"Whom does the Dragon Boat Festival honor?

Qu Yuan.

Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, and is also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Wuzhi Festival, and the May Festival. "The Dragon Boat Festival is one of China's national holidays and has been inscribed on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Duanwu Festival originated in China, initially the Chinese people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics of the festival, Wu Yue land before the Spring and Autumn Period in the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in the form of a dragon boat race held in the tribal totem sacrifices; after the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it has become the Chinese people to commemorate the Qu Yuan's traditional festivals; part of the region also commemorates the Wu Zixu, Cao'e, and other sayings.

Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth Festival), also known as the Duanyang Festival, for the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, in Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Duanwu Festival is divided into the big Duanwu and small Duanwu. The small Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, and the big Dragon Boat Festival is the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year.