The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional festival in China - (), this day has () () and other customs, legend has it that is in honor of the great patriotic poet ().

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival in China - (Dragon Boat Festival), this day has (dumplings) (dragon boat race) and other customs, legend has it that in order to commemorate the great patriotic poet (Qu Yuan).

Duanwu Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. According to the "Jing Chu chronicle" records, because of the mid-summer heights, Shunyang on the May is mid-summer, it is the first noon of the day is the first day of the sun good weather, so the fifth of May is also known as the "Duanyang Festival".

The Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as the four traditional Chinese folk festivals. Since ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival has been associated with festive activities such as rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi (rice dumplings). Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national holiday, and in May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; in September 2009, UNESCO formally considered and approved the inclusion of the Dragon Boat Festival in the world's intangible cultural heritage, making it China's first festival to be selected as part of the world's intangible heritage.

Qu Yuan (c. 340 or 339 BC - 278 BC) was a poet and statesman of the state of Chu during the Warring States period of China. He was born in Danyang, Chu (now Yichang, Hubei). She was surnamed Mi, Qu, with the name Ping and the character Yuan; she also claimed the name Zhengze and the character Lingjun. During the Warring States period, he was a descendant of Qu Yu, the son of Xiong Tong, King Wu of Chu. As a young man, he was well-educated, knowledgeable and ambitious. In his early years, he was trusted by King Huai of Chu and was appointed as the left disciple and the general director of Sanlu, in charge of both internal and external affairs. He advocated the "beautiful government", advocating the internal appointment of talents and cultivation of laws, and externally advocating the alliance with Qi to fight against Qin. He was ostracized and slandered by the nobles, and was exiled to the northern part of Han and the Yuan-Xiang valley. After the Qin general Bai Qi attacked the capital of Chu, Ying (present-day Jiangling, Hubei Province), Qu Yuan sank himself into the Miluo River and martyred his country.

Duanwu Festival to eat dumplings , is a traditional custom. Zongzi, also known as "corn", "tube dumplings". It has a long history, and there are many different patterns.

According to records, as early as in the Spring and Autumn period, with Zizania leaves (wild rice leaves) wrapped in millet into a horn-shaped, called "corner of millet"; bamboo tube with rice sealed and baked, called "tube dumplings". The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to grass ash water soaked in millet, because the water contains alkali, with Mushroom leaves wrapped in millet into a quadrangular shape, cooked, became the Guangdong alkaline water dumplings.

Jin Dynasty, dumplings were officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. At that time, the package of raw materials in addition to glutinous rice, but also add the Chinese medicine Yi Zhi Ren, cooked zongzi called "Yi Zhi Zong". Zhou Zhou, "Yueyang customs and local records" recorded: "Commonly wrapped in millet with Aizome leaves, ...... cooked, and rotten, in the fifth of May to the summer solstice to eat, a zong, a millet." North and South Dynasty period, the emergence of mixed rice dumplings. Rice mixed with animal and poultry meat, chestnuts, jujubes, adzuki beans, etc., more varieties. Zongzi also used as a gift for interaction.

According to legend, Qu Yuan advocated to raise the virtuous and authorized to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and advocated to unite Qi and fight against Qin, which was strongly opposed by the aristocrat Zilan and others, Qu Yuan was gluttonous to go to his post, and was driven out of the capital city, and was exiled to the Yuan and Xiang basins. During his exile, he wrote poems such as "Li Sao", "Heavenly Questions" and "Nine Songs", which are unique and far-reaching (thus, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Poets' Festival). In 278 B.C., the Qin army broke through the capital of Chu, Qu Yuan saw his motherland being invaded, and his heart was like a knife, but he could not bear to give up his motherland, and on the fifth day of the fifth month, after writing his final work "Huai Sha", he threw a stone into the Miluo River and killed himself, and he composed a magnificent movement of patriotism with his own life. [After Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, he wrote a magnificent chapter of patriotism with his own life.] Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the local people heard the news and immediately rowed a boat to rescue, has been traveling to the Dongting Lake, never see Qu Yuan's body. At that time, coinciding with the rainy day, the lake boat together gathered at the shore of the pavilion. When people learned that it was to salvage the wise minister Qu Daifu, once again braved the rain, scrambling to row into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to send their condolences, people swing boat on the river, and then gradually developed into a dragon boat race. The people are afraid of the river fish eat his body, they have to go home to bring the rice ball into the river, so as to avoid the fish and shrimp spoiled Qu Yuan's body, and later became the custom of eating rice dumplings.

Dragon Boat Racing, is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, very popular in southern China, especially in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province, known as the steak dragon boat. It is the earliest when the ancient Yue people sacrificed to the god of the water or the dragon god of a ritual activity, its origin may begin at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat race has a long history, has been passed down for more than two thousand years, is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment programs, mostly held in festivals, is a multi-person collective paddle race. After spreading abroad, it is loved by people from all over the world and has formed an international competition.

Mr. Wen Yiduo in the "Dragon Boat Festival" and "Dragon Boat Festival historical education" thesis that: the ancient Baiyue nation is a dragon as a totem, in order to show that they are the identity of the "dragon child" in order to consolidate their own right to be protected. Dragon Boat Festival two of the most important activities to eat zongzi and race, are related to the dragon. The zongzi are thrown into the river water to worship the dragon god, while the dragon boat is used for the race. They not only have "broken hair tattoo" to "like the dragon child" custom, and every year on the fifth of May this day, held a grand totem festival; one of the activities is in the sound of the drums in the rapid carving into a dragon canoe, in the water for the game of the race, drawing the dragon god, also give themselves the name of the dragon. One of the activities is to carve a canoe in the shape of a dragon to the sound of rapid drums and race it across the water to paint the totem god and amuse themselves. This is the origin of the custom of dragon boat racing.