The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Zhengyang Festival. According to legend, Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th. In memory of Qu Yuan, people threw zongzi into the river and designated this day as Dragon Boat Festival.