Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 课外拓展中华传统节日端午节课件-2021-2022学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Safe and Healthy 1 The Dragon boat festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is also called 端阳节、午日节、艾节、重午、重五、午日、夏节、蒲节. It is a festival to expel the plague in summer. And it’s an important traditional festival not only in China, but also in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. 2 Origin At first, it was a festival for tribes worshiping dragon totem in ancient Baiyue area (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the South). Before the Spring and Autumn period, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifice in the form of dragon boat race. Later, in the state of Chu in the Warring States period, due to the poet Qu Yuan committed suicide on that day by jumping into the Miluo River with a stone in his arms. In order to establish the label of loyalty and patriotism, the rulers took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. 3 Development The Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Mid Autumn Festival are known as the four traditional festivals of the Han nationality in China. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday. In May 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. In September 2009, UNESCO officially considered and approved China's Dragon Boat Festival as a world intangible cultural heritage, becoming China's first festival selected as a world intangible cultural heritage. 4 Traditions 5 Boat Racing Dragon boat racing commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. It is not only a kind of sports and entertainment, but also reflects the spirit of patriotism and collectivism in people's hearts. Dragon boat rowing is the largest mass gathering in Qu Yuan's hometown. With the sound of gongs and the singing of "soul summoning song", people from all over the country gathered on both sides of Xiling Gorge to commemorate Qu Yuan in the oldest and most solemn way of dragon boat rowing. 6 Hanging Wormwood Peo