市政府對民間無形文化的高度重視和有效的保護(hù)。正是這一舉措，使得一個(gè)民間節(jié)日成為江陵文化的標(biāo)志，韓國民族精神的象征；成為一種無形文化遺產(chǎn)，供人類享受；成為外界認(rèn)識韓國文化和江陵民情的一個(gè)窗口。韓國 “申遺”事件中提到的韓國端午節(jié)，指的就是江陵的端午祭。