Who commemorates the Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. On the Dragon Boat Festival, I think everyone knows that we will have dragon boat races and eat zongzi. Whose festival is the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate?

1, in memory of Qu Yuan: According to legend, Qu Yuan advocated promoting talents, empowering people, and persuading the rich to unite against Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was dismissed from his post, expelled from the capital and exiled to the Yuanxiang Valley. During his exile, he wrote poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen, Jiu Ge and so on, which were concerned about the country and the people. In 278 BC, Qin Jun invaded Kyoto, Chu. Qu Yuan was heartbroken to see his motherland being invaded, but he was reluctant to give up his motherland. On May 5th, after he wrote his last poem "Huai Sha", he plunged into the Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life. After Quyuan jumped into the river, the local people immediately rowed for help when they heard the news. In order to mourn, people rowed on rivers, and later it gradually developed into a dragon boat race. People were afraid that fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home and threw rice balls into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan's body. Later, eating zongzi became a custom.

2. In memory of Wu Zixu: The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival is that May 5th commemorates Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Wu Zixu, a famous official, was born in Chu, and his father and brother were both 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 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 Lv, 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 State. Fu Cha didn't listen, and Wu was massacred by Yue. He was bribed by the state of Yue and slandered Wu Zixu, which Fu Cha believed. Zixu gave him a sword and died. Wu Zixu, a loyal minister, is dead. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "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 and destroy Wu." Then he killed himself. Hearing this, Fu Cha was furious, and ordered that the body of the professional traverse to the child be thrown into the river on May 5th, so it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also to commemorate the day of Wu Zixu.

In memory of the filial daughter Cao E, the third legend of Dragon Boat Festival is to remember the filial daughter Cao E who saved her father and threw herself into the river in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 23-220). 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. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E.

4. Commemorating meson push: meson push is the protagonist of the Cold Food Festival and the legend of the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day, but some people think that the origin of Dragon Boat Festival is related to meson push. According to Cao Qin written by Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the sages.

This concludes the introduction of who is commemorating the Dragon Boat Festival.