輕松學英語：解讀你不知道的端午節傳說故事（雙語）

　　1.Qu Yuan jumped off river

　　屈原投江

　　In order to commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan who jumped into the Miluo river, and avoid his body to be eaten by fish and shrimp, so people cast many of bamboo rice (rice dumplings) in the river, and compete to row (acetate ship) hoping to find the body of Qu yuan。

　　為了紀念愛國詩人屈原，居民為了不讓跳下汨羅江的屈原尸體被魚蝦吃掉，所以在江里投下許多用竹葉包裹的米食(粽子)，并且競相劃船(賽龍船)希望找到屈原的尸體。

　　2.Cao E looked for her father’s corpse

　　曹娥尋父尸

　　Cao E, dutiful girl of the eastern Han dynasty, whose father drowned in the river when she was 14-year old. She cried along the river, still didn’t see his father’s corpse after 17 days, and she jumped into the river on May 1st as well, after five days the two corpses folded together and float. That was a moving story, so people in the township worship her。

　　東漢孝女曹娥，因曹父溺江而亡，年僅十四歲的她沿江豪哭，經十七日仍不見曹父尸首，乃在五月一日投江，五日后兩尸合抱而浮起的感人事跡， 鄉人群而祭之。

　　3.Madam White Snake

　　白蛇傳

　　The legend of white snake Bai Suzhen, in order to repay Xu Xian , fell in love with him and finally got married. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival white snake drink realgar wine, almost reveal herself snakelike, and among the white snake, Fa Hai and water logging Jinshan temple , are popular folk opera repertoire。

　　傳說白蛇白素貞，為了報答許仙的恩惠，與許仙結為夫妻的凄美的愛情故事。端午節當天白蛇喝了雄黃酒，差點現出蛇形，加上法海白蛇及水淹金山寺的情節，都是膾炙人口的民間戲曲的曲目。

　　4.Wu Zixu’s death anniversary

　　伍子胥的忌日

　　It’s a legend that after He Lu ,the king of Wu died , the prince Fuchai ascended the throne, send armed forces to suppress Yue and won. Goujian ,the king of Yue please reconciliation , Fuchai didn’t listen but agreed treacherous official and judged Wu Zixu commit suicide. And jumped his body into river on May 5, since then people commemorated him on Dragon Boat Festival。

　　傳說伍子胥助吳伐楚后，吳王闔閭逝世，皇子夫差繼位，伐越大勝，越王勾踐請和，伍子胥主張和，夫差不聽，卻聽信奸臣言，賜伍子胥自殺，并于于五月五日將尸體投入江中，此后人們于端午節祭祀伍子胥。