1, according to legend, the warring states, the people of the state of chu remembered qu yuan who threw himself into the river to protect his body, such as glutinous rice into the river, and later evolved into the Dragon Boat Festival.

2, the Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, from the festival customs to drive away poison and evil spirits derived from the rich and colorful around the rituals, games, health and other folk activities, mainly in worship of Qu Yuan, commemorate Wu Zixu, plug wormwood, hanging calamus, drink xionghuang wine, eat zongzi, dragon boat races, in addition to the five poisons, and so on.

3. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; in September 2009, UNESCO formally considered and approved the inclusion of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it the first Chinese festival to be selected as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage.