Comedy about Dragon Boat Festival

Famous traditional comedy, currently better known as the one performed by Ma Zhiming and Huang Clanmin. Roughly based on Zhang Shoushen's "Japanese Dart", it tells the story of two brothers who practice martial arts and make jokes while protecting the bodyguards due to their lack of martial arts skills.

Classic lines:

"His old man's last name is Jiang, his first name is Mi and his last name is Xiao Zao'er."

"Tie!

Hey!

Tie!

Hey!

Son!

Hey!"

"Little ratty road vermin, how dare you piss off my brother and make him shit himself!"

"Brother you and back off, wait for my little brother to go forward to die!"

"You killed the thief?

I slaughtered the ox!"

All lines:

B Ah, this time we'll do a comedy.

A Our Chinese literature is particularly profound.

B Yes.

A Chinese martial arts are particularly profound.

B In the past, it was about defending the motherland, but now it's also about exercising.

A When it comes to literature, I'm not as good.

B Oh? I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that.

A To mention the practice of martial arts.

B I'm even worse.

A Then I'm still a practitioner.

B Who?

A I am.

B You're a trainer?

A Hey.

B You've been practicing, practicing, practicing. I've been practicing with my head like a date palm, but I'm still practicing.

A What? You say I'm a little bit thinner?

B Why do you think I'm thinner? I'm not sure if you're a good person, but I'm sure you're a good person.

A You're saying I'm skinny?

By the way, I'm not sure if I'm a good person, but I'm a good person.

A You don't understand.

B You don't understand.

A It's not about being fat or thin.

B Yes?

A! I'm not going to let it grow three inches long, but I'm not going to let it grow three inches thick.

B Why?

A It is useful to have long muscles and thick flesh.

B Oh!

A It is said that a real man does not show his face, but a real man does not show his face.

But you, too, can't show your face.

A For you, I'm going to show my face today.

B Show your hand? I'll show you how to do it.

A No, I'll show you my qigong! I'll show you my qigong.

B Qigong?

A Hey.

B I'd like to see that.

A Attention. （

B What's this for?

A Are you afraid of my arm?

B You have to hold him a little. I'm really scared.

A Not only are you scared, I'm scared too.

B What are you afraid of?

A I'm afraid it will break.

B Put it down quickly. I'm afraid it'll break and the bone will pierce me.

A I practiced the blade and fist.

B What is the blade of war?

A Sword, gun, sword, halberd, axe, battle-axe, hook, hairpin, whip, mace, hammer, grasp, boring, stick, long lance, stick, crutch, meteor. What with a tip, with a ring, with a chain, with a thorn, with Emei needle, thrown out, strangled back. I'm a master of all of them--

B.

A Sparse.

By the way, I'm not sure if I'm a good person or a good person. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on this.

And I'm good at everything.

By the way, you have to be good at what you do.

A If you don't believe me, here's how it works. If you don't believe me, here's what you can do. You can bring me the eighteen weapons, and I'll practise them one by one.

A Sold it.

B Sold? I can do it even if you sell it?

A There are two kinds of fists and kicks,

B Which ones?

A Internal and external.

B What is this internal fist?

A Wuji, Youji, Taiji, Liangyi, Si Xiang, Xingyi, Bagua.

B And the external fist?

A Shaolin, Bouncing Legs, Big Red Fist, Little Red Fist, Eight Immortals' Fist, Ground Trip Fist, Small Frame Monkey Fist. I practiced Cat Vertical, Dog Flash, Rabbit Roll, Eagle Flip, Toad Bounce, Camel Vertical.

B I've never seen this kind of kung fu.

A I train my breath internally and my muscles and bones externally.

B Practicing one breath inside?

A Oriental Shuo's "Marrow Cleansing Sutra" and Dharma Master's "Yi Jin Jing".

B What about the external roughness of the sinew, bone and skin?

A How about the Golden Mask, the Iron Cloth Shirt, the Vermilion Sand Palm, and the Cotton Sand Palm?

B It's too good.

A I don't practice.

B I don't practice. Why do you say it's not practiced?

A The kung fu I practice is here.

