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"鼓声三下红旗开,两龙跃出浮水来.棹影斡波飞万剑,鼓声劈浪鸣千雷."端午节最应景的节目就是赛龙舟.
赛龙舟,是端午节的主要习俗.相传起源于古时楚国人因舍不得贤臣屈原投江死去,许多人划船追赶拯救.他们争先恐后,追至洞庭湖时不见踪迹.之后每年五月五日划龙舟以纪念之.借划龙舟驱散江中之鱼,以免鱼吃掉屈原的身体.竞渡之习,盛行于吴、越、楚.
其实 ,"龙舟竞渡"早在战国时代就有了.在急鼓声中划刻成龙形的独木舟,做竞渡游戏,以娱神与乐人,是祭仪中半宗教性、半娱乐性的节目.后来,赛龙舟除纪念屈原之外,在各地人们还付予了不同的寓意.此外,划龙舟也先后传入邻国日本、越南等及英国.1980年,赛龙舟被列入中国国家体育比赛项目,并每年举行"屈原杯"龙舟赛.
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice(糯米)
The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta(赛舟会)
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period (475-221BC)(战国时期)
The people of Chu who mourned the death of Qu threw rice into the river to feed his ghost every year on the fifth day of the fifth month. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile(爬行动物)
During the Duanwu Festival, a glutinous rice pudding called zong zi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to Qu. Indients such as beans, lotus seeds(莲子), chestnuts(栗子)
A wooden dragon head is attached at the bow, and a dragon tail at the stern(船尾). A banner hoisted on a pole is also fastened at the stern and the hull is decorated with red, en and blue scales edged in gold. In the center of the boat is a canopied shrine behind which the drummers, gong(铜锣)beaters and cymbal(铙钹)
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