The Origin and Customs of Dragon Boat Festival Introduction to the Origin and Customs of Dragon Boat Festival

1, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival: This is a festival created by the ancestors of Wu Yue in the south to worship the ancestors of dragons. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, jumped into the Miluo River on May 5th and committed suicide. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui. Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors' choice of "Dragon Ascending to Heaven" as an auspicious day to worship the ancestors of the Dragon, and it was injected with the summer season of "getting rid of diseases and preventing epidemics". The Dragon Boat Festival is considered as "the unlucky day for the moon", which originated in the northern part of the Central Plains and is accompanied by the commemoration of historical figures such as Qu Yuan.

2. The customs of Dragon Boat Festival mainly include dragon boat race, Dragon Boat Festival, herb picking, hanging wormwood, drinking water at noon, washing herbs, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, soaking in dragon boat water, eating zongzi, putting paper dragons, putting paper kites, tying colorful silk threads and wearing sachets. Dragon Boat Race is very popular in the southern coastal areas of China, which is deeply loved by people all over the world and has formed an international competition. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular all over China since ancient times, and it has become one of the most influential and widespread folk food customs of the Chinese nation.