B On top of your head?

A Yes. It's called "penetrating the top".

B Oh, the oil hammer to the top.

A How does a hammer go through the top?

B With a rock on your head. There's a guy standing next to him with a big hammer, "Ah! "Aah!" And with that blow, the stone crumbles to dust. The head, it doesn't move.

A What's that called? Practicing kung fu? That's called playing.

B Playing? Is that what you're doing?

A I don't practice that.

B What do you practice?

A I practice the "Train to the Top".

B How do you train through the roof?

A Take my head and hit the train.

B ouch, also have to go to the station inside, take the head "bam" hit! I'm sure they'll say it's time to start the train, so get out of the way.

A Inside the station? No, it's open!

B Open?

A.

B Is the train running and you want to hit it with your head?

A. It's on! I'm still hitting and not hitting.

B What about the ones you hit?

A fast car I hit.

B What about slow cars?

A I don't hit it.

B Why don't you hit it?

A Boring.

B It doesn't have enough horsepower.

A Hey! Beyond the three raised flags, I crouch in the horseback riding position and move my qi to my head.

B Yes.

A This has a name,

B What name?

A It's called "Smallpox Cover". The driver, he plays the flute at me, "Whoo!" You know what that means?

B It's to get out of the way.

A Dodging? Why are you here? Come here. (pointing)

B Come here?

A Four or five feet away from the train, you get up, "thump" so that the train passes, you see my head.

B As usual?

A broken.

B It's broken?

And I can do it too!

A What should I do?

B It should not move at all.

A You hit it?

B I can't hold it.

A I can't either!

B Oh, you can't either?

A Practice! I've been to famous teachers and friends.

B That's true.

A When I was mentioned, I was "nameless", but when our teacher was mentioned, he was very famous, so who doesn't know about him, who doesn't know about him?

B Your teacher's name?

A family lives in the western part of Beijing, the people of the lower Kan'er Hu Ling'er. I'm sure you've heard that before,......

B Okay, okay, okay. I'm not going to be able to get the best out of it.

A Tiger Ridge.

B The Tiger Mountain in the west of Beijing?

Ah, yes, yes, yes.

B What's going on there?

A What do they do there?

B You can't fool me.

A martial artist.

B What? I'm a dumpling seller in Tiger Mountain. The first May Day, he came, carrying a wooden cabinet, "'rice and small dates', big dumplings!"

A What did you say?

B The Tiger Ridge is a net seller of rice dumplings.

A Tiger Mountain, a net seller of dumplings?

B. Yes, that's right.

A So, are you from your place?

B Beijing.

A Are all Beijingers comedians?

B They all ...... talk about comedy, who listens to them?

A all sell dumplings who eat ah?

B Yo? You're waiting for me here?

A You're looking down on me! How can you sell dumplings with my master's reputation?

B What's your teacher's name?

A Last name is Jiang.

B His nickname?

A First name is Mi-Zao'er (小枣儿).

B Hey ...... or dumplings? Jiang Mi Xiao Zao Er can not dumplings?

A taught two students,

B Who are they?

And I'm with my brother.

B Your name?

A white sugar.

B Your brother?

A Clarification.

B Are you two dumplings?

A One day, my brother and I were in the backyard, running through the leaves.

B Oh, stroking iron leaves?

A No, reed leaves.

B What are you doing with the reed leaves?

A You'll get a good bag out of it.

B Or dumplings.

A And iron leaves.

B Right.

A My master called us, "Yaaaah! My first disciple! Where is my second disciple?"

B Why do you have to say "yada yada yada" when you call your pupil?

A It's a good idea to press it.

B Or is it dumplings?

A I came to the front yard with my brother, and my master a fist: "Master you call us little brother which side to use?" My master asked: "How are you two practicing your kung fu?"

B care about them.

A My brother said nothing.

B My brother didn't say anything.

A I said, "It's done!"

B It's done? That's too big a word.

A As soon as I said "yes", my master got annoyed.

B And that didn't bother him.

A "What? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You tire hair has not yet dried, yellow teeth mouth has not yet faded, dare to say that it has been accomplished? I've practiced for more than half my life, but I don't dare to say it's done."

