What is the main significance of the Dragon Boat Festival?

Introduction: By the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone's understanding of the Dragon Boat Festival has increased. From holiday time to holiday customs, from holiday diet to holiday stories, we now have a deeper understanding of the significance of the Dragon Boat Festival. So, do you know what the main significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is? If you don't know, just look what I brought.

The significance of Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival and Zhengyang Festival, is one of the legal festivals in China and is listed in the world intangible cultural heritage list. A large number of poems, words, songs and other literary works have been handed down from generation to generation. Originated in ancient China, the date is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. The fifth day of May. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival to drive away the plague in summer, and later people took it as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. Hang wormwood, hang calamus and drink realgar wine to ward off evil spirits. Like other traditional customs, it has become an excellent activity spread all over China and neighboring countries due to a large amount of information and numerous names, plus many stories and legends. Later, the dragon boat race got new development and became an international sports event. As early as thousands of years ago, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poems have been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The first significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great national poet in history. Qu Yuan, Ming Ping, was a native of Chu in the Warring States Period. Born in the seventh day of the first month of Wu Wang calendar in Chu Wei, or in the twenty-seventh year, he died in the ninth year of King Xiang of Chu.

The second meaning of Dragon Boat Festival is the anniversary of Wu Zixu's death. Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died. Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbor, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city to destroy Wu." Hearing this, Fu Cha was furious. On May 5th, he wrapped the body of Zixu in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.

The third significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Cao E, the filial daughter of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who saved her drowning father. Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy. The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River.

The fourth significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qiu Jin, a modern revolutionary poetess. Qiu Jin was martyred on June 5th. Later generations admired his poems and mourned his heroic deeds. It was held to commemorate the Poets' Day, and the Poets' Day was designated as the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qiu Jin was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. When she was young, she was good at poetry and lyrics, and she liked riding and fencing. She is called Mulan and Qin Liangyu. Joining the revolution at the age of 28 had a great influence. He planned an uprising. He was arrested by the Qing soldiers at the meeting and persevered. Guangxu died heroically in Xuanhengkou, Shaoxing on June 5th, thirty-three years ago.

What is the main significance of the Dragon Boat Festival?

1, Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for the Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. Around Qu Yuan, an outstanding and independent doctor of Chu State, it spread all over China. Folk culture never tires of it, and Qu Yuan's celebrity is well known, bearing the noble feelings of the Chinese nation.

Dragon Boat Festival is a festival founded by the ancestors of Baiyue in ancient times to worship their ancestors. According to legend, Qu Yuan, a Chu poet in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancestors of Baiyue in the south who chose "Dragon Ascending to Heaven" as an auspicious day to worship their ancestors, and injected the seasonal fashion of "getting rid of diseases and epidemic prevention" in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is considered as an "evil moon day", which originated in the northern part of the Central Plains. The formation of the Dragon Boat Festival custom can be said to be the product of the integration of North and South customs.

2. Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also celebrate it.

Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. This is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names have been produced, but also different customs have been observed in different places.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a mixture of various folk customs, such as avoiding evil spirits and epidemic prevention, so some people think that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient people's festival of "avoiding evil spirits and epidemic prevention". China has a long history and profound culture, and ancient festivals are an important carrier of traditional culture.

3. Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of the Chinese nation since ancient times. In traditional festivals, there are many and varied folk customs, or only the Dragon Boat Festival can be compared with the Spring Festival. Both festivals have rituals and customs such as praying for blessings and eliminating disasters, which have pinned people's desire to welcome auspicious blessings and ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters.

The Dragon Boat Festival has integrated a variety of folk customs in its historical development and evolution. There are many customs of Dragon Boat Festival, with various forms, rich and colorful contents, and lively and festive. Due to different regional cultures, the content or details of customs vary from place to place in China.

Performing traditional folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival can not only enrich people's spiritual and cultural life, but also inherit and carry forward traditional culture. As an important part of China traditional culture, Dragon Boat Festival culture embodies the long history and profoundness of China culture.