The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan lived in the Chu State in the 3rd century BC. After his motherland was captured by the enemy, he jumped into the Miluo River and died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month with grief and indignation. From then on, every fifth day of May, in order to commemorate Qu Yuan's noble character, people would put rice in bamboo tubes into the river to pay homage to him. Later, rice packed in bamboo tubes evolved into rice dumplings. Eating rice dumplings is the most important custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi was called "corner millet" in ancient times. It is made of glutinous rice wrapped in reed leaves, bamboo leaves, etc., tied with strings into a cone or pillow shape, and steamed and eaten. On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, every family will make rice dumplings and steam them in a pot to prepare for the festival. Zongzi is also a gift given to each other. During the Dragon Boat Festival when visiting relatives and friends, people have to give each other Zongzi made by themselves. In addition to rice dumplings, there are other foods eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival across China, such as eating salted duck eggs and drinking realgar wine, which are all taken from folk sayings to ward off evil spirits. In addition to eating, there are also very unique folk customs for decoration during the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, mugwort and cattail are hung in front of every house. These are two medicinal herbs. On the one hand, they are used to ward off evil spirits, and on the other hand, because in early summer, it is rainy and humid, poisonous insects breed, and people are prone to diseases. These two herbs can It plays a certain role in disease prevention and treatment. In addition, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people will wrap five-color silk threads around children, which means "long life", sew sachets shaped like tigers and gourds, fill them with spices, and hang them on the children's chests with silk threads. Wearing tiger-head-shaped shoes and bellybands embroidered with tigers on children are all meant to protect the children's safety and good fortune. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in southern China, dragon boat racing is also one of the important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that this custom is also related to Qu Yuan. Legend has it that after ordinary people discovered that Qu Yuan had jumped into the river, they rowed desperately to rescue him. Later, it evolved into the custom of holding dragon boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon boat race on rivers and lakes becomes a grand festival. In some places, fifty or sixty dragon boats compete. Each boat is equipped with a carved wooden dragon head, with bright colors and different shapes. The gongs and drums on the famous boat were loud, and there were bursts of shouts. You chased me. Colored flags were flying on the river bank, and everyone was jubilant. The exciting dragon boat race brings the Dragon Boat Festival to its climax.