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The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "Dragon Boat Festival", the end is the "beginning", "the beginning" of the meaning. The first five can be called the end of the five. Lunar calendar to the Earth's branches of the month, the first month of building c, February for the d, in turn to May for the noon, so that May for the month of noon, "five" and "noon" through, "five" and for the number of Yang, so the Dragon Boat Festival also known as Duanwu is also known as the five, heavy five, Duanyang, in the sky, heavy afternoon, noon, in addition to some places will be called the Dragon Boat Festival May Festival, Ai Festival, Summer Festival. From the historical point of view, "Dragon Boat Festival" two words were first seen in the Jin Zhou Zhi "land and customs": "mid-summer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking wassail corn". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people in China. The essential activities of this day gradually evolved into: eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, moxa, fumigation Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink xionghuang wine. It is said that eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing, is to commemorate the Qu Yuan, so after the liberation of the Dragon Boat Festival was named "Poet's Day" to commemorate the Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus, moxa leaves, fumigate Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink Xionghuang wine, it is said to be in order to suppress the evil spirits.

To this day, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular and solemn festival among the Chinese people. The Dragon Boat Festival has been a national holiday since 2008. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and on May 20, 2006, the folklore was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

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The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival can be summarized as follows:

This is said to commemorate the Qu Yuan (屈原), which is first mentioned in the Liang Dynasty (Southern China) in the "Continuation of the Record of Harmony between Qi and Qi" (续齐谐记) and in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (北周宗懔) in "Record of Years of Jing and Chu" (荆楚岁時記). It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month, and after his death, he was trapped by a dragon, and the world mourned him and threw five-colored silk dumplings into the water on this day to drive away the dragon. It is also rumored that Qu Yuan cast Miluo River, the local people heard immediately rowing boats to rescue, has been traveling to the Dongting Lake, and finally did not see the body of Qu Yuan. At that time, it was a rainy day, and the boats on the lake gathered together by the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that is 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 swung their boats on top of the river, and only thereafter gradually developed into dragon boat races. 'It seems that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, dragon boat races and commemorate Qu Yuan related to the Tang Dynasty Wenxiu 'Dragon Boat Festival' poem as evidence: "Festival points Dragon Boat Festival since who said, the rumors of the ages for Qu Yuan. I can laugh at the empty Chu River, can not be washed straight minister injustice."

Welcoming Tao God, this is from the Eastern Han Dynasty "Cao E Stele". Cao E is the Eastern Han Dynasty Shangyu people, his father drowned in the river, a few days to see the body, the filial daughter Cao E was only 14 years old, day and night along the river crying. After seventeen days, she threw herself into the river on May 5, and carried her father's body out five days later. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu, a loyal minister of Wu, died of injustice, turned into a Tao God, the world mourned and sacrificed, so there is the Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon festival, this argument comes from Wen Yiduo's "Dragon Boat Festival Examination", and "Dragon Boat Festival's historical education". He believes that the fifth day of the fifth month is the ancient Wu Yue region "dragon" tribes held totem sacrifice. The main reasons are; (a) the two most important activities of the Dragon Boat Festival eat zongzi and race, are related to the dragon. Zongzi into the water is often stolen by the dragon, while the race is used in the dragon boat. (B) the race and the ancient wu yue local relationship is particularly deep, and wu yue people also have broken hair tattoo "to like the dragon" custom. (C) in ancient times on the fifth day of May, there are "colorful silk arm" folk custom, which should be "like the Dragon" tattoo custom remains.

Evil day, in the pre-Qin era, it is generally believed that May is a poisonous month, the fifth is evil. According to the Book of Rites, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty from the storage of orchids to bathe. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" in the "midsummer record" chapter provides that people in May to abstain from sex, fasting. In the Xia Xiaozheng, it is written, "This day is for storing medicines in order to remove poisonous qi." Dadailei" in the record, "the fifth day of the fifth month of the animal orchids for the bath" to bathe to drive away evil spirits that the fifth day of the death of the legend is also a lot of. The Historical Records of the Grand Historian (史记-孟尝君列传) recorded that the famous Grand Historian Meng Chang Jun (孟尝君) was born on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. His father asked his mother not to give birth to him, believing that "the son of the month of May, longer than the household Qi, will be unfavorable to his parents." According to an anonymous article in the book "Customs", "It is said that if a child is born on the fifth day of the fifth month, the male will harm his father and the female will harm her mother. Wang Chong, author of "Lun Heng", also recorded: "taboo to lift the first month, May son; to the first month, May son to kill the father and mother, shall not be lifted also." In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the great general Wang Zhenxiao was born on the fifth day of the fifth month, so his grandfather named him "Zhenxiao". Song Huizong Zhao Ji was born on the fifth day of the fifth month, from childhood foster outside the palace. It can be seen that the ancient May 5 as a bad day, is a common phenomenon. Can be seen from the pre-Qin later, this day are unlucky day. In this way, in this day plug calamus, moxa to drive away ghosts, lavender, dahurica and drink andrographis to avoid the epidemic, is a logical thing.

