農(nóng)歷的五月初五是端午節(jié),又叫端陽(yáng)節(jié),是中國(guó)的一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。在這一天有哪些故事呢?

1.Qu Yuan jumped off river
屈原投江
In order to commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan who jumped into the Miluo river, and avoid his body to be eaten by fish and shrimp, so people cast many of bamboo rice (rice dumplings) in the river, and compete to row (acetate ship) hoping to find the body of Qu yuan.
為了紀(jì)念愛(ài)國(guó)詩(shī)人屈原,居民為了不讓跳下汨羅江的屈原尸體被魚蝦吃掉,所以在江里投下許多用竹葉包裹的米食(粽子),并且競(jìng)相劃船(賽龍船)希望找到屈原的尸體。
2.Cao E looked for her father’s corpse
曹娥尋父尸
Cao E, dutiful girl of the eastern Han dynasty, whose father drowned in the river when she was 14-year old. She cried along the river, still didn’t see his father’s corpse after 17 days, and she jumped into the river on May 1st as well, after five days the two corpses folded together and float. That was a moving story, so people in the township worship her.
東漢孝女曹娥,因曹父溺江而亡,年僅十四歲的她沿江豪哭,經(jīng)十七日仍不見(jiàn)曹父尸首,乃在五月一日投江,五日后兩尸合抱而浮起的感人事跡, 鄉(xiāng)人群而祭之。
3.Madam White Snake
白蛇傳
The legend of white snake Bai Suzhen, in order to repay Xu Xian , fell in love with him and finally got married. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival white snake drink realgar wine, almost reveal herself snakelike, and among the white snake, Fa Hai and water logging Jinshan temple , are popular folk opera repertoire.
傳說(shuō)白蛇白素貞,為了報(bào)答許仙的恩惠,與許仙結(jié)為夫妻的凄美的愛(ài)情故事。端午節(jié)當(dāng)天白蛇喝了雄黃酒,差點(diǎn)現(xiàn)出蛇形,加上法海白蛇及水淹金山寺的情節(jié),都是膾炙人口的民間戲曲的曲目。
4.Wu Zixu's death anniversary
伍子胥的忌日
It’s a legend that after He Lu ,the king of Wu died , the prince Fuchai ascended the throne, send armed forces to suppress Yue and won. Goujian ,the king of Yue please reconciliation , Fuchai didn’t listen but agreed treacherous official and judged Wu Zixu commit suicide. And jumped his body into river on May 5, since then people commemorated him on Dragon Boat Festival.
傳說(shuō)伍子胥助吳伐楚后,吳王闔閭逝世,皇子夫差繼位,伐越大勝,越王勾踐請(qǐng)和,伍子胥主張和,夫差不聽(tīng),卻聽(tīng)信奸臣言,賜伍子胥自殺,并于于五月五日將尸體投入江中,此后人們于端午節(jié)祭祀伍子胥。
5、《紀(jì)念介子推說(shuō)》
介子推曾經(jīng)作為晉國(guó)公子重耳的臣子追隨重耳四處流亡。重耳斷糧數(shù)日,再不吃東西就會(huì)死人。這時(shí)候介子推竟然割下自己大腿上的肉,做成了肉湯送給重耳吃。重耳吃飽喝足之后,詢問(wèn)緣由,發(fā)現(xiàn)了介子推的傷,很是感動(dòng)。重耳表示,以后自己得到國(guó)君之位,一定要重賞介子推,報(bào)答活命之恩。
可是,等到重耳回到晉國(guó),奪得國(guó)君之位后,遍封群臣,唯獨(dú)忘記了介子推。介子推心中怨恨,于是寫了一首《龍蛇之歌》來(lái)表達(dá)自己的哀怨。然后,介子推帶著母親離開了朝堂,回到了故鄉(xiāng)。有人把介子推的歌謠告訴晉文公,晉文公遺憾不已,連忙派人去尋找介子推。打聽(tīng)到介子推住在山中,就到山中尋找??山樽油凭褪遣豢下睹?。晉文公也是閻王脾氣,竟然下令放火燒山,認(rèn)為介子推為了活命,必然出山。沒(méi)想到介子推竟然抱著一棵樹,活活燒死了。
那一天,正是農(nóng)歷的五月初五。為了表示對(duì)介子推的紀(jì)念,表達(dá)自己的悔恨,晉文公下令,以后五月初五那一天,都不許生火做飯——大家提前幾天做好了粽子之類的冷食——以紀(jì)念介子推。
后來(lái),其他國(guó)家了解到介子推的故事,也很是感動(dòng),推廣開來(lái)。中原大地,長(zhǎng)江流域,都在五月初五紀(jì)念介子推。
6、《紀(jì)念黃巢說(shuō)》
唐代農(nóng)民起義領(lǐng)袖黃巢。在民間傳說(shuō)中,端午節(jié)在門口插菖蒲艾草的習(xí)俗與他也有著莫大的淵源。
唐朝僖宗年間,黃巢領(lǐng)兵造反,所到之處,殺人百萬(wàn),血流成河。老百姓只要一聽(tīng)見(jiàn)黃巢來(lái)了,就急急忙忙的逃難。這一年五月,黃巢的軍隊(duì)攻進(jìn)河南,兵臨鄧州城下,黃巢騎馬到城外勘察地形,只見(jiàn)一波波的老弱婦孺涌出城外,他看見(jiàn)一個(gè)婦人背著包袱,一手拉著一個(gè)年紀(jì)小的男孩,另一只手卻抱著年紀(jì)較大的男孩。黃巢感到很奇怪,就下馬問(wèn)道:“大嫂,你急急忙忙的要到哪里去?”那婦人回答:“聽(tīng)說(shuō)黃巢是個(gè)殺人不眨眼的大壞蛋,不日就要攻進(jìn)鄧州。城里的男人都被征調(diào)去守城,我們這些老老小小,不如早些逃命。”黃巢又指著小孩問(wèn)她:“你為什么手牽小的,卻懷抱大的呢?”那婦人就說(shuō):“懷里抱的,是大伯家唯一的活口。手里牽的才是我親生的兒子。萬(wàn)一情況危急時(shí),我寧可丟掉自己的兒子,也得為大伯家留下一支根苗。”黃巢聽(tīng)了,深受感動(dòng),就對(duì)那婦人說(shuō):“大嫂,好快快回去,用菖蒲和艾草插在門口,這樣黃巢的軍隊(duì)就不會(huì)傷害你了。”
婦人聽(tīng)了,將信將疑,不過(guò)她還是回到城里,把這個(gè)消息傳了出去。第二天正是五月端陽(yáng),黃巢的軍隊(duì)攻進(jìn)城里,只見(jiàn)家家戶戶門上都掛弓菖蒲艾草。為了遵守對(duì)那位婦人的承諾,黃巢只得無(wú)可奈何的領(lǐng)兵離去,全城因而得以幸免于難。為了紀(jì)念這件事,此后每到端午節(jié),大家就會(huì)在門上插菖蒲、艾草,這項(xiàng)習(xí)俗一直流傳到今天。
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