Dragon Boat Festival is an important traditional festival in China. There are three five days in a month: May15th and 25th, which means the beginning. The fifth day of each month can be called Dragon Boat Festival, and the fifth day of the lunar calendar is also called "noon month", so it is also called "Dragon Boat Festival". It is generally believed that this is the origin of the name "Dragon Boat Festival". The customs of different places and generations are different, which leads to many different names of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as Duanyang, Chongwu and Chongwu.
Dragon Boat Festival, originally founded by ancestors in the south, is a festival to worship the ancestors of dragons. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, jumped into the Miluo River on May 5th and committed suicide. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui.
Related legends
In memory of Wu Zixu said:
Wu Zixu, a famous official, was born in Chu, and his father and brother were both killed by the king of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lv, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed.
Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue State. Fu Cha didn't listen, and Wu was massacred by Yue. He was bribed by the state of Yue and slandered Wu Zixu, which Fu Cha believed. Zixu gave him a sword and died. Wu Zixu, a loyal minister, is dead. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city and destroy Wu."
Hearing this, Fu Cha was furious. On May 5th, he wrapped the body of Zixu in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.