B Yes.

A "You're not going to be able to, well, master I do not teach."

B It's not like you're annoyed.

A "Yo! I'm not going to teach you, Master."

B Don't be.

A "Master Tai is not learning."

B "You call your master "Master"?

A That's where the words got stuck.

B What kind of behavior?

A My master was angry and left.

B Where did he go?

A Outside the front gate of Beijing, the grain store, Huiyou dart store gave us two brothers reported.

B What are you doing?

A Let us go to the bodyguard.

B Bodyguard?

A One day, my brother and I were in the back garden passing guns and mace,

B And you're still learning "Luo Cheng"?

A And suddenly I heard someone knocking on my wood door,

B and it was over when someone called the door.

A "Who is outside knocking at the door?"

B What do you mean by "knocking on the door"?

A Someone knocked on the door. I opened the door and took a look: it turned out to be the Huiyou Dart Bureau outside the front door asking us to protect the dart. We heard that the day of the show has come.

B Yeah.

A can not go? With my brother to pack a good bag parcels, handily guys with a good hello, to the front door outside the grain store will be friends dart store, the door stood an old official, more than eighty years old, beard quite old long, the spirit of a hundred times. Led more than thirty ah, completely high high, short and short, fat fat, thin thin, fat big and tall, skinny spirit, coughing are two kicks.

B What sound?

A "Boom er - pop!"

B Is there such a cough?

A The old magistrate said, "I didn't know you two dart masters had arrived, so I apologize in person for not having come far to welcome you."

B What did you say?

A I said, "I dare not, I dare not, we are here recklessly, Lord Tian, you forgive me."

B Is this you?

A The Golden Platform.

B Why are you singing "The Golden Platform"?

A I'm a fan of the theater.

B Don't be a fan.

A Hand in hand, we invited you in.

At the back of the courtyard, I took a look - there is a building, more than three feet high, not to take the stairs.

B How do you get up there?

A And I'm going to jump up from the ground.

B What if I leap up?

A Eat and drink.

B And if you don't jump up?

A You won't even be able to drink.

B Let's see what you can do.

A The old magistrate clasped his fists and said, "I'll see you two up there." A mention of the clothes and scarf, a "eight steps to catch the camera", three vertical, "miso, miso!" The first stomp at the bottom of the building - "Miso"!

B How is it?

A It went up.

B It's called a handle.

A My brother, without touching the ground, pulled a carrot out of the dry ground, and then slipped it into a miso!

B Stop! Don't do it! Wait a minute! What's that called? "Pulling carrots out of the drought"? That's called "pulling onions out of the ground".

A Then, what is not planted in the ground?

B That won't work. That's called "pulling onions out of the ground".

A According to you, pulling carrots and scallions on dry land.

B What are you doing with the radish and onion?

A Half for you and half for me.

B No, I can't do that! I have to pull out the carrot on the dry land ...... no, no! I'm not going to be able to do that. I'm so angry that I'm talking nonsense.

A A a slip, also went up.

B This is called martial arts.

A It's time to look at me, I'm so brave, not more than three feet high?

B Yes.

A Let's do a trick.

B What kind of trick?

A Whirlwind Kick, "Baa! Ba! Ba! --Ba-da!" It's so strong, it's going up to the room.

B People are going up.

A Shoes.

B Shoes? Why did the shoes go up to the room?

A Oh, no laces?

B You're a fool for nailing them. （

A Oh, I didn't nail my shoelaces. I've been practicing, but I almost didn't get down when I pushed you.

A he ...... not I did not guard you.

B I've never heard of it. Which martial artist to fight - "You first wait! I first defense." Is that right?

A I forgot.

B Not so good.

A I said, "Somebody!"

B What happened?

A "Move the ladder to reach the shoes."

B What a thing to say.

A The ladder was up there and I climbed it.

B That's a start.

A I took off my shoes and put them on. When I went inside, I saw that the whole goat was ready to be eaten. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the old magistrate began to talk to us.

B What did I tell you?

