Interview the origin and customs of Dragon Boat Festival

1, Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival means the same as Wu Chu, and it is also called the fifth day. The word "five" in the Dragon Boat Festival is also connected with "noon". According to the order of earthly branches, May is "noon" month. Because noon is the "sun", the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duanyang". Later, Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, threw himself into the Miluo River on that day. In order to establish the label of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, the rulers took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.

2. The general traditional customs and activities of the Dragon Boat Festival include: hanging wormwood and calamus, racing dragon boats, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, swimming in all diseases, wearing sachets and preparing sacrifices.