1, the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duan Yang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Day in the Festival, etc., originated from the worship of natural celestial phenomena, by the ancient times of the evolution of sacrifices to the dragon. Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong seven lodges soared in the south of the sky, in the year's most "center" position, that is, as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" lines of the fifth line of the lines said: "Flying Dragon in the sky". Its origin 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, the festival is rich in content. Dragon boat and rice dumplings are the two major rituals of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been passed down from ancient times in China and are still practiced today.

2. The Dragon Boat Festival was originally created by ancient ancestors to worship the dragon ancestor and pray for blessings to ward off evil spirits. Because of the legend of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan jumped Miluo River on the fifth of May to kill himself, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; also commemorates Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zi Tui and other sayings. In general, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the ancient ancestors choose "flying dragon in the sky" auspicious day to worship the dragon ancestor, praying for blessings to ward off evil spirits, injected into the summer seasonal "to get rid of disease and epidemic prevention fashions; the Dragon Boat Festival as a "bad month and bad day" in the northern Central Plains, attached to the commemoration of Qu Yuan and other historical figures to commemorate the content.

3, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals. Dragon Boat Festival culture in the world has a wide range of influences, some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. 2006 May, the State Council will be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; since 2008, has been listed as a national legal holiday. 2009 September, UNESCO formally approved its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of mankind, the Dragon Boat Festival has become China's first intangible cultural heritage on the World Heritage List. The Dragon Boat Festival has become the first festival in China to be selected as one of the world's intangible cultural heritages.