What is the origin of Dragon Boat Festival?

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional festival in China. "End" stands for "initial" and represents the arrival of hot summer days. According to time, the month in which it is located is also called "noon month", so this day is called Dragon Boat Festival.

Qu Yuan threw ginger.

In 278 BC, Qin Jun invaded Kyoto, Chu, and Qu Yuan witnessed his motherland being invaded. Qu Yuan's heart ached because of his patriotic feelings, but he was suffering from the destruction of the motherland all the time. On May 5th, after writing his last masterpiece Huai Sha, he jumped into the Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life. After hearing the news, Chu people were very sad and gathered at the Miluo River to pay tribute to Qu Yuan. Fishermen in the river rowed boats and fished his body back and forth on the river. Others took out rice balls and eggs prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river, hoping that the fish, shrimp and crabs in the river would be full and would not bite Qu Yuan.

Later generations also regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan is not only a great poet, but also a politician. He devoted a lot of patriotic ideals. For his deeds, it can be said that it was a household name at that time. To commemorate him, China has set up the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan's inheritance to this day.

1. Eat zongzi

Eating zongzi is a common custom all over the country and has been maintained for hundreds of years. Zongzi was also called corn millet in ancient times. Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, committed suicide in Miluo River. At that time, in order to protect the health of great men, people wrapped a lot of zongzi and put them into the river to attract fish and shrimp. Since then, eating zongzi has become a custom.

2. Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is also one of the main customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, and its origin is also related to the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. It is said that after Qu Yuan jumped into the river, Chu people didn't want to watch the great man die, so they rowed after him. Everyone rushed to Dongting Lake, but finally there was no trace of Qu Yuan. The custom of dragon boat race was popular in the south at first, and then it gradually became a national custom.

3. tie a five-color line

Five-color line is also called multicolored line, or multicolored longevity line. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will tie colorful ropes around their wrists, ankles or necks to prevent the five poisons from approaching each other. Moreover, the five-color line can't be picked up until June 6 and thrown into the river to be washed away.

Wear a gourd

There are countless gourd seeds in the mature gourd. The ancients thought that this was a symbol of "future generations", and the homonym "Fulu" of the gourd also symbolized good luck, so the ancients had the custom of wearing a gourd.

Boiled Egg

Besides zongzi, eggs are also a must-eat food for the Dragon Boat Festival. According to folklore, there is a god of plague on earth. Every Dragon Boat Festival, it will harm people and bring diseases. When people are miserable, they go to Nu Wa Niangniang Temple to kowtow and pray, hoping that she can eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. You can wear a gourd to ward off evil spirits and disasters.