2024 Dragon Boat Festival

1. When is the Dragon Boat Festival typically celebrated?

端午節是什麼時候?

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  1st day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar

  農曆五月初一

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  5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar

  農曆五月初五

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  15th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar

  農曆五月十五

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  25th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar

  農曆五月二十五

Answer explanation

(b)

5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar

農曆五月初五

2. Which of the following people is often associated with the Dragon Boat Festival?

以下人物中，誰與端午節有關?

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Answer explanation

(c) Qu Yuan 屈原

The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates a poet named "Qu Yuan."

端午節相傳是為了紀念「屈原」

3. What kind of traditional food is eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival?

以下哪一個是端午節的傳統美食?

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Answer explanation

(c) Zong zi 粽子

Zongzi is a traditional dish that is wrapped in bamboo leaves, often eaten by families during the Dragon Boat Fesitval.
吃粽子是端午節的一個傳統習俗，每年五月初，家家戶戶都會吃粽子。

4. What do people typically do during the Dragon Boat Festival?

以下哪一個是端午節的傳統習俗?

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Answer explanation

(c) Dragon boat race 賽龍舟

5. What is the main ingredient of zong zi?

粽子主要的成分是什麼?

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Answer explanation

(b) Glutinous rice 糯米

6. Why do people wear scented sachets (香包 xiangbao) during the Dragon Boat Festival?

端午節為什麼要戴香包？

• (a) to ward off evil 避邪保平安

• (b) to honor ancestors 為了紀念祖先

Answer explanation

(a) to ward off evil

避邪保平安

7. What is the significance of dragon boat racing during the festival?

端午節為什麼要舉行龍舟競賽？

• (a) To commemorate a famous battle

  為了紀念一場著名戰役

• (b) To honor Qu Yuan

  端午節相傳是為了紀念「屈原」

• (c) To celebrate the harvest season 

  慶祝豐收的季節

Answer explanation

(b) To honor Qu Yuan

端午節相傳是為了紀念「屈原」

Dragon boat racing is one of the traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival. The story goes that after Qu Yuan jumped into the river, the local villagers paddled boats to try to save him.

賽龍舟是端午節的重要習俗之一，起源於楚國人因不捨賢臣屈原投江，許多人划船前往拯救。

8. 端午節的習俗之一是立蛋。應於下列哪一個時段立蛋?

One of the traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival is to balance an egg upright. What is the customary time to balance an egg upright?

• (a) 9~11 A.M.

• (b) 11 A.M.~1 P.M.

• (c) 1 P.M.~3 P.M.

Answer explanation

(b) 11 A.M.~1 P.M.

It is said that you will be lucky in the coming year if you can balance an egg upright during noon on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, as an egg that has absorbed the yang energy of heaven and earth will bring luck to you.

相傳端午節當天的正中午，是一年之中陽氣最重的時刻，只要在當天中午能成功將蛋立起來，吸收了天地精華能量的蛋，便會為成功立蛋 之人招來一整年的好運氣

9. Which of the following places are dragon boat races usually not held?

以下哪一個地方通常不會舉辦龍舟競賽?

• (a) Dajia Section River Way

  大佳河濱公園

• (b) Ai River, Kaohsiung

  高雄愛河

• (c) Yuan Shan Riverside part 

  圓山河濱公園

• (d) Fu Lu Stream, Lugang

  鹿港福鹿溪

Answer explanation

(c) Yuan Shan Riverside part 

圓山河濱公園

10. In the legend of Qu Yuan's death, people are said to throw____into the river to prevent the fish from consuming his body.

屈原投江後，居民為了不讓屈原屍體被魚蝦吃掉，所以在江裡投下許多_____。

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Answer explanation

(a) Zong zi 粽子