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"Duan" word has the meaning of "initial", so "Duanwu" is "the first five". "
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One said that the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of the dragon. Mr. Wen Yiduo's "Dragon Boat Festival Examination" testifies that the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of ancient Wu-Yue folk who held totem sacrifices, and believes that the Dragon Boat Festival is actually a festival of dragons.
The second theory is that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet of Chu. According to the "Qi Harmony Records", Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month and died, and the people of Chu mourned his death and sacrificed rice in bamboo tubes.
Third, according to the Book of Rites, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty.
Fourth, according to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong "qin drill", the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the sage Jie Zi Tui.
Fifth, that the Song Dynasty Gao Cheng, "Things" publication, Dragon Boat Festival originated in the Spring and Autumn period, King Goujian so the day to drill the navy.
The sixth theory is that Liang Zong懔 "荆州岁时记 "referred to the Dragon Boat Festival as a way to welcome Wu Zixu, the "God of the Wave". It is also written in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty that Cao Xu, a witch from Yu Wu, Zhejiang Province, danced on the Cao'e River on the fifth day of the fifth month to welcome Wu Zixu. Later, the people in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang went upstream against the current every Dragon Boat Festival and held various ceremonies to mourn Wu Zixu.
The seventh theory holds that the fifth day of the fifth month of the month of May is enshrined in the Book of Dao as the day of ancestor worship.
The eighth theory is that, according to the book "Huiji Dianlu", the Dragon Boat Festival was held in honor of Cao E, who sought her father and threw herself into the river to die.
Nine said that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the summer solstice festival in the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods. At that time, the day of midsummer, all things square, summer solstice, Yin Qi 廕 raw, fear of things do not work, so in the first five days of May to five-color seal for the portal decoration, to punish the evil gas.
Ten said that there is a folk legend that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in Hubei Shinyang Shahu had four heroes specializing in robbing the rich to help the poor, after being besieged by the local officials and soldiers in a raid on the fifth day of May to throw the river and died. Local people are very sad, this day will be designated as the Dragon Boat Festival, in memory of.