1. To honor Qu Yuan. In 278 BC, the Qin army general Bai Qi led the troops to break the state of Chu, Qu Yuan's political ideology is broken, the future of the deep despair, although the intention to serve the country, but unable to go back to heaven, the heart of the grief and indignation, the 5th of May to hold the stone thrown Miluo River death. The people were grieved, in order to prevent fish and shrimp hurt Qu Yuan's body, people will be every day in this day into the colorless silk dumplings in the water. Over time, the formation of the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi custom.

2, welcome Tao God said. Welcome Tao God is a folk belief custom, popular in Hangzhou, Zhejiang region. The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, so there is the custom of welcoming the Tao God. Folk legend says that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu, a loyal minister of Wu died of injustice, turned into the Tao God, the world mourned and sacrificed, so there is the Dragon Boat Festival. This legend is widely circulated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

3, the Dragon Festival said. This argument comes from Wen Yiduo's "Dragon Boat Festival Examination", and "Dragon Boat Festival of History Education". The fifth day of May is the ancient Wu Yue region, "dragon" of the tribe held a totem sacrifice day. The main reason for this is that the two most important activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi and racing, are both related to dragons. Zongzi into the water is often stolen by the mosquito dragon, while the race is a dragon boat. Race and the ancient wu yue local relationship is particularly deep, and wu yue people have broken hair tattoo "to like dragon" custom. May 5 in ancient times, there are colorful silk tie arm" folk custom, which should be "like a dragon child" tattoo custom remains.