Duanwu Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, it is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation.

Alternative names

Duanwu, Duanyang, Wuzhi Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Daughter's Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Di La, Poet's Festival, Dragon Day and so on. Although the name is different, but on the whole, the people around the custom of the festival is still the same more than different.

Originality

On the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, said a lot, such as: to commemorate Qu Yuan said; commemorate Wu Zixu said; commemorate Cao'e said; from the three generations of the summer solstice festival said; the evil month of the evil day to drive to avoid said, Wu Yue national totem sacrifices said and so on. The above said, each of its origin.

According to scholars Mr. Wen Yiduo's "Dragon Boat Festival" and "Dragon Boat Festival of history and education" lists more than a hundred ancient records and expert archaeological evidence, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, is the ancient Chinese southern Wu Yue national totem festival, earlier than Qu Yuan. But for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poetry, has been widely popular, so people "pity and grief, the world of its words, to pass on", therefore, to commemorate the Qu Yuan said, the broadest and deepest impact, occupying the mainstream position.

In the field of folk culture, the Chinese people put the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race and eat zongzi, etc., are associated with the commemoration of Qu Yuan.

Customs around the world

The Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of the Chinese for more than 2,000 years, and because of the vast area, the many ethnic groups, and the many stories and legends, not only did it give rise to a multitude of different names for the festival, but it also has different customs around the world.

Contents include: daughter back to her mother's home, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcome the ghost ship, avoiding the afternoon, the post of the afternoon leaf amulet, hanging calamus, wormwood, swim in the hundred diseases, wear a scented capsule, ready to sweet, dragon boat racing, martial arts, batting, swinging, to the children coated with xionghuang, drinking xionghuang wine, calamus wine, eat five poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fruits, etc., in addition to superstitious colors of the activities have disappeared, the rest of the so far spread all over China! and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, has been a new development, breaking through the time, geographical boundaries, has become an international sporting event.