Dragon Boat Festival was originally created by ancient ancestors to worship the ancestors of dragons and pray for evil spirits. Qu Yuan, a Chu poet in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th, so later generations also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.
3. According to statistics, the Dragon Boat Festival is called the largest of all traditional festivals in China, reaching more than 20, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival.
4. The custom of dragon boat race has spread abroad, and it has become a popular sports and entertainment project in the United States, Germany, Britain and other countries, with increasing influence.