The origin of Dragon Boat Festival is 20 words.

Dragon Boat Festival was originally founded by ancestors of southern wuyue to worship the ancestors of dragons. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping on the Miluo River on May 5, and later took this day as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui.

The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors' choice of "Dragon Ascending to Heaven" as an auspicious day to worship the ancestors of the Dragon, and injected the seasonal fashion of "eliminating diseases and preventing epidemics" in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is considered to be an "evil month and evil day" originating in the northern part of the Central Plains, accompanied by the commemoration of historical figures such as Qu Yuan. The formation of the Dragon Boat Festival custom can be said to be the product of the integration of North and South customs.

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The custom of Dragon Boat Festival:

1, Dragon Boat Race?

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body.

2. wear a sachet?

Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and plague. Actually, it is used to decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, all kinds of exquisite and lovely.

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