Summer solstice, this view of Liu Deqian in the "" Dragon Boat Festival " and "" Chinese traditional festivals ", put forward three main reasons: (a) the authoritative work of years and times " Jing Chu years and times " did not mention the May 5 to eat dumplings of the festival custom, but to eat dumplings written in the summer solstice. As for the Jingdu, the Sui dynasty Du Daiqing made the "jade candles BaoDian" it is classified as a summer solstice recreational activities, it is not necessarily for the salvage of the great poet Qu Yuan cast into the river. (b) Some elements of the Dragon Boat Festival customs, such as "treading on a hundred grasses", "fighting with a hundred grasses" and "picking miscellaneous medicines", actually have nothing to do with Qu Yuan. (C) The first explanation of the Dragon Boat Festival in the "Times and Favors of Huaji Li" is: "The sun leaves the sun, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival is in the middle of the summer, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Festival of the Day. The earliest origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is the summer solstice. Tui Dang out, and to commemorate the Qu Yuan said the most extensive impact. As a result of Qu Yuan's personality and artistic excellence, people are also willing to attribute this anniversary to him.

Memorial female poet Qiu Jin: Qiu Jin word Ruiqing Jingxiong, No. Jianhu female warrior, the small word Yugu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, good at poetry, lyrics, songs, fugue, and like to ride a horse, fencing, there are flowers, Mulan, Qin Liangyu in the world of the name. 28 years old to participate in the revolution, the influence of a great, in the planning of the uprising for the Qing soldiers arrested, to the end of the day, in the thirty-third year of the Guangxu Jun 5, in the Shaoxing Xuan Hengkou valiantly. Posterity for the admiration of her poetry, mourning her loyal and courageous deeds, so, and the Poet's Day to commemorate her, and the Poet's Day is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan and designated as the Dragon Boat Festival.

Duanwu Festival alias

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According to statistics, the name of the Dragon Boat Festival in all of China's traditional festivals called the most, up to more than 20, known as the festival alias of the most. Such as the Dragon Boat Festival, Duanwu Festival, Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Summer Festival, May Festival, Calamus Festival, Pope Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Zongzi Festival , Wuzhi Festival, Daughters' Festival, Ground Laxative Festival, Poets' Festival, Dragon Festival, Wuzhi - Festival of Lights and so on.

Duanyang Festival, according to the "Jing Chu chronicle", because of the mid-summer, Shunyang in the upper, May is the mid-summer, it is the first day of the first day of the afternoon is the day to ascend to the Shunyang weather is good, it is known as the first five days of May for the "Festival of the Duanyang".

The Dragon Boat Festival, Wu, belonging to the twelve branches of the lunar calendar in May for the month of Wu, Wu, Wu homophonic, five, five heavy, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "Festival of the Dragon Boat Festival" or "heavy five", some places are also known as the "May Festival! The first is the "Duanwu Festival", which is also known as the "May Festival" in some places.

Tianzhong Festival, the ancients believed that the fifth day of May, Yang heavy people in the sky, so this day is called "Tianzhong Festival".

Bath Orchid Festival, Dragon Boat Festival in mid-summer, is the season of skin diseases, the ancients to orchid soup bathing to remove dirt as customary. In the Han Dynasty, the "Dai Dai Li" cloud: "noon to orchid soup bath".

The Festival, the ancients ate brown Dragon Boat Festival, there are comparisons between the length of the dumplings under the length of the leaves, the long for the winning game, so there is also a "dumplings Festival," the name.

Daughter's Day, Ming Shen Bang "Wan Department of Miscellany": "May Daughter's Day, the Department of the Dragon Boat Festival, wear Ai leaves, five poison talisman. Wan custom from the first to the fifth day of May, decorated with small girls, all state extremely research. Married women also return to Ning. Called for the daughter of the Festival."

Calamus Festival, the ancients believed that the "heavy noon" is a taboo day, when the five poisons out,