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1, Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan was a native of Chu during the Warring States Period. At the age of 22, he was already a formal disciple and a Class 3 doctor, assisting Chu Huaiwang. At that time, Chu Huaiwang was exiled by treacherous court officials and did not accept Qu Yuan's idea of uniting against Qin. He was lured into house arrest by lobbyist Zhang Yi, forcing him to cede territory to the city. Later, he became ill because of anxiety and soon died in the state of Qin.
Qu Yuan was heartbroken when he learned that, and wrote a letter asking King Xiang of Qin to avenge King Huai. However, Xiang Wang liked treacherous people very much. He exiled Qu Yuan to the south of the Yangtze River. Later, the State of Chu was captured by the State of Qin and was in danger. Qu Yuan's desire to save the country was shattered. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 BC (when Qu Yuan was sixty-two), he plunged into the choppy Miluo River with great sadness and grief.
When the Chu people heard the news, they rowed after him, but when they arrived at Dongting Lake, Qu Yuan was no longer there. This has become the beginning of the dragon boat race on this day every year. Since then, people have thrown rice into the river at this time every year as a sacrifice to him.
But because people sacrificed rice to Qu Yuan, it was all for Jiang. The dragon on the mountain ate it, so people later wrapped it with zongzi leaves, reed leaves and colored silk. From generation to generation, it evolved into the custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.
2. Cao E
Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy. Cao E's tomb was taught in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and later the tablet was written in gold.
3. Autumn
Qiu Jin was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. When she was young, she was good at poetry and lyrics, and she liked riding and fencing. She is called Mulan and Qin Liangyu. Joining the revolution at the age of 28 had a great influence. He planned an uprising. He was arrested by the Qing soldiers at the meeting and would rather die than surrender. Guangxu declared his heroic sacrifice in Shaoxing on June 5, 33 rd year.
In order to praise his poems and mourn his heroic deeds, later generations merged with Poet's Day to commemorate it, and Poet's Day was also designated as Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
4. Wu Zixu
Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed.
Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu massacred him, was bought by Yue State, and was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him, gave him a sword, and Zixu committed suicide. Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbor, "When I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city to destroy Wu."
Hearing this, Fu Cha was furious. On May 5th, he wrapped his body in leather and put it into the river. Wu Zixu fought against being killed and later became Shen Tao. Since then, Qiantang River has always been angry, especially on the fifth day of May, when it went straight to Yuejing. It is said that this is an epiphany of Wu Zixu.
5. Gou Jian (about 520-465 years ago)
Gou Jian, whose name is Hatoyama, andNo. Si, is a descendant of the son of the King of Yue at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. After failing to compete for hegemony with Wu, with the help of Fan Li, Yue quickly recovered its strength and finally defeated Wu.
In the process of restoring strength, Yue did a lot of things, full of intrigue and wisdom. But there is one thing: rowing dragon boats to train sailors. This is to prevent Wu from discovering the motivation of Vietnam's training. This is recorded in the biography of crossing the sea.
The Dragon Boat Festival is now one of the important events because of the dragon boat paddling method adopted by Gou Jian in training. Therefore, some people say that the Dragon Boat Festival was also established and followed to commemorate Gou Jian.