Cantonese Listening Practice _ The Story Behind Dragon Boat Festival_ Chinese_Cantonese Culture

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6 Video Views·Sep 22, 2026
Have you ever wondered why people race dragon boats and eat zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival?
In this video, you'll learn about one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals while practicing your Cantonese listening skills.
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AI GeneratedThis video introduces the Dragon Boat Festival, a significant traditional Chinese holiday. The presenter explains the festival's origins linked to the poet Qu Yuan, the cultural significance of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats, and traditional health customs like using mugwort. The content is delivered in Cantonese to help learners practice their listening skills.
Hello guys, welcome back to DubChinese. I'm LossyGarya.
You might notice that I'm wearing a chongsam today. That's because today I'm going to introduce one of
the most important traditional Chinese festivals, the Dragon Boat Festival. I'll introduce it in
Cantonese so that you can practice your listening skills. Some beginners might find this video
challenging. There are English and Mandarin subtitles below and I have more videos that
are suitable for you on my page, so don't worry if you don't understand everything.
Just enjoy this video and see how much Cantonese you can pick up.
最後,皇帝唔想見到佢。皇帝仲將佢有幾遠掉幾遠唔畀佢返嚟㗎。呢個就係叫做流放啦。
屈完畀皇帝冷落之後,佢好唔開心。佢寫咗好多詩詞留畀我哋今日睇㗎,
有機會可以同大家學吓。咁佢成日都好唔開心啦,就好似你好有能力,
但係你嘅老細唔鍾意你咁,你都好唔開心啦,係咪?咁佢就有啲depressed。
當時嘅老百姓都好鍾意佢,都知道屈完係一個好官嚟㗎,
邊撐船邊將嗰啲米掉落水入面。佢哋仲敲鑼打鼓嚇走啲魚。
所以呢個就係點解今時今日我哋嘅端午節有粽同埋龍船啦。
所以為咗唔畀嗰啲魚食到屈完嘅屍體,佢哋就攞咗啲粽葉嚟包住啲米,
咁今時今日我哋嘅端午節會做啲咩呢?第一個of course就係食粽啦。
我哋會用粽葉嚟包住啲糯米,咁我之前都有做過有一條video嘅,
唔知道你哋屋企會用邊種葉嚟包呢?唔同嘅地方有唔同嘅口味,
如果你想了解更多你都可以睇返我呢條片㗎。我哋屋企會用呢一種葉叫做冬葉嚟整嘅。
有啲地方鍾意食鹹粽,入面會有紅花腩、鹹蛋黃嗰啲嘅。
咁喺中國嘅有啲地方佢哋鍾意食甜嘅,裏面會有豆沙或者紅棗。
有啲地方甚至乜嘢都唔加,冇餡嘅,咁佢哋就會蘸嗰啲辣醬或者豉油嚟食嘅。
第二個就係睇龍船啦,因為廣東嘅天氣好潮濕,
口味眾多,任君選擇,所以唔好再拗種係甜嘅定係鹹嘅,你鍾意點食就點食啦。
為咗保護呢啲龍船,我哋平時會將啲龍船埋喺水底,用嗰啲河泥嚟冚住隻龍船。
有啲龍船有成幾百年歷史㗎,係咪好amazing呢?
咁喺每一年端午節嘅前一個月兩個月,大家就會將啲龍船喺水底攞返上嚟。
喺端午節嗰日,好多住喺河涌邊嘅村落,佢哋都會有爬龍舟比賽。
呢個儀式叫做起龍,嗰一日都好熱鬧㗎。
比較有特色嘅就係我哋佛山嘅疊轎龍舟比賽。
佢哋嗰啲河道嘅彎位比較多,所以S型比賽係最有看頭嘅。
我上幾年去過一次,超級多人,而且廣東嘅天氣本身就好矮角,
而且好多人,我淨可以喺嗰啲人嘅那區嗰度睇到少少龍頭。
所以我係唔建議大家去現場睇嘅,
如果你想睇清楚,我反而會推薦大家去睇官方嘅直播。
你喺嗰度可以睇到最精彩嘅音樂。
我之前有一個學生,佢喺香港就學過一期龍舟,
如果你覺得爬龍舟好好玩嘅,你想玩下嘅話,
而且咁啱你喺香港嘅話,你可以搵到好多相關嘅協會去學爬龍舟嘅。
佢覺得真係好好玩,好有挑戰性嘅。
咁如果你喺大陸嘅話,一般都係一啲村民去爬嘅。
咁喺傳統上嚟講,有啲地方係淨係會畀男人去爬嘅。
不過呢幾年好多地方都開始開放畀女仔去爬嘅。
因為佢覺得女人係污糟嘅,好容易整污糟直龍船。
如果你係遊客,你不妨大膽咁去問下,
咁我覺得呢啲思想係好封建嘅。
試下可唔可以玩下爬龍船呢?
不過記得要著救生衣呀,
除咗食嘅同埋玩嘅,
艾草係咩呢?
我哋端午節嘅時候仲會用艾草整成香囊掛喺門上面,
我知道你哋好多人都去過做針灸啦,
你一定會聞到呢陣味嘅。
艾草係一種好常用嘅中國草藥,
希望可以保佑身體健康。
佢仲可以用嚟Cleaning㗎喎。
咁今日我同大家介紹到呢一度啦,
希望大家可以通過呢條片更加了解端午節,
鍾意我哋嘅傳統文化啦,
你哋有冇食過粽呀?
如果你想透過中國文化嚟學廣東話,
你哋鍾意食鹹粽定係甜粽多啲呀?
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