A "This time, I invite you to come out of the mountain is no other thing, is to protect the dart. The east road dart, west road dart, south road dart some people dare to protect. The north road dart alone has too many thieves and too many people, do you two dare?"

B What did you say?

A "Old Da Guan, you and stop talking! Don't grow the fugitive's might and destroy our brother and sister's vigor."

B That's right.

A "Isn't it just that there are thieves in the north?"

B Welcomes them!

A "Hit the south and run."

B Ha! Running around? That's not like it!

A I said, "Meet the front."

B That's right.

A The old man clasped his fists, "I'll see you both downstairs." A pad step, leaping in the building window somersault heel, feet solid ground, four two cotton similar.

B This is enough how light ah.

A My brother came to a fall skidding style.

B What kind?

A Head down, feet up, four or five feet from the ground, the cloud turned around, carp hit the back, the upper body does not shake, the bottom body does not shake, just like a small cat.

B This kung fu is very good.

A It's time to watch me. I have to show you something!

B What do you want to show?

A I'll hold my head and go down the stairs, "Kirikou, pah-pah-pah!"

B And down it went.

A And down it came, bone-crunching.

B Why? How did you get down?

A I climbed up.

B It's all next to each other.

A Not next to each other. It's not next to each other, it's faster than walking.

B I've never heard of it. How can a "boner" be faster than a walk?

A That's why you're early today.

B I'm early ...... Oh? What if I'm "bumbling" here? Are you kidding me?

A "Please pass the sweat."

B "What's with the "overkill"?

A "We're practicing to see how we're doing. My brother took a cup of spear from the rack of weapons.

B Big gun?

A It's not all guns.

B What?

A Six feet is a gun, five feet is a stick. The big gun is one foot and eight inches. An inch long, an inch strong; an inch small, an inch clever. The big gun is the mother of a hundred soldiers, the flowery gun is the thief of a hundred soldiers; the single sword is the gall of a hundred soldiers, the big sword is the commander of a hundred soldiers. The handguard hook has four words.

B Which four words?

A "Straddle, frame, cover and block." Tie up a set of Six Harmonized Guns.

B How do you call it "Six Harmonies"?

A The inner triad, the outer triad.

B What is the "inner triad"?

A Heart, qi and guts.

B And the outer three?

A Hands, feet and eyes. There is praise for this.

B What zan?

A "a tie eyebrow save two points" heart, three tie navel belly four tease Yin, five tie knock knee six point foot, seven tie shoulder and left and right points. After the gun, the gas is not long out, the face is not more color. Everyone applauded: "Oh! Good!"

B. Good shot?

A Good! Are you done? Now it's my turn.

B Yes.

A I took a single sword from the rack of blades.

B Oh, a single knife.

A Look at the hand with a single knife, the elbow with a double knife, and the rolling hand with a large knife.

B Right.

A This time I'll give you a sample.

B What's the matter? You want to practice?

A Yes.

B Well, let's have some fun.

A See: this is like a knife.

B Put it down. You call this a knife? This is a fan.

A You're the only one who knows?

B Ah, I know, I know.

A Or is it? Let's say it's a knife.

B The knife is too small to be a knife.

A I can't help it, I don't have my real knife with me.

B Where is your real sword?

A My brother is having a pedicure.

B Hey ...... pedicure knife ah? That's a big deal.

A comparison is the knife. I have a name for it, and it's in my arms.

B What's the name?

A "Holding the moon in your arms". Stand upright, eyes to the nose, nose to the mouth, mouth to the heart. Ear to shoulder, sink your heart and vapors. Take a step backward and half a step upward. Make a bow in a circle.

B What are you doing?

A This is called etiquette.

B And etiquette?

A We learn etiquette before we learn the art, and here, etiquette is not to be blamed.

B Yes.

A If you have made a mistake in practicing any of the moves or styles, let the masters here point them out and we will learn from them.

B Yes?

A See: this is the sword, this is the handle, this is the hand guard. The front of the blade, the back of the blade, the tip of the blade, and the silk spike. The knife is handed over to the right hand, collapsing the back and stroking the knife - "night battle eight sides to hide the knife style"!

