What are the customs and traditions of Dragon Boat Festival?

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival to drive away plague and dragon boat festival in summer. This is a sacrifice to the dragon by the ancients, and it is also said in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jiezitui.

Later, on this day, the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by the river, so people took the Dragon Boat Festival as a day to commemorate Qu Yuan. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are some essential activities, such as eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine and racing dragon boats. Dragon boat race is one of the most important folk activities in the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Race is a multi-person collective rowing competition. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition.

The origin of Dragon Boat Festival:

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Tianzhong Festival, originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena in ancient times and evolved from the Dragon Boat Festival. On the midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the black dragon rises to the south of the sky for seven nights, which is an auspicious day for the dragon to fly. As the fifth poem in the Book of Changes says, "The dragon is in the sky".