What does Dragon Boat Festival mean?

1, Dragon Boat Festival interpretation: China, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. According to legend, the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on this day. In order to commemorate him, later generations regard this day as a festival, and have customs such as eating zongzi and rowing dragon boats.

Literally, the Dragon Boat Festival also has names such as Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu and Chongwu. "Duan" has the meaning of beginning and ending in ancient Chinese, and calling "Duan Wu" is just like calling "the fifth day". Dragon Boat Festival represents people's yearning for thousands of years of traditional culture in China. In China, there are customs such as eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, wormwood, mugwort leaves, smoking Atractylodes rhizome, angelica dahurica, drinking realgar wine, eating garlic, children wearing purses and riding with five poisons. It is also the unremitting pursuit of people to taste life, love life, develop civilization, suppress evil and promote good.