B What is this for?

A This is called a stance. It's all about the stance, and without it, it's not a stance.

B That's right.

A All talk and no talk, all practice and no talk. Let's talk and practice, let's bring the box and the medicine, let's bring the ingredients ......

B Hey, who's buying the pills? I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get the best out of me. There is a part of you, there is a part of you ...... buy quasi like. Don't be annoyed after buying, specializing in the treatment of back pain, leg pain, arm pain, bladder pain, limb cramps, numbness; cow blocked, horse stepped on, donkey kicked, car rolled; old man coughing, old lady wheezing, is the treatment of a, a good one; the treatment of two, a good ...... you stop me a bit ah!

A really interesting, interesting.

B What's so interesting?

A What are we doing here?

B Aren't we selling Dali pills?

A No, I'm practicing my sword.

B What are you yelling about?

A It's time for me to become famous.

B What?

A There was a thunderclap, and a brush, and a brush, and a brush, and a brush - and it rained.

B Oops! That's no way to practice.

A No practice? The ground is paved with yellow soil, a rain is slippery, not pay attention, to a butt pier? That to my master Jiangmi small date show eye it.

B You do not mention that "old dumplings".

A This, without a decade or eight years can not be practiced. It's called "Dengpingduoshui" and "Walking Drum Dipping Cotton".

B Lightweight.

A The rain is getting heavier and heavier, but I am playing more and more happily. I have practiced a style that is impervious to the wind and the rain. I can see the light of the sword but not me, and the water flows down the sword, but there is not even a speck of rain on my body.

B You are practicing in the courtyard?

A In the house, sheltering from the rain.

B Why? Where's the sword?

A You left it in the yard.

B What about the knife?

A This old man is a good man!

B Still?

A "Yes, yes!"

B Good for practicing?

A "Good for sheltering from the rain."

B That's just a bad thing.

A I don't care.

B Well, I'm used to hearing it.

A "Please check the dart!"

B What do you mean, "check the dart"?

A What are you looking for? When I got to the backyard, I looked at it like this: otherwise no one would dare to protect it!

B What happened?

A The four tables are tightly packed. They are all this big and yellow.

B What's the matter?

A Old bonobo!

B Old bonobos? What's wrong with an old Japanese?

A Hey, it's a Japanese melon!

B Is it made of red gold?

A It's pale.

B Why not? No one eats water.

A You cut it open and look inside.

B It's got pearls and agates in it.

A And the seeds.

B And the flesh!

A The seeds and flesh of the Japanese melon are dug out, and inside are hidden pearls and agates, which are sealed with a bamboo stick and a layer of yellow clay. This is famous.

B What is the name?

A This is called "Japanese melon dart".

B What's the name of this dart?

A It's a dart car that calls out for a dart.

B Who shouts?

A I am shouting.

B Can I hear you?

A Yes.

B How?

A It's like this: "Hey! I'm an old fool!"

B You're selling it outside. I think it's called "Yow Mo Woo Woo".

A It's "Yow Mo Yang Wei" that you're shouting!

B That's right.

A Exit the Qihua Gate, pass through the Dongyue Temple, take the Jiuting Palace, the Eighteen Valley, and the Eight Mile Bridge to Tongzhou. Into the west gate out of the east gate, Lihe, outside the river, Yanjing under the Sanhe County, Jizhou, to the Xifengkou. According to my brother is a tip to stay.

B The rest of the day.

A I said: "This is not a good time. It's the first time I've ever been a bodyguard, and I'm traveling all night." The dart car went forward for about 40 to 50 miles, and there was a sandy beam in front of it. The dart car crossed the sand beam, a dense pine forest in front of it, and heard "Zi'er--Pa!" A loud arrow, "choking ......" a stick of gong sound called, the original front there are thieves and bandits.

B There are thieves on the end.

A My brother heard that there are thieves in the front, to meet the front. I said, "My brother, I'm not going to be able to help you, but I'll be able to help you."

B Right.

A "Little brother goes forward to die."

B Hey ...... wrong! My little brother tackled the thief to death.

