The Dragon Boat Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, and is therefore often called ‘Double Fifth Festival’. In Chinese, the holiday is called Duan Wu Jie.
The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar-statesman Qu Yuan, who lived some three centuries before the birth of Christ. Qu Yuan was a loyal minister that served the King of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan was a highly respected and trusted advisor to the King of Chu. He fought the corruption of other officials of the court.
Initially, Qu Yuan was favored by his sovereign, but over time, his wisdom and erudite ways antagonized the other court officials. Eventually, the intrigues of his rivals exerted enough ill influence on the King that Qu Yuan soon found himself in disfavor. The King began to not listen to Qu Yuan's suggestions and advice. Not long after, the King banished Qu Yuan from Chu. While in exile, Qu Yuan composed many poems expressing his sorrows and concerns for his country and people. Amongst his most famous poems is "Encountering Sorrow," a poem describing his search for a good sovereign that would listen to good advice regarding government.
In the year 295 B.C., at the age of 37, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Milo River. He clasped a heavy stone to his chest and leaped into the water. Knowing that Qu Yuan was a righteous man, the people of Chu rushed to the river to try to save him. The people desperately searched the waters in their boats looking for Qu Yuan, but they were unsuccessful in their attempt to rescue him. Every year the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated to commemorate this attempt at rescuing Qu Yuan.
龍舟節是在農曆的五月五日，在中國也叫做端午節。端午節是要紀念西元前三世紀在中國偉大的愛國詩人屈原。屈原是戰國時代楚國最忠誠的大臣，它是皇帝身邊最受到敬重和信任的諫言者，也是最受到皇帝寵愛的大臣。他反對朝廷內部的貪污及腐敗，他的正直和智慧得罪了不少王公貴人。最後他們陷害了屈原，使得皇帝在也不聽信屈原的諫言。不久之後，屈原被驅逐出楚國境內，在流放的時間內，他寫了許多的詩，抒發他的悲憤及愛國憂民之情。其中最有名的一首就是「離騷」，描寫他在尋找一位肯聽諫言的君王，在他三十七歲那一年，他抱著一顆石頭投入汨羅江中自盡，人們知道屈原的正直，就趕到江邊去救他，他們搭著船努力地在江中尋找他，但是已經無法發現他的蹤影，每年龍舟賽就是為了紀念當初以船救屈原的一種慶祝方式。
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The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar-statesman Qu Yuan, who lived some three centuries before the birth of Christ. Qu Yuan was a loyal minister that served the King of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan was a highly respected and trusted advisor to the King of Chu. He fought the corruption of other officials of the court.
Initially, Qu Yuan was favored by his sovereign, but over time, his wisdom and erudite ways antagonized the other court officials. Eventually, the intrigues of his rivals exerted enough ill influence on the King that Qu Yuan soon found himself in disfavor. The King began to not listen to Qu Yuan's suggestions and advice. Not long after, the King banished Qu Yuan from Chu. While in exile, Qu Yuan composed many poems expressing his sorrows and concerns for his country and people. Amongst his most famous poems is "Encountering Sorrow," a poem describing his search for a good sovereign that would listen to good advice regarding government.
In the year 295 B.C., at the age of 37, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Milo River. He clasped a heavy stone to his chest and leaped into the water. Knowing that Qu Yuan was a righteous man, the people of Chu rushed to the river to try to save him. The people desperately searched the waters in their boats looking for Qu Yuan, but they were unsuccessful in their attempt to rescue him. Every year the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated to commemorate this attempt at rescuing Qu Yuan.
龍舟節是在農曆的五月五日，在中國也叫做端午節。端午節是要紀念西元前三世紀在中國偉大的愛國詩人屈原。屈原是戰國時代楚國最忠誠的大臣，它是皇帝身邊最受到敬重和信任的諫言者，也是最受到皇帝寵愛的大臣。他反對朝廷內部的貪污及腐敗，他的正直和智慧得罪了不少王公貴人。最後他們陷害了屈原，使得皇帝在也不聽信屈原的諫言。不久之後，屈原被驅逐出楚國境內，在流放的時間內，他寫了許多的詩，抒發他的悲憤及愛國憂民之情。其中最有名的一首就是「離騷」，描寫他在尋找一位肯聽諫言的君王，在他三十七歲那一年，他抱著一顆石頭投入汨羅江中自盡，人們知道屈原的正直，就趕到江邊去救他，他們搭著船努力地在江中尋找他，但是已經無法發現他的蹤影，每年龍舟賽就是為了紀念當初以船救屈原的一種慶祝方式。
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