端午节(英文为DragonBoatFestival或DoubleFifthFestival)又称为端阳节，为每年的农历5月初五日，在湖北、湖南、贵州、四川一带，端午节又分为大端午与小端午。小端午为每年农历五月初五，大端午为每年农历五月十五日。2010年，6月14日，6月15日，6月16日为法定放假日子。2010年6月16日为端午节。
名字的由来
“端”字有“初始”的意思，因此“端五”就是“初五”。而按照历法五月正是“午”月，因此“端五”也就渐渐演变成了现在的“端午”。《燕京岁时记》记载：“初五为五月单五，盖端字之转音也。”
各种名字
据统计端午节的名称在我国所有传统节日中叫法最多，达二十多个，堪称节日别名之最。如有端五节、端阳节、重五节、重午节、天中节、夏节、五月节、菖节、蒲节、龙舟节、浴兰节、屈原日、浴兰节、午日节、女儿节、地腊节、诗人节、龙日、午日、灯节、五蛋节等等。纪念屈原的节日!
传说
春秋时吴国忠臣伍子胥含冤而死之后，化为涛神，世人哀而祭之，故有端午节。这则传说，在江浙一带流传很广。伍子胥名员，楚国人，父兄均为楚王所杀，后来子胥投奔吴国，助吴伐楚，五战而入楚都郢城。当时楚平王已死，子胥掘墓鞭尸三百，以报杀父兄之仇。吴王阖闾死后，其孙夫差继位，吴军士气高昂，百战百胜，越国大败，越王勾践请和，夫差许之。子胥建议，应彻底消灭越国，夫差不听，吴国太守，受越国贿赂，谗言陷害子胥，夫差信之，赐子胥宝剑，子胥以此死。子胥本为忠良，视死如归，在死前对邻舍人说：“我死后，将我眼睛挖出悬挂在吴京之东门上，以看越国军队入城灭吴”，便自刎而死，夫差闻言大怒，令取子胥之尸体装在皮革里于五月五日投入大江，因此相传端午节亦为纪念伍子胥之日。
(English for DragonBoatFestival or DoubleFifthFestival) is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival DuanYangJie, for the annual lunar early May 5, in hubei, hunan, guizhou, sichuan area, the Dragon Boat Festival is divided into large dragon boat with small Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. June 14, June 15, June 16 is the official holiday. The Dragon Boat Festival is on June 16, 2010.
The origin of the name
The word "end" means "initial", so "terminal 5" is "first five". According to the calendar in May, the "terminal five" gradually evolved into the "Dragon Boat Festival". According to the book of yanjing, "first five is may, and the end of the word is changed."
Various names
According to the statistics of the Dragon Boat Festival, the name of the Dragon Boat Festival is the most common name of all traditional festivals in our country. If there are any terminal five section, DuanYangJie, section 5, ChongWu, days of holiday, summer festival, may festival, Chang festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, bath festival, qu yuan, bath orchid festival, afternoon day festival, sections, to wax, poets, dragon day, midday, the Lantern Festival, section five eggs and so on. Commemorate qu yuan festival!
Legend has it that
During the spring and autumn period, wu zixu died after the death of wu zixu, and he became the god of tao. This legend has been widely circulated in jiangsu and zhejiang provinces. Wu zixu, the man of the state of chu, the father and brother of chu were killed by the king of chu, and later zi xu went to the state of wu to help wu, and the five wars entered the city of ying. At that time, the king of chu ping was dead, and he was digging the tomb of the tomb for the revenge of the father and brother. After the death of king wu, his grandson, fu chai, succeeded to the throne, and wu jun was so demoralised that he was defeated in the war. Professional advice, should be exterminated yue fu don't listen to, satrap wu, yue bribes, slanderers against professional, fu letter, give the child XuBaoJian, professional son to death. Child ZhongLiang is professional, and death, before the death of his neighbour said: "when I die, will dig out my eyes hanging in Wu Jingzhi eastward, to see out the wu yue army into the city", then die of throat, fu smell speech great anger, children to take professional bodies in leather put into river in May 5, so the day of the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of wu zixu.
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