中國(guó)節(jié)日的英文故事

在中國(guó)有很多節(jié)日，關(guān)于這些節(jié)日背后的故事你都知道嗎?下面我們?yōu)榇蠹規(guī)?lái)中國(guó)節(jié)日的英語(yǔ)故事，歡迎學(xué)習(xí)和閱讀。

端午節(jié)

Inthe5thdayofthefifthmonthoftheChineselunarcalendar,itisthetraditionalDragonBoatFestivalinChina,alsoknownasduyang,fiveandfive.AsearlyastheZhouDynasty,therewasacustomofstoringlanesandbathinginMay5th.Buttoday,manyactivitiesofDragonBoatFestivalarerelatedtomemoratingQuYuan,agreatChinesewriter.

IntheWarringStatesperiod,ChuandQinscrambleforhegemony,andthepoetQuYuanwashighlyvaluedbythekingofChu.However,QuYuansclaimwasopposedbytheoldofficialofShangguandoctorJinShang.HecontinuedtoslanderQuYuaninfrontofthekingofChuHuai,andthekingofChuHuaigraduallyalienatedQuYuan,andtheambitiousQuYuanfeltmuchpain,andhewaswithamelancholyandindignationthatwasdifficulttosuppress.HewrotetheimmortalpoemssuchasLiSaoandTianXiang.In229BC,QinconqueredeightcitiesinChustate,andthensentenvoystoKingChuHuaitogototheQinstate.QuYuansawthroughtheconspiracyofKingQinandriskeddeathintothepalacetostatehisinterests.Insteadoflistening,ChuHuaiWangdroveQuYuanoutofYingDu.WhenKingChuHuaiarrivedatthemeetingasscheduled,hewasimprisonedinQinstate.Hewasfilledwithregretanddepression.HediedinQinafterthreeyears.SoonafterthekingofChudefeatedtheking,hesenttroopstoattackthestateofChu.Onthewayofexile,QuYuanheardthedeathofKingHuaikingandthebadnewsofYingCitytobreakthrough.

ThefishermenontheriverandthepeopleontheshoreheardthatDr.QuYuanthrewhimselfintotheriverandcametotherivertosalvagethecorpseofQuYuan.(thecustomlaterevolvedintoadragonboatrace).Inaddition,theDragonpouredtherealgarwineintotheriversothattheanimalscouldnotbehurt.Afteralongtime,afaintdragonwasfloatingonthesurfaceofthewater,andthedragonwasstillcoveredwithapieceofdoctorsdress.Peoplepulledthedragonontheshore,pulledoutthetendons,thenwrappedthedragoninthehandsandneckofthechildren,thenusedtherealgarwine,andsomewerestillwritingaKingontheforeheadofthechildrentomakethepoison.Snakepestsdontdaretohurtthem.Fromthenon,atthebeginningofMayeveryyearintheearlyMay,thepeopleofthestateofChustatethedragonboatontheriver,throwthezongzianddrinkthemaleyellowricewinetomemoratethepoet,thecustomoftheDragonBoatFestivalhasbeenspreadlikethis.

農(nóng)歷五月初五，是我國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的端午節(jié)，又稱(chēng)端陽(yáng)、重五、端五節(jié)。早在周朝，就有"五月五日，蓄蘭而沐'的習(xí)俗。但今日端午節(jié)的眾多活動(dòng)都與紀(jì)念我國(guó)宏大的文學(xué)家屈原有關(guān)。

戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)代，楚秦爭(zhēng)奪霸權(quán)，詩(shī)人屈原很受楚王器重，然而屈原的主見(jiàn)遭到上官大夫靳尚為首的守舊派的反對(duì)，不斷在楚懷王的面前詆毀屈原，楚懷王慢慢疏遠(yuǎn)了屈原，有著遠(yuǎn)大理想的屈原倍感痛心，他懷著難以抑制的愁?lèi)灡瘧?，?xiě)出了《離騷》、《天向》等不朽詩(shī)篇。公元前229年，秦國(guó)攻占了楚國(guó)八座城池，接著又派使臣請(qǐng)楚懷王去秦國(guó)議和。屈原看破了秦王的陰謀，冒死進(jìn)宮陳述利害，楚懷王不但不聽(tīng)，反而將屈原逐出郢都。楚懷王如期赴會(huì)，一到秦國(guó)就被囚禁起來(lái)，楚懷王懊悔交加，愁?lèi)灣杉?，三年后客死于秦?guó)。楚頃衰王即位不久，秦王又派兵攻打楚國(guó)，頃衰王倉(cāng)惶撤離京城，秦兵攻占郢城。屈原在流放途中，接連聽(tīng)到楚懷王客死和郢城攻破的噩耗后，萬(wàn)念俱灰，仰天長(zhǎng)嘆一聲，投入了滾滾激流的汩羅江。

