Why do you row the dragon boat on the Dragon Boat Festival?

1, boating on the Dragon Boat Festival is usually said by the people to save Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river. Dragon boats scatter zongzi along the river to prevent fish in the water from eating Qu Yuan's body. At the same time, people beat gongs and drums and blew trumpets to summon Qu Yuan's soul.

2. Dragon boat race can be said to be one of the most distinctive customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as "Dragon Boat Race", "Dragon Boat Race" and "Dragon Boat Race". In the southern water towns, this custom is extremely popular because there are many rivers and lakes. About the origin of dragon boat race, it is generally believed that it is also related to Qu Yuan.

It is said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the local people salvaged it along the river, and his body was not found until Dongting Lake. They want to cross Dongting Lake to find it, but it is impossible to cross Dongting Lake for 800 miles. At this time, it happened to rain cats and dogs. The fishermen on the lake paddled back and gathered in the pavilion on the shore. When fishermen heard that the people had come to salvage the country's sages, they all rushed to help each other, thus forming the custom of dragon boat race on May 5th.

4. In this regard, the Chronicle of Jingchu said: "On May 5th, Qu Yuan threw himself into Miluo Day and injured his life, so he ordered the boat to save him." In the Tang Dynasty, people said that the competition was to summon the soul of Qu Yuan, and the Zhaoqu Pavilion was built on the Sun Yu on the north bank of the Miluo River in Xiangyin, Hunan. It is said that this is the end of the dragon boat race. As a matter of fact, dragon boats existed in the period of West Zhou Muwang. A silk painting of Chu Tomb in the Warring States Period unearthed in Changsha, Hunan Province shows a man standing on a dragon boat. According to Ji Yuanhai, the dragon boat race originated in the period of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, while the textual research of Wuyuan shows that Fu Cha, the king of Wu, had the custom of dragon boat race when he dug the canal.