St. Patrick's Day is the celebration of Ireland, its country and its history, and of course, St. Patrick.

聖派翠克節是慶祝愛爾蘭、愛爾蘭國家和歷史的節日，當然也是慶祝聖派翠克的節日。

So who is St. Patrick, and why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

那麼，誰是聖派翠克，我們為什麼要慶祝聖派翠克節？

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.

聖派翠克是愛爾蘭的守護神，將基督教傳入愛爾蘭。

In the fifth century, he was enslaved as a 16-year-old in what was then Roman England.

五世紀時，16 歲的他在當時的羅馬英格蘭被奴役。

He was taken to a farm in Ireland by the kidnappers before escaping and returning to his birthplace.

他被綁架者帶到愛爾蘭的一個農場，然後逃回出生地。

As a bishop in later life, he went back to Ireland to spread the message of Christianity in the predominantly pagan country at the time.

晚年擔任主教後，他回到愛爾蘭，在這個當時以異教徒為主的國家傳播基督教的資訊。

Famously, he explained the Holy Trinity using the three leaves of the Shamrock to explain the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

著名的是，他用三葉草的三片葉子解釋了聖父、聖子和聖靈。

We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the 17th of March, as this was the date of St. Patrick's death.

我們在 3 月 17 日慶祝聖派翠克節，因為這一天是聖派翠克的忌日。

To properly dive into the history of St. Patrick's Day, we have to travel all the way back to the first ever St. Patrick's Day celebration.

要深入瞭解聖派翠克節的歷史，我們必須追溯到第一個聖聖派翠克節慶祝活動。

The first celebration took place around the 9th or 10th century.

第一次慶祝活動大約在 9 或 10 世紀舉行。

The celebrations back then looked a lot different to modern St. Patrick's Day festivities, the first celebrations would have mainly consisted of a special feast to honor St. Patrick.

當時的慶祝活動與現代的聖派翠克節慶祝活動有很大不同，最初的慶祝活動主要包括一場紀念聖派翠克的特別宴會。

The first St. Patrick's Day parade came some centuries later, and interestingly, did not take place in Ireland, but in America.

第一次聖派翠克節遊行是在幾個世紀之後，有趣的是，這次遊行並不是在愛爾蘭舉行的，而是在美國。

The parade was held on the 17th of March, 1601 in St. Augustine, Florida.

遊行於 1601 年 3 月 17 日在佛羅里達州聖奧古斯丁舉行。

It wasn't until the late 1700s in New York, over a century after the first parade took place, before the parades became a hit.

直到 17 世紀末，在紐約，在第一次遊行舉行了一個多世紀後，遊行才開始流行起來。

On the 17th of March, 1772, a group of Irish soldiers who were serving in the English military marched through New York City to honor the patron saint of their homeland.

1772 年 3 月 17 日，一群在英國軍隊服役的愛爾蘭阿兵哥在紐約市遊行，紀念他們祖國的守護神。

From this point, the popularity of the St. Patrick's parade started to take off.

從此，聖派翠克節遊行開始流行起來。

And it soon became a celebration all over America as well as in Ireland. It is even celebrated around the world today in places such as Australia and Brazil.

很快，它就成了全美國和愛爾蘭的慶祝活動，今天甚至在澳洲和巴西等世界各地都有慶祝活動。

Want to learn more about how we celebrate St. Patrick's Day now? Check out our what is St. Patrick's Day video to learn more.

想進一步瞭解我們現在是如何慶祝聖派翠克節嗎？請觀看我們的「什麼是聖派翠克節」影片，瞭解更多資訊。