Why is the Dragon Boat Festival dedicated to Qu Yuan?

Because Qu Yuan died in the Miluo River on May 5th, and Qu Yuan was a great patriotic poet who was concerned about the country and people, people commemorated Qu Yuan on the Dragon Boat Festival.

In memory of Qu Yuan's Dragon Boat Festival legend;

Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May. After his death, he was trapped by mosquitoes and dragons, and the world mourned. Every day, he throws five-color silk zongzi into the water to drive away the dragon. It is also said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the local people immediately rowed to rescue him, and all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was not found.

It was raining at that time, and the boats on the lake gathered at the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that it was to salvage the sage Dr. Qu, they went out in the rain and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to mourn, people rowed on rivers, and later it gradually developed into a dragon boat race.

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The historical development of Dragon Boat Festival;

Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, and it was originally a totem festival held by tribes who worshipped dragon totem in ancient Baiyue area. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Baiyue area, there was a custom of holding totem sacrifices for tribes in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Later, because Qu Yuan, a poet of the State of Chu (now Hubei) in the Warring States period, threw a huge stone into the Miluo River that day, the ruler took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan in order to establish the label of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.

Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. In May 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; In September 2009, UNESCO formally considered and approved the inclusion of China Dragon Boat Festival in the world intangible cultural heritage, making it the first festival in China to be selected as the world intangible cultural heritage.

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