Duan means beginning, initial.
The character "端" in "端午" (Dragon Boat Festival) originally meant "正", and "五" (noon) meant "中". "Dragon Boat Festival" (Duanwu), "in the right" also, this day at noon for the right in the right. In addition, the end also has the meaning of "first", so five (Wu) the first day of the month of noon, called the Dragon Boat Festival.
Expanded
Duanwu Festival, originally created by the ancestors of the southern Wu-Yue dynasty to worship the dragon ancestor, praying for blessings to ward off evil spirits of the festival. Because of the legend 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 month and killed himself, the Dragon Boat Festival was later regarded as a festival in honor of Qu Yuan; it also commemorates Wu Zixu, Cao'e, and Jie Zi Tui, and so on.
Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the ancient ancestors to choose "flying dragon in the sky" auspicious day to worship the dragon ancestor, pray for blessings to ward off evil spirits, injected into the summer seasonal "disease prevention and prevention of epidemics," the fashion; the Dragon Boat Festival as a "bad month and bad day" in the northern Central Plains, attached to the commemoration of Qu Yuan. Northern China, attached to commemorate Qu Yuan and other historical figures to commemorate the content.
The Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals. Duanwu culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate Duanwu.
In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first national list of intangible cultural heritage; since 2008, it 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 Humanity, and the Dragon Boat Festival has become the first festival in China to be selected as one of the world's intangible heritage.