Dragon Boat Festival is a festival founded by the ancestors of Baiyue in ancient times to worship their ancestors. 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 push.

Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the auspicious day when the ancestors of Baiyue in the south chose "Dragon Ascending to Heaven" to worship the dragon ancestors, and injected the seasonal fashion of "eliminating diseases and preventing epidemics" in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is considered as an "evil moon day", which originated in the northern part of the Central Plains to commemorate Qu Yuan and other historical figures. The formation of the Dragon Boat Festival custom can be said to be the product of the integration of North and South customs.

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The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

1, eat zongzi. Zongzi was originally used as a sacrifice. In order to prevent the fish in the river from eating the body of Qu Yuan, a doctor of Chu State, Zongzi was put into the water and gradually became a traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Dragon boat race. Dragon boat race is not only a folk activity, but also a formal sports event, which is very popular in many ethnic minority areas and the Yangtze River basin.

3. Order realgar wine. Soak realgar in wine, and then apply realgar wine on people's forehead, ears, nose, palms, etc., in order to stay away from poisonous insects, eliminate disasters and prevent diseases.

Reference source; Baidu Encyclopedia-Dragon Boat Festival