Duanwu or the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China.
The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, the source of its alternate name, the Double Fifth Festival.[5] The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2012, it fell on June 23; in 2013, on June 12; and in 2014, it will occur on June 2. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), drinking realgar wine (雄黄酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The sun is considered to be at its strongest around the time of summer solstice, as the daylight in the northern hemisphere is the longest. The sun, like the Chinese dragon, traditionally represents masculine energy, whereas the moon, like the phoenix, traditionally represents feminine energy. The summer solstice is considered the annual peak of male energy while the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, represents the annual peak of feminine energy. The masculine image of the dragon was thus naturally associated with Duanwu.[
高三也有学的很好和学的不好的
高考那天是端午节，可能跟中国的传统文化挂钩。
一、与端午节有关的英语句子
1、端午节是中国的传统节日，在每年农历的五月初五。
Dragon?Boat?Festival?is?a?traditional?festival?in?china.?
2、有四个重要节日：春节、元宵节、端午节和中秋节。
The?four?important?festivals?are?the?Spring?Festival,?the?Lantern?Festival,?the?Drgon-boat?Festival?and?the?Mid-au-tumn?Festival.?
3、人们在端午节这天会送香包给朋友。
People?give?their?friends?sachets?during?this?day.?
4、赛龙舟，是端午节的主要习俗。
The?main?dragon?boat?racing,?is?the?Dragon?Boat?Festival?custom.?
5、端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。
The?Dragon?Boat?Festival?is?one?of?three?major?Chinese?holidays,?along?with?the?Spring?and?Moon?Festivals.
6、端午节这天有吃粽子和赛龙舟的习俗。
There?is?the?customs?of?eating?Zongzi?and?racing?dragon-boat?on?that?day.?
7、今天是中国的端午节，祝你节日快乐。
Today?is?the?Chinese?dragon?boat?festival,?I?wish?you?a?happy?festival.
8、在端午节，人们把插艾和菖蒲作为重要内容之一。
On?Dragon?Boat?Festival,?people?put?inserted?moxa?and?calamus?as?one?of?important?content.
二、与端午节有关的英语单词
1、Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
2、rice dumpling 粽子
3、dragon boat 龙舟
4、Sachet 香包
5、argy wormwood 艾草
6、traditional festival 传统节日
