The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival and the Jokes in the Middle

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, May Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Noon Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival. It was originally a festival to drive away the plague in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for the Han people in China. The indispensable activities on this day have gradually evolved into eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, wormwood, mugwort leaves and smoked atractylodes rhizome. Therefore, after liberation, the Dragon Boat Festival was named "Poet's Day" to commemorate Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus, wormwood leaves, smoked atractylodes rhizome and angelica dahurica, drinking realgar wine is said to ward off evil spirits. "China Dragon Boat Festival" is one of the national legal holidays and is listed in the world intangible cultural heritage list. A large number of literary works such as poems, words, songs and fu have been handed down from generation to generation.

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional folk festival in China and one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang. In addition, there are many nicknames for the Dragon Boat Festival, such as Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Magnolia Festival, Daughter's Day, Tianzhong Festival, Dila Festival, Poet's Day and Dragon Boat Festival. Although the names are different, on the whole, it is said that.

Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of China people for more than two thousand years. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names are produced, but also different customs exist in different places. Its contents mainly include: the daughter returns to her mother's house, hangs a statue of Zhong Kui, welcomes the ghost boat, hides in the afternoon, hangs leaves in the afternoon, hangs calamus and wormwood, travels in all diseases, wears sachets and prepares for sacrifice. Drink realgar wine, calamus wine, eat poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi, seasonal fresh fruits and so on. Except for the gradual disappearance of superstitious activities, the rest have spread all over China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, are newly developed, breaking through the boundaries of time and region and becoming international sports events.

There are many opinions about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: in memory of Qu Yuan; In memory of Wu Zixu's theory; In memory of Cao E; From the three generations of summer solstice festival; The theory of exorcising evil spirits on the moon and evil days, the theory of totem sacrifice of wuyue people, etc. All the above theories have their own origins. According to more than 100 ancient books and expert archaeological research listed in Wen Yiduo's Dragon Boat Festival Examination and Dragon Boat Festival History Education, the origin of Dragon Boat Festival is a totem festival held by ancient southern wuyue people in China, earlier than Qu Yuan. But for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poems have been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Therefore, the theory of commemorating Qu Yuan has the widest and deepest influence and occupies the mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, China people associate dragon boat racing and eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival with commemorating Qu Yuan.

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular grand festival in China.