更新时间:05-19 16:57:07作者:李天扬老师
端午节的传说:
QuYuanjumpedintoriver屈原投江
InordertocommemoratethepatrioticpoetQuYuanwhojumpedintotheMiluoriverandprotecthisbodyfrombeingeatenbyfishandshrimps,peoplecastmanybamboorice(ricedumplings)intotheriverandcompetetorow(acetateship)hopingtofindthebodyofQuyuan.
为了纪念爱国诗人屈原,居民为了不让跳下汨罗江的屈原尸体被鱼虾吃掉,所以在江里投下许多用竹叶包裹的米食(粽子),并且竞相划船(赛龙船)希望找到屈原的尸体。
CaoElookedforherfather’scorpse曹娥寻父尸
CaoE,dutifulgirloftheeasternHandynasty,whosefatherdrownedintheriverwhenshewas14-yearold.Shecriedalongtheriver,stilldidn’tseehisfather’scorpseafter17days,andshejumpedintotheriveronMay1staswell,afterfivedaysthetwocorpsesfoldedtogetherandfloat.Thatwasamovingstory,sopeopleinthetownshipworshipher.
东汉孝女曹娥,因曹父溺江而亡,年仅十四岁的她沿江豪哭,经十七日仍不见曹父尸首,乃在五月一日投江,五日后两尸合抱而浮起的感人事迹,乡人群而祭之。
MadamWhiteSnake白蛇传
ThelegendofwhitesnakeBaiSuzhen,inordertorepayXuXian,fellinlovewithhimandfinallygotmarried.OnthedayoftheDragonBoatFestivalwhitesnakedrinkrealgarwine,almostrevealherselfsnakelike,andamongthewhitesnake,FaHaiandwaterloggingJinshantemple,arepopularfolkoperarepertoire.