江上的漁夫和岸上的百姓，聽(tīng)說(shuō)屈原大夫投江自盡，都紛紛來(lái)到江上，奮力打撈屈原的尸體，(此風(fēng)俗日后演化成賽龍舟)人們紛紛拿出家中的粽子、雞蛋投入江中，讓魚(yú)吃了就不會(huì)去咬屈大夫尸身。還有郎中把雄黃酒倒入江中，以便藥昏蛟龍水獸，使屈原大夫尸體免遭損害。過(guò)不了多久，水面上浮起了一條昏暈的蛟龍，龍須上還沾著一片屈大夫的衣襟，人們就把這惡龍拉上岸，抽了筋，然後把龍筋纏在孩子們的手、脖子上，又用雄黃酒抹七竅，有的還在小孩子額頭上寫(xiě)上一個(gè)"王'字，使那些毒蛇害蟲(chóng)都不敢來(lái)?yè)p害他們。從今，每年五月初屈原投江殉難日，楚國(guó)人民都到江上劃龍舟，投粽子，喝雄黃酒，以此來(lái)紀(jì)念詩(shī)人，端午節(jié)的風(fēng)俗就這樣流傳下來(lái)。

七夕

Legendhasitthatonthisevening,Niulang,ortheCowherd,andZhinu,ortheWeavingMaid,meeteachotherfortheirannualtrystonabridgeformedbysympatheticmagpiesovertheMilkyWay.Ifithappenstorainthatnight,aChineseeldermightsayitisZhinuweepingaftermeetingherhusbandNiulangontheMilkyWay.

傳奇每年農(nóng)歷7月7日的晚上，牛郎(牧牛人)和織女(編織女工)會(huì)在由喜鵲搭建在銀河之上的橋上重逢。假如那天下雨，中國(guó)的老人就會(huì)告知你，牛郎織女在銀河兩岸流淚。

Thisdayusedtobememoratedasafestivalforgirlsandalsoforyoungpeopleinlove.Asthestorygoes,therewasonceacowherd,Niulang,wholivedwithhiselderbrotherandsister-in-law.Buthissister-in-lawdislikedandabusedhim,andtheboywasforcedtoleavehomewithonlyanoldcowforpany.

Thecow,however,wasaformergodwhohadviolatedcelestialrulesandhadbeensenttoearthinbovineform.OnedayheledNiulangtoalakewherefairiescamebatheonearth;amongthemwasZhinu,themostbeautifulgirlandaskilledseamstress.Thetwofellinloveatfirstsightandweresoonmarried.Theyhadasonandadaughter,andtheirhappylifewasheldupasanexampleforhundredsofyearsinChina.

YetintheeyesoftheJadeEmperor,theSupremeDeityinTaoism,marriagebetweenamortalandafairywasstrictlyforbidden.HesenthisempresstofetchZhinu.NiulanggrewdesperatewhenhediscoveredZhinuhadbeentakenbacktoheaven.DrivenbyNiulangsmisery,thecowtoldhimtoturnitshideintoapairofshoesafteritdied.

ThemagicshoeswhiskedoffNiulang,whocarriedhistwochildreninbasketsstrungfromashoulderpole,offonachaseaftertheempress.Thepursuitenragedtheempress,whotookherhairpinandslasheditacrossthesky,creatingtheMilkyWaywhichseparatedhusbandfromwife.Butallwasnotlost.Anarmyofmagpies,movedbytheirloveanddevotion,formedabridgeacrosstheMilkyWaytoreunitethefamily.EventheJadeEmperoorwastouchedandallowedNiulangandZhinutomeetonceayearontheseventhnightoftheseventhmonth.Itissaidthatatthatnight,childrencanheartheprivateconversationbetweentheWeavingMaidandtheCowherdunderthegrapetrellis.ThisishowQixicametobe.

