小学英语牛津上海(上海本地版)六年级下册unit 3 Dragon Boat Festival

课件16张PPT。What do you know about the Dragon Boat Festival ? How do you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival ? Dragon Boat FestivalID CARDDragon Boat Festival
Official name Duanwu Festival
Also called Double Fifth Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Observed by Chinese
Type Cultural a history of more than 2,000 years
Date On 5th day of the 5th lunar month
2012 date June 23
Observances Dragon boat racing, Consumption of xionghuangjiu and zongzi, Hanging Calamus and Moxa

Origins The taboo of evil daysQuYuanA minister of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period (475-221BC).He was disgraced, dismissed from office, and eventually exiled.His works, the Lament [l?'ment] (Li Sao), the Nine Chapters (Jiu Zhang), and Wen tian.The Chu State was defeated by the strong Qin State.He ended his life by flinging himself into the Miluo River. The people of Chu who mourned the death of Qu Yuan 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 Yuan appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised them to wrap the rice in silk and bind it with five different-colored threads before tossing it into the river.
The kinds of rice dumplingsZongzi is a pyramid dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.
ZongziIngredients of zongziIngredients such as beans, lotus seeds, chestnuts, pork fat and the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often added to
the glutinous rice.
The dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts to rescue and recover Qu‘s body. A typical dragon boat ranges from 50-100 feet in length, with a beam （梁）of about 5.5 feet, accommodating two paddlers seated side by side.
Dragon boat racesDragon boat racesHanging Calamus and MoxaThe taboo of evil days
The fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is traditionally considered an evil month and the 5th of the month is particularly a bad day, so a lot of taboo had been developed.
This custom hangs an interesting folk tale. Towards the end of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) a nation-wide peasant uprising took place.
Realgar（雄黄） WineIt is a very popular practice to drink this kind of Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar at the Dragon Boat Festival.
This is for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year.
1 It is said that, on the day of Qu Yuan’s death, an old practitioner of Chinese medicine poured a jar of realgar wine into the Miluo River, supposedly to make drunk the dragon and other aquatic animals which might devour Qu Yuan’s ghost.
That’s all!Thank you!