专题02 Dragon Boat Festival（端午节）课件（含视频）-高中英语中国文化和西方文化精品阅读课课件

FAQs abbr.常见问题解答（Frequently Asked Questions） Dragon Boat Festival  falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Typically a Rice Dunpling called zòng zi 粽子 is eaten. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month,which is in late May or June on the Gregorian calendar.(公历)  In 2023, Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 22 (Thursday). China will have 3 days of public holiday from Thursday (June 22) to Saturday (June 24). [V-I]If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date. 适逢 (某日) Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four top traditional Chinese festivals, along with（与..一起） the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to China, many other Asian countries and regions also celebrate this festival , such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and so on. Names of Dragon Boat Festival 1. Dragon Boat Festival It is called Dragon Boat Festival, or Longzhou Jie (龙舟节) in Chinese, because of its close association(关联) with dragon boats. Chinese people attach great cultural significance to dragons. The two main activities during the festival are eating zongzi (rice dumplings) and boat races, and both are related to dragons.Zongzi have long been thrown into rivers as offerings and sacrifices to the Dragon God on lunar month 5 day 5, while dragon boats are used in races traditionally held on this day. 2. Duanwu Jie The Dragon Boat Festival is called Duanwu Jie (端午节) in Mandarin（普通话） Chinese. Duan (端) means ‘start’, while wu (午) means ‘noon’, but also ‘the fifth solar month’ in the traditional Chinese calendar (approximately（大约） June 6 – July 6), centered around the summer solstice（夏至）. ‘The month of noon’ marks the middle of summer. Hence（因此）, Duanwu Jie means ‘the beginning of mid-summer festival’. Also, 端五 is a variant of Duanwu using wu (五), the Chinese character （汉字）meaning ‘five’. So ‘Duanwu’ can also mean ‘Start of the F