The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival:

The word “Duan” has the meaning of “initial”, so “Duanwu” is “the fifth day”. According to the calendar, May is “noon”

Therefore, the “Duanwu” has gradually evolved into the current “Dragon Boat Festival”. “Yanjing Sui Ji Ji” records: “The fifth day of the first month is the fifth day of the fifth month, and the pronunciation of Gaiduan characters is also.”

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional Chinese folk festival – the Dragon Boat Festival, which is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation.

Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duanwu, Duanyang. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival has many other names, such as: Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Yulan Festival, Girls’ Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Dila, Poet’s Festival, Dragon’s Day and so on. Although the names are different, generally speaking, the customs of the people around the world are more similar than different.

Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional Chinese custom for more than 2,000 years. Due to the vast territory, numerous ethnic groups, and many stories and legends, not only many different festival names have been produced, but also different customs in different places. Its contents mainly include: daughter returning to her mother’s house, hanging the statue of Zhong Kui, welcoming the ghost boat, hiding at noon, posting noon leaf talisman, hanging calamus, wormwood, traveling with all kinds of diseases, wearing sachets, and preparing sausages. Dragon boat racing, martial arts competitions, batting, swinging, painting realgar for children, drinking realgar wine, calamus wine, eating five poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits, etc. Except for the superstitious activities that have gradually disappeared, the rest are still popular today. All over China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have gained new development, breaking through time and geographical boundaries and becoming international sports events.

Regarding the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many theories, such as: Ji Ling Qu Yuan said: Ji Ling Wu Zixu said: Ji Ling Cao E said: It originated from the Summer Solstice Festival of the Three Dynasties, the evil moon and the evil sun repel, the Wu Yue national totem sacrifice, etc. Wait. Each of the above has its own source. According to more than 100 ancient book records and expert archaeological research in the “Dragon Boat Examination” and “Dragon Boat Festival History Education” by scholar Wen Yiduo, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is the festival of totem sacrifices held by the Wuyue people in ancient southern China, earlier than Qu Yuan. . But for thousands of years, Qu Yuan’s patriotic spirit and touching poems have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, people “cherish and mourn them, discuss their words in the world, and pass them on to legends.” occupy a mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, Chinese people associate the dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival with the commander Qu Yuan.

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular festival among the Chinese people.