1. In memory of the filial daughter Cao E, it is said that

Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and her father drowned in the river, and her body was not seen for several days. At that time, the filial daughter Cao E was only fourteen years old and was crying day and night along the river. Seventeen days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and took out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then passed on to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument and let his disciple Han Danchun make a eulogy. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E.

2. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu, a native of Chu, helped He Lv, the king of Wu, seek the throne. With the help of Wu Zixu, Wu became stronger and stronger; After the death of He Lv, King of Wu, Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Unlike his father who trusted Wu Zixu, Fu Cha refused to accept Wu Zixu's suggestion on the elimination of Yue State, and even listened to rumors that he wanted to unite against Wu and gave Wu Zixu a death.

Wu Zixu's body was also put into the river by Fu Cha in a leather bag, and it was the fifth day of May. Nine years later, Wu perished, and the people of Wu felt his merits and loyalty, and set up a shrine for him on the river to offer zongzi.

3. Qu Yuan was a native of Chu during the Warring States Period, ranking among the right doctors. He is knowledgeable and has many good strategies for governing the country and keeping the country safe, but Chu Huaiwang refused to listen to him and expelled him from the capital after he was dismissed from office. After Qu Yuan was dismissed from office, he lived on the Miluo River and still remembered the future and destiny of the country. However, the letter summoned by the imperial court never arrived, but he heard the worst news: the Qin army had breached the capital of Chu.

Qu Yuan was so angry that he threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May and died. In memory of him, people threw glutinous rice into the river to entertain the dead. But the glutinous rice was swallowed by fish and turtles, so people wrapped it up with reed leaves and threw it into the river. Cooked glutinous rice with reed leaf color is very fragrant and delicious, so it has evolved into a traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival, which is the source of zongzi.

Traditional Folklore

The Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory and many stories and legends, it not only produces many different festival names, but also has different customs in different places.

The Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer is an auspicious day for the flying dragon to be in the sky, and dragon festival, in the form of dragon boat, is an important theme of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is still popular in the southern coastal areas of China. In addition, a series of Dragon Boat Festival customs have been derived from the numbers of Yin and Yang and the seasons.

according to the number of yin and yang, noon is yang, and heavy noon is the most yang. The ancients regarded the mid-afternoon and mid-afternoon as the most important time to eliminate yin evil. The ancients also regarded the Dragon Boat Festival as an auspicious year, which coincided with the summer solstice, and called it the "Dragon Flower Festival", which is said to be "once in a blue moon".