According to legend, when Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the inhabitants threw food into the Miluo River in order to protect his body, and later on, they commemorated Qu Yuan with the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan, who, according to legend, jumped into the Miluo River near Changsha, Hunan Province, holding a big stone after Ying City, the capital of Chu, was attacked by the Qin army. After hearing the news, the local people, in order to prevent the fish, insects, shrimps, and crabs inside the river from biting Qu Yuan's body, dumped the rice balls wrapped in leaves, eggs, and xionghuang wine into the river, and then there was the custom of eating brown rice balls in the Dragon Boat Festival. The custom of eating palms on the Dragon Boat Festival was later established.

In 278 B.C., local people admired Qu Yuan's patriotic fervor, and when they heard the news that he had killed himself, they rowed their boats to the Miluo River to rescue him. People also coincidentally threw rice balls, eggs and other food into the river, believing that if the fish, insects, shrimps and crabs in the river were fed, they would not bite Qu's body. Others poured andrographis wine into the river, also in the hope of drugging the scaly water beasts so that they would not harm Dr. Qu.

Duanwu Festival customs

1, eat zongzi

Zongzi as sacrificial offerings, as early as the Spring and Autumn period has appeared, but the zongzi was formally designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food, is in the Jin Dynasty, this period, the package of zongzi raw materials, in addition to glutinous rice, but also added the traditional Chinese medicine Yizhi Ren, cooked zongzi called "Yizhi zongzi".

2, tethered five-color thread

Traditional Chinese culture, symbolizing the five parties and five elements of the five colors "green, red, white, black, yellow" is regarded as an auspicious color. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children tie five-colored threads around their wrists and ankles to protect their well-being.

3, drink xionghuang wine

Duanwu drink xionghuang wine custom, ancient times in the Yangtze River Basin region is extremely prevalent. As the old saying goes, "If you drink Xionghuang wine, all the diseases will be far away".

4, Dragon Boat Race

Dragon Boat Race is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important festivals of folklore activities, prevalent in the southern region of China, in the north of the city near the river and lake, there are also Dragon Boat Race, most of them are paddling dry Dragon Boat Dance in the form of a Dragon Boat.