Three legends about the origin of Dragon Boat Festival

1. According to the historian Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng, Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu Huaiwang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated the use of talents, empowerment, and prosperity, and advocated joint resistance to Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, was driven out of the capital and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins. During his exile, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen and Tian Wen, which have a unique style and far-reaching influence (therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the Poet's Day). In 278 BC, Qin Jun conquered Kyoto of Chu. Qu Yuan was heartbroken to see his motherland being invaded, but he couldn't bear to give up his motherland all the time. On May 5th, Dragon Boat Festival, he wrote the last poem "Huai Sha" with pen and paper, then plunged into the Miluo River and died, composing a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other food prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river "plop, plop", saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs were full and would not bite Mrs Qu's body. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu Taifu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk, so they developed into zongzi. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, there was the custom of dragon boat race, eating zongzi, hanging wormwood calamus, magnolia soup, wearing damselflies, mowing grass, eating Huang Wu, flying kites and drinking realgar wine. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

2. Gou Jian was the monarch of Yue at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was also the first person who put forward the idea of rowing dragon boats to practice sailors. The State of Yue was defeated by the State of Wu, and Gou Jian practiced the water army day and night. Finally, he defeated Wu and became one of the new overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period. Gou Jian practiced the water army and pioneered the way of rowing dragon boats. On the river, several dragon boats struggled forward, and people paddled and struggled with the enemy. Therefore, some people think that the dragon boat race is to commemorate Gou Jian.

3. Chen Lin was the satrap of Cangwu in Guangxi at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the age, it is \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ In order to remember this outstanding local governor, people commemorate Chen Lin by "letting children clean and dance" on May 5th every year.