1, talking about the "Dragon Boat Festival", is also one of the traditional festivals in our country, every year every family has the habit of wrapping zongzi, its taste is particularly delicious. Now this variety of rice dumplings especially, such as meat, bean paste filling, egg yolk filling, etc., the time is also the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, that is, what we call the "Dragon Boat Festival". Then in addition to this custom, there is an essential event, that is to watch the dragon boat race, which is a major custom of the Dragon Boat Festival.

2, speaking of dragon boat racing, but also to commemorate the history of China's great patriotic poet "Qu Yuan", there was a story. On the fifth day of the fifth month, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, and the people of Chu, faced with such a result, mourned exceptionally. They flocked to the Miluo River to mourn the poet Qu Yuan. The fishermen were not idle, they rowed their boats, hoping to salvage his real body in the Miluo River.

3. At that time, there was a fisherman, he has prepared the meal, and eggs and other food, these foods one by one into the river, so that the purpose is just want to let the fish and lobsters and crabs to eat enough, they will not go to bite the body of Qu Daifu. Such a move was discovered by many people, they also have to follow suit, hoping that this can drive away the fish and lobsters and crabs, to protect Dr. Qu's body. It was a rainy day, and many boats were gathered together on the river. There were many fishermen rowing their boats up and down the river, hoping to salvage his real body. They scrambled and chased him all the way to Dongting Lake, yet still no trace of him was seen.

4, said here, we also learned that every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month "Dragon Boat Festival" is to commemorate the Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, for the "Dragon Boat Race", but also in order to send condolences. Every time this time, many people will swing boat in the river, and then slowly developed into a dragon boat race. Now is not clear that "dragon boat racing" is to commemorate Qu Yuan, now every time this festival will see "dragon boat racing".