On the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many different historical sources, of which there are three more influential.
One is to say that the Dragon Boat Festival inserted wormwood, hanging calamus are for the summer to drive away disease prevention, and the ancient custom of May as the "evil month", depending on the fifth of May as the "evil day" corresponds to the Dragon Boat Festival is the origin of the ancient "evil month", "evil day", so the Dragon Boat Festival is the origin of the ancient "evil month", "evil day". ", "evil day" said.
The second is to commemorate the filial piety of Cao E. Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous filial daughter Cao E, her father was drowned on the river rowing dragon boat to meet the tide God, several days to see the body, when Cao E was only 14 years old, day and night along the river crying. After seven days and seven nights, the body was still missing, so she jumped into the river on the fifth day of the fifth month to look for her father, and later carried out his body.
People were so moved by her spirit that they built a temple for her, called Cao'e Temple. Legend has it that on this day, in honor of Cao E, people come to the water to race dragon boats. But whether the Dragon Boat Festival is in honor of Cao E remains to be seen.
The third theory, which is also the most influential and wide-ranging view in the folklore, is that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the Miluo River and died.
What makes the Qu Yuan commemoration so popular? Wang Laihua said, it is because for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and noble character touching. Therefore, the commemoration of Qu Yuan said it took over the mainstream. On this day, people hold a series of activities in honor of Qu Yuan, such as dragon boat racing, martial arts, batting, swinging and so on.