The English language name for the holiday, “Dragon Boat Festival”, possibly translates into two alternative Chinese names for the holiday, 龍船節 (Lóngchuánjié) and 龍舟節 (Lóngzhōujié).
The official Chinese name of the festival is “Duanwu Jie” (simplified Chinese: 端午节; traditional Chinese: 端午節) on the mainland, Taiwan, and “Tuen Ng Festival” for Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia and Singapore. This is pronounced variously in different Chinese languages. In Mandarin, it is romanized as Duānwǔjié on the mainland and Taiwan; in Cantonese, it is romanized as Tuen1 Ng5 Jit3 on Hong Kong and Tung1 Ng5 Jit3 on Macao. All of these names (lit. ”Opening the Fifth”) refer to its original position as the first fifth-day (午日, Wǔrì) in the fifth month (五月, Wǔyuè) of the traditional Chinese calendar, which was also known as 午 (Wǔ). People’s Republic of China use “Dragon Boat Festival” as the official English translation of the holiday, while Hong Kong calls it the “Tuen Ng Festival” and Macao calls it “Dragon Boat Festival (Tun Ng)” in English and Festividade do Barco-Dragão (Tung Ng) in Portuguese.
Among Malaysian, Singaporean, and Taiwanese Hokkien speakers, the festival is also known as the “Fifth Month Festival,” the “Fifth Day Festival,” and the “Dumpling Festival.”
In Korea, the holiday is called Dano. It is a significant traditional holiday in the Korean Culture. In North Korea it is an official holiday.
In Indonesian, the festival is known as “Peh Cun”, which is derived from Hokkien (扒船; pê-chûn).
Qu Yuan
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. A cadet member of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance and even accused of treason. During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Ying, the Chu capital. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.
It is said that the local people, who admired him, raced out in their boats to save him, or at least retrieve his body. This is said to have been the origin of dragon boat races. When his body could not be found, they dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead of Qu Yuan’s body. This is said to be the origin of zongzi. Have you ever ate zongzi? Do you like it?
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Post time: Jun-07-2019
