1. The Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan.

2. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for the Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan. It is centered around the talented and independent Chu State doctor Qu Yuan. Celebrities are well known, recalling the noble feelings of the Chinese nation.

3. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are customs of eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, mugwort, moxa leaves, smoked atractylodes and angelica, and drinking realgar wine. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been one of the national statutory holidays and has been included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

4. According to legend, the origin of the legend is that in ancient times, the people of Chu State were reluctant to leave their virtuous minister Qu Yuan and threw himself into the river to die. Many people rowed boats to chase and save him. They scrambled to catch up and disappeared when they reached Dongting Lake. After that, dragon boat racing was held every May 5th to commemorate this event. That’s why the Dragon Boat Festival came into existence.