Inactuality,thefestivalcanbetracedbacktotheHanDynasty(206BC-AD220).PeoplewouldtraditionallylookupattheskyandspotabrightstarintheconstellationAquila,aswellasthestarVega,identifiedasNiulangandZhinu.ThetwostarsshineonoppositesidesoftheMilkyWay.

QixiisalsoknownastheBeggingforSkillsFestivalorDaughtersFestival.Inthepast,girlswouldholdceremoniesonthedayandpraytoZhinuforwisdom,dexterityandasatisfyingmarriage.InsomepartsofShandongProvince,youngwomenwouldofferfruitandpastriestoherinreturnforablessingofintelligence.Ifspiderswereseentoweavewebsonsacrificialobjects,itwasbelievedthatZhinuwasofferingpositivefeedback.InotherpartsofChina,thecustomwasforsevenclosefriendstogathertomakedumplings.Theywouldputintothreeseparatedumplingsaneedle,acoppercoinandareddate,whichrepresentedperfectneedleworkskills,goodfortuneandanearlymarriagerespectively.

YoungwomeninsouthernChinawovesmallhandicraftswithcoloredpaper,grassandthread.Weavingandneedleworkpetitionswouldbeheldtoseewhohadthebesthandsandthebrightestmind,prerequisitesforbeingagoodwifeandmother.

However,theseancienttraditionsandcustomshavebeenslowlydyingout.FewerpeoplethanevergazeattheheavenonthatdaytopickoutthetwostarsshiningbrightoneithersideoftheMilkyWay--thatis,iftheyevenknowonwhichdayQixifalls.

七夕坐看牽牛織女星，是民間的習(xí)俗，相傳，在每年的這個(gè)夜晚，是天上織女與牛郎在鵲橋相見(jiàn)之時(shí)?？椗且粋€(gè)漂亮聰慧、心靈手巧的仙女，凡間的婦女便在這一天晚上向她懇求才智和巧藝，也少不了向她求賜美滿姻緣，所以七月初七也被稱(chēng)為乞巧節(jié)。

人們傳奇在七夕的夜晚，抬頭可以看到牛郎織女的銀河相見(jiàn)，或在瓜果架下可偷聽(tīng)到兩人在天上相見(jiàn)時(shí)的脈脈情話。

女孩們?cè)谶@個(gè)布滿浪漫氣息的晚上，對(duì)著天空的朗朗明月，擺上時(shí)令瓜果，朝天祭拜，懇求天上的女神能給予她們聰慧的心靈和靈活的雙手，讓自己的針織女紅技法嫻熟，更懇求愛(ài)情婚姻的姻緣巧配。過(guò)去婚姻對(duì)于女性來(lái)說(shuō)是打算一生幸福與否的終身大事，所以，世間很多的有情男女都會(huì)在這個(gè)晚上，夜靜人深時(shí)刻，對(duì)著星空祈禱自己的姻緣美滿。

春節(jié)

TheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromtheBeginingofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoodinationwiththechangesofNature)。Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree，however，thatthewordNian，whichinmodernChinesesolelymeansyear，wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.

OnelegendgoesthatthebeastNianhadaverybigmouththatwouldswallowagreatmanypeoplewithonebite.Peoplewereveryscared.Oneday，anoldmancametotheirrescue，offeringtosubdueNian.ToNianhesaid，Ihearsaythatyouareverycapable，butcanyouswallowtheotherbeastsofpreyonearthinsteadofpeoplewhoarebynomeansofyourworthyopponents?So，itdidswallowmanyofthebeastsofpreyonearththatalsoharrassedpeopleandtheirdomesticanimalsfromtimetotime.

Afterthat，theoldmandisappearedridingthebeastNian.Heturnedouttobeanimmortalgod.NowthatNianisgoneandotherbeastsofpreyarealsoscaredintoforests，peoplebegintoenjoytheirpeacefullife.Beforetheoldmanleft，hehadtoldpeopletoputupredpaperdecorationsontheirwindowsanddoorsateachyearsendtoscareawayNianincaseitsneakedbackagain，becauseredisthecolorthebeastfearedthemost.

Fromthenon，thetraditionofobservingtheconquestofNianiscarriedonfromgenerationtogeneration.ThetermGuoNian，whichmaymeanSurvivetheNianbeestodayCelebratethe(New)YearasthewordguoinChin