A Anyway, one must die ah? "

Anything you can do to help is to get your hands dirty! Pull over my oxen."

B Wrong again, on the battlefield riding a horse!

A Hey, riding a bull can be modeled after ancient times.

B What kind of ancient times are you imitating?

A Isn't Sun Bin riding an ox in Sun Pang's battle of wits?

B Oh, it's a bull. The book says it's a sacred cow.

A Ah ...... I'm a precious ox.

B It is said that he this ox will be able to ride on the clouds.

A I've got a cow that jumps.

B It can jump? How far does it jump?

A Forty.

B How about two?

A Eighty.

B How long have you had it?

A Six years.

B How many times did you pop up?

A No, I haven't.

B Good! Wasted cow.

A Waste cow? Yes.

B How many?

A One year my mother was sick and wanted to eat tofu in Tongzhou sauce, so she used my cow.

B What happened?

A Tongzhou is 40 kilometers away from Beijing, so it's a short hop to Beijing, and a short hop back. It's a lot of work.

B It takes less than five minutes to go back and forth.

A I'll just hold the calf and run to the Ximen Bridge.

B Why are you holding the cow? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to go out and ride on a cow, but it's a good idea to go out and ride on a cow.

A You're just going out and jumping? I can't.

B Why?

A Tongzhou is 40 kilometers away from Beijing, where do you count? Xihuamen Bridge.

B Hey, you can count from there.

A We live in Xidanpailou, 10 miles from Xihuamen, and we can't get out of the house without jumping. I can't get there in one jump.

B What about two bounces?

A much too much,

B So you're a cow, the standard is to jump 40 ah?

A hey. When we got to the Seibu Bridge, we set it straight. I told him, "My mother wants to eat Tongzhou sauce meat. What about one bounce, it can be there, two bounces can be back, you do your duty, I do my filial piety." The calf nodded. I flew up to the cow, and shined my light on the cow's crotch, "snap, snap!" Two lashes. The calf did not allow to hit, just heard "moo!" The sound of so, I feel my body cool, and then open your eyes to see, see no Xibuemen Bridge ah.

B To Tongzhou?

A I fell into the river.

B B jumped across the river?

A Bouncing across the river? What's the point of jumping over a mud pit?

B I jumped over it.

A And I carried it over.

B Why?

A "Lift my stretcher!"

B Wrong again. Lift over your gun or your knife.

A Hey, even the stretcher is an antique.

B Who is it again?

A "Three strikes on the Zhujiazhuang", Shi Xiu not use the flat stretcher?

B That's right, it's a stretcher.

A I rode a stretcher and carried a cow.

B hey ...... wrong! I'm riding a cow and holding a stretcher.

Anyway, it's the same thing.

B This is also true.

A When you get to the front of the two armies, you'll give a fist bump to the bandits.

B This is the rule of the jungle.

A "Good thief, good thief! Good thief, my lord!"

B How do you call a thief a master?

A When I told him, he let me pass.

B What's wrong with that?

A The thief was so cruel that he didn't listen to me and urged his horse to swing his stick. I saw that the stick was coming, and I took the flat stick to meet it, and I heard a "click".

B The stick flew away?

A The stick flew away?

B The stick was broken. It's over.

A Is it over? The gun is showing.

B And the gun?

A Hey! The ox and the horse are in the wrong stirrup.

B No, no, no! Two horses in one stirrup.

A I'm riding an ox.

B Yes! I forgot about that.

A I'll give him the bull's gun.

B What? I'm going to give him a shot back at the bull.

A A shot was empty, so that the thief clutched the head of the gun. "Bring it! Give it to me!" He has one hand, I have two.

B Right.

A "What? Give it to you?"

B Can't!

A "Don't want it."

B "Don't want it? Why not?

A Not as strong as him?

B Well, that's good!

A My calf can jump, it can jump 40 times, where can it chase me?

B That's right.

A I said, "Calf, jump!"

B B. Bounce!

A Bad luck.

B What happened?

A Instead of bouncing, it went backward, "Moo! Moo!"

B Now it's over.

A At that moment, the thief's horse returned. And the stick came again. I said, "Oh, no! My life is over!"

