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端午节的特别美食
The Special Food for Dragon Boat Festival

作为一个外国人，端午节对我来讲似乎是一个简单明了的概念——在水上划船比赛的一天。然而，和大多数传统一样，它的内涵远不止于此。在中国，它不可避免地会与美食息息相关。

Dragonboat Festival. As a foreigner, it seemed like a straightforward idea to me. A day on the water competing in boats. However, as with most traditions, it goes deeper than that, and inevitably in China it is going to have some strong culinary links.

想必，每个人都尝过“粽子”，也就是糯米饭团。通常，它们被那些长长的厚叶包裹着，像一个巨大的、沉重的金字塔或圆柱体，看上去很重，显然不是一种会漂浮起来的东西。这很容易理解，因为在传说中，这种食物要投进河里、让鱼不再吞食诗人屈原的身体。粽子通常包含咸蛋黄、肥猪肉块，以及红豆或绿豆。这些年来，我收到了许多学生送的粽子。通常在节日过后的连续几周，我们的午餐都是粽子。我通常会准备一瓶番茄酱，来给粽子增加一些激烈的风味。

Surely, everyone has tried “ZongZi”, or sticky rice parcels. Usually wound up in those long thick fronds, like a large, hefty pyramid or cylinder, deceptively heavy and clearly not something that is going to float well. Which make sense, for a food that as legend says, was meant to submerge into the river and distract the fish from devouring the body of the poet Qu Yuan.  ZongZi, also usually contains salted egg yolk, fatty pork lumps and often red or green beans. I have been gifted many ZongZi by students throughout the years. We often end up having them for lunch for weeks after the festival. I usually have a tube of tomato sauce on hand to add some sharp flavours to the rice.

然而，有一种更诱人的粽子我自己非常喜欢。它在米里加了碱水，变成了黄色的糯米风格。中间通常放甜的红豆沙，用一小碗砂糖蘸着吃，再搭配拿铁，非常棒！

However, there is a more alluring type of ZongZi that I really enjoy. The rice has alkali water added and it becomes a rather yellowy glutinous style. Often in the middle is a sweet red bean paste. This can come with a small bowl of caster sugar to dip in and goes down really well with a latte!

另一种我们在节日期间经常吃的传统食物是五豆粥。主要是因为它十分健康，尤其是在这种潮湿的天气和季节变化、很多人会受到顽疾困扰的时期。这五种豆子（黄豆、绿豆、红豆、黑豆、白豆）有各自的保健功效，而且根据你咨询对象的不同，你可能要花一整天才能知道它的确切功效。

Another traditional food we often have at the festival time is five bean porridge. It is mostly consumed for its health benefits, especially during this time of humid weather and season changing, when many people are struck down by lingering illnesses. Each of the five beans (soy bean, mung bean, red bean, black soy bean, white bean) have their own health properties and depending on who you ask about it, you may spend a long day being informed about its efficacy.

龙舟比赛结束后，有天傍晚，我沿河慢跑时遇到数百人享受盛宴的场景。这是我以前从未听说过或见过的。这些村子正在为他们当地的龙舟队举办盛宴，就在狭窄的巷子中间摆放露天的厨房和盖有临时蓬顶的桌子。和我在这里的大部分经历一样，我受到了热情的问候和邀请。不知何故，我总是会被一群好奇的孩子包围，他们想要抓我的鼻子。最终，我礼貌地道别并继续跑步，唯独是肚子更饱了，且满心欢喜。

After the races had wrapped up, once as I was on my evening jog along the river, I met hundreds of people enjoying a feast. This is something I had never heard of or seen mentioned before. The villages hosting their local boat crews, totally smack-bang in the middle of the narrow lanes, complete with outdoor kitchens and tables with temporary roofing. As with most of my experiences here, I was given many cheerful greetings and invitations to join. Somehow this always results in my being mobbed by piles of curious kids who want to grab my nose. Eventually I was able to make my polite farewells and continue my run, although with a heavier stomach and fuller heart than before.

【出品】ZICC中山市海外传播中心 中山英文网
【统筹】陈慧 刘捷
【编导】廖薇 潘晓佳
【视频制作】廖嘉丽 胡超超 林嘉明
【翻译】廖薇 李靖 实习生 汪羽涵
【文字/英文校对】  Donald Kepple
【素材来源】中山市海外传播中心

编辑  李靖  二审  廖薇  三审  陈慧