端午节 Dumpling Festival

早上刚吃过粽子，味道真的很不错！
Just eat a dumpling this morning, like the taste of it!
今天是端午节！端午节也是中华民族优秀的3000年文化当中的其中一个传统节日。。。
Today is the dumpling festival for chinese, it's among the 3000 years of chinese rich cultural history.

为什么会有端午节呢？端午节的由来是什么，你知道吗？Do you know why do we have dumpling festival?

很多人会说，端午节是源自于屈原投江自尽后，为了纪念屈原而设的日子，事实上，端午节早在屈原还没有投江自尽之前，已经有了！当初端午节的出现是为了要祭拜河神，古人认为洪水是河神发怒的结果，为防止端午大水把秧苗什么的冲走，举行的一列祭祀活动，希望河神高兴，五谷丰登。只是屈原投江更加让人们记住了这一天，也增加了吃粽子，赛龙舟等庆祝方式。
Rumours said that dumpling festival starts from the day of the famous minister called 'chu yuan' commit suicide by jumping into a river. However, in the real case dumpling festival actually does exist even before this suicidal incident. It actually begins by people praying to the 'god of river' for peace and rich agricultural collection. They believed that water flooding the padi field is actually a sign of anger by 'god of river', hence they choose this day to pray the river god, so there will be no flood, and as a result they can get richer plantation collection!

忠臣屈原于五月初五, 因为被奸人所害而自投汨罗江，死后为蛟龙所困，世人哀之，每于此日投五色丝粽子于水中，以驱蛟龙。屈原投汨罗江后，当地百姓闻讯马上划船捞救，一直行至洞庭湖，终不见屈原的尸体。人们争相划进茫茫的洞庭湖。为了寄托哀思，人们荡舟江河之上，此后才逐渐发展成为龙舟竞赛。‘看来，端午节吃粽子、赛龙舟与纪念屈原相关，有唐代文秀《端午》诗为证：
“节分端午自谁言，万古传闻为屈原。堪笑楚江空渺渺，不能洗得直臣冤。”
'chu yuan' the famous chinese minister commit suicide by jumping into into a river on this day too. Many believed that he commit suicide because he was betray by the cunning minister. The people believed that 'chu yuan' was trapped by the water dragon, hence they wrap rice, meat, etc. with leaves and dumb them into the river, by hope that the water dragon will eat their offering item and release 'chu yuan.' Besides, they also try to find the body of 'chu yuan' by rowing boat across the river. Hence, today we eat rice dumpling and row dragon boat during this dumpling festival!

是的，端午节其实是我们华人传统文化的一部分，你对端午节又有什么见解呢？我们要保护我们的文化，因为文化是人类文明的见证，你认同吗？ 端午节也告诉我们，只要我们为人忠直，热爱人民，即使有朝一日我们受人所害，世人也不会将我们忘掉，对吗？ 今年的端午节，你吃粽子了吗？
Dumpling festival is actually a part of our chinese cultural history, how do you understand about this festival? We need to protect our cultural, as it's the witness of modernization, do you agree with that? Besides, dumpling festival also remind us that so long as we remain integrity and passionately loved our people, we'll never be forgotten, am I right? Have you ate any dumpling today?