Over the years, the story of Qus demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.
多年以后,屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的想像,每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举办,从温哥华到悉尼,从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近550支龙舟队伍,德国则有近30个。
So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? Its an unusual sport, says one racer from Germany. Its not like everybodys doing it. Thats one of the reasons that theres such great team spirit in a dragon boat team everybody feels like were doing something special. And what about the zongzi? Ehhh, theyre not bad, I guess, he says. Something of an acquired taste. I just havent really acquired it yet.
那么,为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢?这是一项不寻常的运动。一位来自德国的参赛者说,这并不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的原因之一,每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。那么粽子呢?喔,我觉得它不难吃。他说,那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。
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