Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, is a legal festival in China and has also been included in the world intangible cultural heritage list.
With the passage of time, customs and culture are gradually forgotten by people, but many people will not forget this festival because it can give us a three-day holiday. For many office workers, the charm of legal holidays is far greater than eating zongzi.
But when we enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, we can't forget that it was bought by Qu Yuan with his life.
So what are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?
Of course, in some places, there are customs such as eating zongzi, dragon boat racing and flying kites.
As for the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, we all know that Zongzi is eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. What does the dragon boat race have to do with him?
Before answering this, we still need to know something about Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan's talent.
Qu Yuan, a native of Chu during the Warring States Period, can be said to be the only talented person in the history of Chu during the Warring States Period. Many people have the impression that Qu Yuan only wrote Chu Ci, but few people know that Qu Yuan is still an excellent reformer and diplomat.
In 32 1 year BC, the state of Qin invaded Chu. At this time, Qu Yuan, who was only 19 years old, organized local youths to rise up and fight back, which dealt a heavy blow to the State of Qin. Qu Yuan first appeared in Chu State, and then gradually reached the peak of Chu State politics.
From 320 BC to 3 15 BC, it was the period when Qu Yuan displayed his talents. In recent years, Qu Yuan has made some achievements in domestic and foreign affairs. Diplomatically, Qu Yuan formed a five-nation alliance with Korea, Zhao, Wei and Yan to jointly attack Qin. Although it didn't hit Qin hard, it also made Qin see the threat of union.
In internal affairs, Qu Yuan advocated political reform and reform, such as the Qin Dynasty, so Qu Yuan spared no expense for the benefit of his family to strengthen Chu. However, the reform was unanimously criticized by big noble, and the rumors of Chu administration continued, which led to the interruption of Qu Yuan's reform and gradually alienated by the king of Chu.
Qu yuan's political foresight.
Qu yuan's life was almost not in exile but on the road to exile, except for the first few years in politics. Although he was recalled to Chu intermittently, it was not that the king of Chu really wanted to reuse Qu Yuan, but only a temporary expedient.
Chu Huaiwang can be said to be the mastermind of Chu's prosperity and decline. As can be seen from the fact that Zhang Yi bullied Chu, in order to decompose the Qi-Chu alliance, Zhang Yi used 600 miles of land in Qin State as bait to make Chu Huaiwang give up the alliance and offend his ally Qi State. At this time, Qu Yuan saw Zhang Yi's plot, but it was not adopted by the King of Chu.
In 299 BC, relations between Qin Chu eased, but the king of Qin tricked Chu Huaiwang into the State of Qin and put him under house arrest under the pretext of meeting the alliance. It was not until his death that the body was sent back to Chu. Qu Yuan also saw the plot of Qin, but he still dissuaded him.
It can be said that Qu Yuan saw from the beginning that Qin was the biggest threat to Chu, so Qu Yuan strongly advocated making friends with the East. Only in this way will the state of Qin be frightened, but the courtiers have a heart and the king is fatuous, so although Chu has Qu Yuan as a great talent, it has not been reused, and the powerful Chu can't resist the end of decline after all.
Qu Yuan's anger threw him into the river.
Qu Yuan's life has ups and downs, but the rising time is too short and the falling time seems too long. Since his youth, Qu Yuan has done many things beneficial to the people, so in people's minds, Qu Yuan is a rare and good official, and the people love him very much.
On his way to exile, Qu Yuan expressed his inner dissatisfaction through poetry. Qu Yuan's poems are also priceless in the history of China. Although he has been exiled, he has always been concerned about the situation in Chu. Although he has not been reused, he still cares about the country and the people.
In 278 BC, Qiang Qin further intensified its attack on Chu. With less than100000 troops led by Qin Jun, it attacked a large territory of Chu, and went straight to Yancheng, the important town and capital of Chu, and adopted flood irrigation, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties among Chu soldiers and civilians. Historical theory? Fight? .
The king of Chu and the nobles of Chu fled to the East under the invasion of Tian Lei, but Qu Yuan, who was exiled to the Miluo River basin, was very depressed. He heard that the mountains and rivers were broken and the people were suffering, so he decided to die for his country. This year, Qu Yuan was 62 years old. He should have looked down on the vicissitudes of life, but he drowned in the Miluo River. This day is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Qu yuan and the custom of dragon boat festival.
On the banks of the Miluo River, there are always some fishermen who live by fishing far from the capital Du Ying. Although people's lives are ordinary and comfortable, Qu Yuan's throwing himself into the river is like a thunder in the ground.
Simple people along the Miluo River watched Qu Yuan sink to the bottom of the river. In order to prevent fish at the bottom of the river from biting Qu Yuan's body, they wrapped glutinous rice with zongzi leaves and threw it into the river to feed the fish. As a result, the custom of making zongzi and eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival gradually took shape.
So how did the custom of dragon boat racing come from? Actually, it has something to do with Qu Yuan's throwing himself into the river. When Qu Yuan jumped into the river, the fishermen nearby saw this scene and rowed in succession, trying to save Qu Yuan. As a result, the custom of dragon boat racing gradually formed.
Qu Yuan was not rescued. In order to commemorate Qu Yuan, the local people commemorate Qu Yuan in the same way on the fifth day of May every year, which forms our present Dragon Boat Festival.
Flying fish said:
We all know that Zongzi is eaten on Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. What does the dragon boat race have to do with him? It can be said that the simple people along the Miluo River did nothing to save Qu Yuan.
When we enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, we can't forget that it was bought by Qu Yuan with his life. When he drowned in the Miluo River, he had lost confidence in Chu. In Qu Yuan's view, when the capital city is broken, the demise of Chu is not far away.
The ups and downs of Qu Yuan's life were accompanied by his being suspected by the King of Chu or being slandered by villains. Since Chu Huaiwang, the King of Chu could not hear what advice was, nor could he see clearly what a loyal minister was. This is the most fundamental reason for the decline of countless dynasties.
Some people are alive and dead, while others are still alive. Qu Yuan is undoubtedly the latter. His deeds make us cry, and the literary works he left us are still enduring. We are the witnesses of Qu Yuan's eternal life.