Legend has it that Qu Yuan, a poet of the State of Chu during the Warring States period, jumped into the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month to kill himself, and the Dragon Boat Festival has been regarded as a festival in honor of Qu Yuan by later generations; it has also been said to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao'e, and Jie Zitui, and so on. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects of the content, contains a profound and rich cultural connotation, in the development of the inheritance of a variety of folklore as a whole, due to the different regional cultures and the existence of customary content or details of the differences.

Meaning of the name of the festival

"Dragon Boat Festival", the word "Duan" means "positive", "Wu" means "middle", "Wu" means "middle", "Wu" means "middle". The word "Wu" means "middle". "Dragon Boat Festival", "in the right" also, this day at noon for the right in the right. Ancient people to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to serve as a carrier, the Heavenly Stems carry the way of Heaven, the Earthly Branches carry the way of the Earth, set up the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to match the movement of heaven and earth and the personnel, and the general Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches of the Era.

Mid-summer noon day dragon in the sky, the dragon star in the south of the mid-heaven, for the whole year the run of the circumference of the heavens is the most "in the right" position, both "in the" and "in the right," is the Great luck and prosperity. Ancient people have always respected the middle, the right way, "neutral" way in this performance. In addition, the end also has a "first" meaning, so Wu (five) the first day of the month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival.