Please tell us the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the five major folk festivals in China (Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival), which is widely valued by people all over the country. It has many aliases, including Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang Festival, Pujie Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Daughter's Day, Poet's Day, Mulan Festival and so on. There are many versions of the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, and the following six are known:

1. In memory of Qu Yuan. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 BC, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan threw himself into the river. People who were deeply sorry made zongzi and held a dragon boat race to commemorate him, and then it gradually evolved into the Dragon Boat Festival. This is the most popular saying.

2. The custom of offering sacrifices to earth wax in Taoism. The Taoist book says, "May 5th is Dila, so you can apologize on this day. Please change your official title and pay homage to your ancestors.

3. Gou Jian practiced the water army. "The Origin of Everything" records that on May 5 every year, the weather gets warmer and you can go into the water. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, began to practice the water army on this day and finally defeated Wu.

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5. Commemorative meson push. According to legend, in order to commemorate meson push, Jin Wengong ordered that the torch should not be lit on May 5th. Because the weather is warm at this time, you can eat cold food. Cold food before this day is easy to get typhoid fever and difficult to treat.

6. In memory of Wu Zixu. The Chronicle of Jingchu: "On May 5th, Wu Jun will be welcomed." Wu Zixu devoted himself to being killed, and his body was thrown into the river and turned into a pottery god. On the fifth day of May every year, menarche appears at the mouth of Qiantang River, and people follow the tide by boat, hoping to see Wu Zixu.