B It was over.

A When I touched my back, I was happy again. There are still two swords in my back, and they can protect my life. "Miso! Miso!" I sheathed my knives, and I flicked my bull's head, which was aimed at Horse Face.

B Okay, City God, huh?

A With his left hand, he knocked away the thief's stick, and with his right hand, he did a "moon fishing under the sea". I heard a "whimpering" sound, red light appeared, blood flowed, and the big head rolled around on the ground.

B You killed the thief?

A I slaughtered the cow.

B You slaughtered the cow, didn't you?

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival in China was first a festival to worship the river god and beg for harvests before the emergence of Qu Yuan. Because in the Yangtze River, there is still a "Dragon Boat Festival", that is, around the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be heavy rainfall caused by flooding. Ancient people believed that the flood was the result of the anger of the river god, in order to prevent the Dragon Boat Festival water to wash away seedlings and other things, held a series of rituals, hoping that the river god happy, a good harvest. Coupled with this time is generally farming plowing, rice-planting season (ancient Yangtze River Basin is a single-season rice, rice-planting before and after the general Dragon Boat Festival), often have to soak in the water, drink yellow wine can effectively remove rheumatism, rumor has it that yellow wine is the gods give wine, slowly formed during this time and the habit of yellow wine. These are not to commemorate the Qu Yuan only formed, that is, before Qu Yuan cast the river China has already had the Dragon Boat Festival this statement, just Qu Yuan cast the river more let people remember this day, but also increased to eat zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging Ai Ye and other ways to celebrate.

In honor of Qu Yuan, the earliest record of this said from the Southern Liang Dynasty Wu Jun "continued Qi Harmony Records" and the Northern Zhou Dynasty Zong Security Hours "Jing Chu Years and Years". It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month, and after his death, he was trapped by a dragon, and the world mourned him and threw five-colored silk dumplings into the water to drive away the dragon. It is also rumored that Qu Yuan cast Miluo River, the local people heard immediately rowing boats to rescue, has been traveling to the Dongting Lake, and finally did not see the body of Qu Yuan. At that time, it was a rainy day, and the boats on the lake gathered together by the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that is to salvage the wise minister Qu Daifu, once again braved the rain, scrambling to row into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to send their condolences, people swung their boats on top of the river, and only thereafter gradually developed into dragon boat races. 'It seems that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, dragon boat races and commemorate Qu Yuan related to the Tang Dynasty Wenxiu 'Dragon Boat Festival' poem as evidence: "Festival points Dragon Boat Festival since who said, the rumors of the ages for Qu Yuan. I can laugh at the empty Chu River, can not be washed straight minister injustice."

Wu Zixu, a loyal minister of Wu in the Spring and Autumn period, died of injustice, turned into a Tao God, the world mourned and sacrificed, so there is the Dragon Boat Festival. This legend is widely circulated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Wu Zixu's name is Member, Chu, his father and brother were killed by the king of Chu, then Zixu abandoned the darkness and ran to Wu, to help Wu to conquer Chu, five battles and into the capital of Chu Ying. At that time, King Ping of Chu had already died, and Zixu dug up his grave and whipped his body 300 times to avenge the killing of his father and brother. After the death of King Helu of Wu, his son Fu Chai succeeded to the throne. The Wu army had high morale and won a hundred battles, and the Yue kingdom was greatly defeated, and King Goujian of Yue asked for peace, which Fu Chai agreed to. Zixu suggested that the state of Yue should be completely destroyed, but Fu-chai refused to listen to him, and Wu's Dazai, who had been bribed by the state of Yue, framed Zixu with slanderous rumors, and Fu-chai believed him and gave Zixu a sword, which he used to kill himself. Zixu was a loyal and good people, like death, before he died, he said to his neighbors: "After I die, I will dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of the capital of Wu, in order to see the Vietnamese army enter the city to destroy Wu", and then cut his own throat, Fu Chai was furious at what he said, and he ordered to take Zixu's body and put it into the river on the fifth day of the 5th of the fifth month, so it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day of remembrance of Wu Zixu.