Why is the Dragon Boat Festival associated with patriotism?

Because in most legends, the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet and politician of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan's great and touching patriotic deeds linked the Dragon Boat Festival with patriotism.

In 278 BC, Qin Jun destroyed the State of Chu. Qu Yuan was heartbroken when he saw his country being invaded. He was helpless, but he couldn't bear to give up his motherland all the time. On May 5th, he wrote his masterpiece Huai Sha. Soon, he died in the Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.

According to legend, after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they spontaneously rushed to the Miluo River to pay their respects to Qu Yuan. One of the fishermen took out rice balls and other food for Qu Yuan and threw them into the Miluo River to prevent fish and shrimp from eating Qu Yuan's body. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds.

Since then, the custom of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine has gradually formed on the fifth day of May every year. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is associated with patriotism.

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"The festival is divided into the Dragon Boat Festival, which is rumored to be Qu Yuan." Such as picking dragon boats, soaking in dragon boat water, eating zongzi, wearing sachets and so on, are long-standing customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. There are many sayings about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, among which the most popular one is the mourning for Qu Yuan. According to legend, in 278 BC, Qu Yuan, a poet exiled to the Miluo River, heard that Chu was captured and drowned in the Miluo River. People along the coast led boats to rescue him and sprinkled food to prevent fish and shrimp from hurting Qu Yuan's body. In this festival, whether people eat zongzi or row dragon boats, they are commemorating and inheriting Qu Yuan's patriotic soul.

"Home and country depend on each other, and only when there is a country can there be a home". Patriotism is the most natural and simple emotion of Chinese children and the core of Chinese national spirit. Despite the difficult situation, Qu Yuan still "worries about the world and hurts the people", showing sincere patriotism and patriotism for the country and the people. Yang Jingyu, whose husband is determined to rejuvenate the country, Zhao Shangzhi, who is ashamed of life and death, and Zhang Zizhong, who is ashamed of life and death, are all mourning for the people ... The patriotic feelings contained in China's excellent traditional culture have also inspired many patriots to serve the country faithfully, and the waves are higher than the waves.

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