明天是端午节, 农历正月五月初五。
The festival commemorates Qu Yuan (屈原), a patriotic poet from the Kingdom of Chu (楚国) during the Warring States period (战国时代) who committed suicide upon hearing the fall of Chu’s capital city to the Qin armies (秦军).
He was believed to have drowned himself in the Miluo River (汨罗江) on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month in 278 BCE. Civilians around the area row their boats out to try to save him or to recover his body.
They beat on drums and gongs to frighten away fishes and sea creature to prevent them from eating his body. When these efforts proved futile, they threw rice dumplings into the river to prevent the sea creatures from attacking his body.
Qu Yuan came to symbolize patriotism and on his death anniversary date, it became a custom to organize Dragon boat races (赛龙舟) and to consume dumplings (粽子) .
妈妈花了两天在厨房里忙着包粽子。
因为我的要求,妈妈在肉粽里加入咸蛋黄~! Hees…谢谢你~! ♥ Muaks~!
妈妈爱心肉粽~! ♥ ^^