Dragon boat festival is

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Five-Day Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Midday Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival, it was originally a festival to drive away plague in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China. It began in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has a history of more than 2,000 years.

The origin of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival (origin)

The appearance of zongzi is closely related to the origin of Dragon Boat Festival and the commemoration of Qu Yuan. After Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, the local people immediately rowed for help and went all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was never seen. 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. People were afraid that fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home and threw rice balls into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan's body. Later, eating zongzi became a custom.