1, in the Spring and Autumn period of the State of Chu, King Huai of Chu had a loyal minister called Qu Yuan, he raised the virtuous and authorized the ability to advocate for the United Qi against the State of Qin, but because of the triggering of the interests of the Qin aristocrats were opposed, and finally was exiled.
2. During his exile, he learned the news that the capital of Chu had been captured by Qin, so he threw himself into the Miluo River with a stone in his arms and died, interpreting the word loyalty with his own life.
3, after the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu in order to mourn him, they threw into the Miluo River in the rice balls and eggs of these foods, in order to prevent him from being bitten by the fish and shrimp in the river to the body, and then this tradition was inherited year after year, people began to change the neem leaves wrapped in rice balls, and then wrapped around the outside of the colorful silk threads, and slowly formed the rice dumplings, and so there is a Dragon Boat Festival to eat the rice dumplings this The custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival came into being.
On the Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings is what the content of the introduction to this.
This is the introduction of what is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.