What are the legends and stories about the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. According to legend, the origin of Luhe Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate "Walking in Huang Chao". In 875, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao led the peasant uprising. In 88 1 year, the rebels captured Chang' an, Tang Dou. At that time, the ancestors of Luhe people lived in other provinces. Because of the deception and propaganda of the government, they thought that Huang Chao and the insurgents were demons, and they were very afraid of them. During the Huang Chao Uprising, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, everyone heard that Huang Chao's army was about to convene and was busy running for their lives. On the way to escape, a woman happened to meet Chao Huang. He had a big boy on his back and a little boy in his hand, but she didn't know his identity. Chao Huang saw that the woman's behavior was inappropriate and asked her, "Why should the older child carry it and the younger child pull it?" The woman replied bluntly, "My nephew is on my back and my child is on my back. Once Huang Chao comes after me, I will give up my children and run away behind my nephew's back. My nephew is dead. If he is killed, his family will be cut off. If my son is killed, I am still young and can be reborn.

2. Nie, a famous folklorist in Shanxi, said: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the custom of Shanxi Cold Food Festival suddenly rose and had a wide influence. In order to commemorate meson tui, the people of Jin held a cold food ban, wrapped millet in reed leaves and cooked it, and ate it during cold food. Although meson tui's theory of the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival gave way to the theory of the origin of the Cold Food Festival, it is logical to regard zongzi as the main cold food during the fire ban, just like the custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, because it can be used as both a souvenir and a cold food. People in many places still eat zongzi on the Cold Food Festival, which can be said to be in the same strain as the custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also to commemorate the custom formed by meson push.

According to Historical Records Biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng, Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu Huaiwang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated promoting talents, empowering them and making them rich, and advocated uniting against Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, was driven out of the capital and exiled to the Yuanxiang Valley. During his exile, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen and Tian Wen, which have a unique style and far-reaching influence (therefore, Dragon Boat Festival is also called Poet's Day).