In 278 BC, Qin Jun invaded Kyoto, Chu. When Qu Yuan saw his motherland being invaded, his heart ached, but he couldn't bear to give up his motherland. On May 5th, after writing his last poem "Huai Sha", he threw himself into the Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.

After Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the local people immediately rowed for rescue and went all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was never seen. At that time, it was rainy, and the boats on the lake gathered together beside the pavilion on the shore.

When people learned that it was to salvage the virtuous minister Dr. Qu, they went out in the rain again and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to mourn, people rowed on the rivers, and then it gradually developed into a dragon boat race.

2. Qu Yuan (about 340-278 BC) was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period in China. At the end of the Warring States Period, Chu was born in Lepingli (now Quyuan Village, Quyuan Township, Zigui County), Danyang, Chu (now Yichang, Hubei Province). Mi surname, Qu family, Ming Ping, the original word; And since the cloud name is regular, the word spirit is even. Chu Wuwang Xiong Tong's son Qu Xian's offspring. When I was a teenager, I was well educated, knowledgeable and ambitious. In his early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang as a Zuotu and a doctor of San Lv, who was also in charge of domestic and foreign affairs. Advocating "American politics", advocating internal promotion of talents and abilities, perfecting statutes, and uniting with external forces to resist Qin. Being slandered by the nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley successively. After the capital of Chu was breached by Qin Jun, it sank in the Miluo River and died for Chu.