The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival: The first originated from the worship and belief in the dragon totem in the ancient Baiyue region. Later, it originated from the poet Qu Yuan, who jumped into Miluo River to kill himself on that day.

1, from the ancient Yue ethnic totem sacrifice?

A large number of recent excavations and archaeological research has confirmed that: the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Neolithic era, there is a geometric print pottery as a characteristic of the cultural remains. The clan of the remains, according to experts inferred that it was a tribe that worshiped the totem of the dragon - historically known as the Baiyue tribe. The decorations on the unearthed pottery and historical legends show that they had the custom of cutting off their hair and tattooing, lived in the watery countryside and compared themselves to the descendants of dragons.

The tools of their production, a large number of stone tools, but also shovels, chisels and other small pieces of bronze. Among the altar pots and jars used as household items, the printed ceramic tripod for cooking food is unique to them and is one of the symbols of their community.

There were still Baiyue people until the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the Dragon Boat Festival was created by them as a festival to honor their ancestors. Over thousands of years of history, most of the Baiyue people have been integrated into the Han Chinese, while the rest have evolved into many ethnic minorities in the south, making the Dragon Boat Festival a festival for the entire Chinese nation.

2, from the memory of Qu Yuan

Legend has it that after the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu were in mourning, and flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fishermen rowed up their boats and salvaged his real body back and forth on the river. One fisherman took out the rice balls and eggs he had prepared for Qu Yuan, and threw them into the river, saying that the fish, lobsters and crabs would not bite the body of Qu Yuan after they had had their fill.

People have followed this example. An old physician to bring a altar of yellow wine poured into the river, said to be the drug to stun the dragon water beasts, so as not to harm the Qu doctor. Later, for fear of rice balls for the dragon eat, people came up with a neem leaf wrapped rice, wrapped around the colorful silk, the development of brown. Later, on the fifth day of May each year, there is a dragon boat race, eat zongzi, drink xionghuang wine custom; in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.