節慶

Jasmine: Wow, how come there are so many tringular leaf shaped things.
哇,怎麼會有那麼多粽葉?
Iris: Oh, it's Dragon Boat Festival.
喔,因為端午節快到了
Jasmine: Dragon Boat Festival?
端午節?
Iris: Yes, everyone eats " Zhong Zi ", which is called sticky rice.
everybody eat the " Zhong Zi ".
對呀,大家都吃粽子
Jasmine: Why do people eat this sticky rice?
為什麼要吃粽子?
Iris: It's a tradition and there's a story behind the " Zhong Zi ".
It's a tradition, there have a story also.
這背後可是有故事的
Jasmine: Really, what is it?
什麼樣的故事?
Iris: A long time ago, a man drowned himself in a river. The towns people were touched 
so they threw " Zhong Zi " into the river. So the fishes wouldn't eat his body.
Long time ago, this person jump into river and people feel bad, they don't want fish 
to eat his body so they throw " Zhong Zi " in river so fish will not eat body.
很久以前,有個人投江自盡,人們為了不讓水裏的魚吃他的身體,就把糯米做成的粽子
丟到河裡
Jasmine: I see.
原來如此
 
 
@word bank
triangular leaf (n.) 粽葉
Zhong Zi (n.) 粽子
sticky rice (n.) 糯米
drown (v.) 溺死
touched (adj.) 感動的
 
 
@常用句型
This is a Chinese holiday. 這是中國節慶
__________ festival / day is a celebration of ___________. _____節是要慶祝_____
There is no school or work. 不用上班上課
Let's have a barbeque. 來烤肉吧
 
 
 
@附註
Spring Festival 春節
It is like Christmas in the west. It's one of the busiest times for the trsnsportation
system. Family members living away from home return to their hometowns.
Festival of lanterns 元宵節
Take place at the end of the Chinese New Year. People hang lanterns to guide
guests and spirits of ancestors to the lunar celebration.
Qingming Festival 清明節
A day for the moruning of the dead. A day to tidy up, remove weeds and sweep 
leaves away.
Dragon Boat Festival 端午節
A holiday celebrated by boat race in where boats are in shapes of a dargon. It 
originated from people racing to save the life of a righteous man drowning in the river.
Women / Children's Day 兒童節
A day to celebrate the women and children.
Festival of the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month 中元節
Festival to celebrate Hungry Ghosts. Similar to Western culture's Halloween.
Midautumn Festival 中秋節
A time for families to gather and eat moon cakes.
Teacher's Day 教師節
A holiday to remember the birthday of the wise Confucius.
Double ninth Festival 重陽節
A day tp pay respects to the elderly.
National Day 國慶日
Taiwan's Birthday.