端午節傳統文化之傳說故事

　　The legend of the Dragon Boat Festival

　　1.Qu Yuan jumped off river

　　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.

　　2.Cao E looked for her father’s corpse

　　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.

　　3.Madam White Snake

　　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.

　　4.Wu Zixu's death anniversary

　　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.

　　端五節的傳說故事

　　1、屈原投江

　　為了懷念愛國墨客屈原，住民為了避免讓跳下汨羅江的屈原屍首被魚蝦吃掉，以是在江裏投下很多用竹葉包裹的米食(粽子)，而且競相蕩舟(賽龍船)願望找到屈原的屍首。

　　2、曹娥尋父屍

　　東漢孝女曹娥，因曹父溺江而亡，年僅十四歲的她沿江豪哭，經十七日仍不見曹父屍體，乃在蒲月一日投江，五往後兩屍合抱而浮起的動人業績， 村夫群而祭之。

　　3、白蛇傳

　　傳說白蛇白素貞，為了答謝許仙的恩情，與許仙結為伉儷的淒美的戀愛故事。端五節當天白蛇喝了雄黃酒，差點現出蛇形，加之法海白蛇及水淹金山寺的情節，都是到處頌揚的民間戲曲的曲目。

　　4、伍子胥的忌辰

　　傳說伍子胥助吳伐楚後，吳王闔閭去世，皇子夫差繼位，伐越大勝，越王勾踐請和，伍子胥主意和，夫差不聽，卻聽信奸臣言，賜伍子胥自盡，並於於蒲月五日將屍首投入江中，爾後人們於端五節祭奠伍子胥。