In China's traditional festivals, the fifth day of the fifth month is a very important day, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival, this day, some places, such as the city of Harbin in China, can even be called crowded, traffic. About the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are several mainstream claims, all of which have their own reasons,the following three claims are described below.

One kind of talk is that the Dragon Boat Festival is the origin of the ancient period of sacrifice to send the plague ceremony development evolved into the Dragon Boat Festival folk rituals and forms. From some ancient documents, we can learn that the ancient rituals of sacrificing to the plague god, to the witchcraft activities of sending the plague god to pray for health may be the evolution of today's Dragon Boat Festival, because there is a great deal of similarity between its activities.

In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival has been associated with some famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival has a connection with some famous people such as Qu Yuan. The Dragon Boat Festival not only has the familiar story of Qu Yuan, but also has certain legends from the Dragon Boat Festival's rituals to the remembrance of Wu Zixu, King Goujian of Yue, the Filial Daughter Cao'e and other local celebrities. Taking Qu Yuan as an example, Qu Yuan was a scholar who was loyal to his king and loved his country and was self-reliant. His work "Li Sao" is also well known, the image of Qu Yuan has an important impact on the formation of the personality of traditional intellectuals in later generations of our China, because he was falsely accused of a kind of sorrow for the country, and this kind of family and national sentiment needs to be learned. Sima Qian and a host of other historical figures regarded Qu Yuan as an object of veneration, and its relevance is also very important today. Qu Yuan transformed his inner depression into a passion for creativity, and he wrote a book that is suitable for us to learn.

There is also a saying about the Dragon Festival. This argument, although only now people say so, but recognized by many academics, the main reason for the following three points, first, the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat racing? activities as well as eating zongzi activities are related to China's traditional mythological animal ---- dragon, the shape of the boat of the dragon boat race is the dragon, in addition, zongzi in the water is also eaten by the dragon.