Why should the origin of zongzi be included in the Dragon Boat Festival?

Zongzi is wrapped in the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Why do you eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival? The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has now become a traditional culture in China. The main purpose of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, just to express people's memory and reverence for Qu Yuan. Let's take a look at the story of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Records of Historical Records, people can understand this.

Qu Yuan, a minister of Chu, united with Qi to fight against Qin. However, Qu Yuan's idea met with opposition. Finally, Qu Yuan was framed and demoted. During his exile, Qu Yuan was heartbroken when he learned that Chu was attacked by Qin, and threw himself into the Miluo River. The Chu people are extremely sad. In order to prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eroded by fish and shrimp, people spontaneously threw zongzi into the river. In this way, year after year, it gradually developed into the custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.

Brief introduction of Qu Yuan:

Qu Yuan, surnamed Mi, was born in Zigui (now Yichang, Hubei) in Danyang, Chu, and was a poet and politician in Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan is a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Chu Wuwang Xiong Tong. Slashed by nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley. After the capital of Chu was breached by Qin Jun, it sank into the Miluo River and died for Chu. He is a great patriotic poet in the history of China.

The founder of China's romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of Songs of the South, initiated the tradition of "vanilla beauty" and was known as the "ancestor of Songs of the South". Song Yu, Le Tang and Jing Ke were all influenced by Qu Yuan. According to legend, Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. It has developed into a traditional festival for China people to commemorate Qu Yuan.