Was there a Dragon Boat Festival before Qu Yuan died?

Before Qu Yuan's death, there was the Dragon Boat Festival, which was originally founded by the ancestors of wuyue in the south, to worship the ancestors of dragons and pray for evil spirits. 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 push.

Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors' choice of "flying dragons over the sky" as an auspicious day to worship their ancestors and pray for evil spirits, and injected the seasonal fashion of "eliminating diseases and preventing epidemics" into summer. The Dragon Boat Festival, regarded as "bad month and bad day", began in the northern part of the Central Plains and was attached to commemorate Qu Yuan and other historical figures.

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Dragon Boat Festival custom:

1, paste the noon symbol.

In the old days, some places in Guangdong had the custom of posting "noon symbols". After lunch, everyone posted the "noon symbol". The operator uses a piece of yellow paper about an inch wide and nearly a foot long. With vermilion, the words "at noon on May 5, the official disease is not oral disease, and snakes, insects, rats and ants are eliminated" are written on it. Hang calamus, phoenix tail, mugwort leaf, etc. Tie a string of garlic on the gate and coat it with vermilion to ward off evil spirits.

2. Worship God and ancestors

Sacrificing to God and ancestors is one of the important customs of Dragon Boat Festival. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " Heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of life, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety. Through sacrifice, we pray and return their shelter and blessings.

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