What is the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival?

1, Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival for ancient ancestors to sacrifice their ancestors in the form of dragon boat races. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, threw himself into the Miluo River during the Dragon Boat Festival. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

2. Dragon Boat Festival custom

(1) Dragon boat race: It is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that the ancient Chu people could not bear to see it because their sage Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, and many people rowed to catch up and save. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, on May 5th every year, a dragon boat was rowed as a memorial to disperse the fish in the river and prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body.

(2) Eating zongzi: Eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. According to records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, millet was wrapped in leaves into horns, which were called "horny millet". Rice packed in bamboo tubes is sealed and baked, which is called "tube zongzi".