Many nicknames of the Dragon Boat Festival indirectly explain the differences in the origin of the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. That's what happened. There are at least four or five theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: in memory of Qu Yuan; Wuyue's national totem sacrifice theory: From the three generations of summer solstice festival; Evil month and evil day drive away, and so on. So far, the most influential view on the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan. In the field of folk culture, China people associate dragon boat racing and eating zongzi with Qu Yuan. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan jumped into the river, the local people injured him and died, so they sailed to save him because of the custom of racing. He also said that people often put food into the water to offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan, but most of the food was eaten by dragons. Later, due to Qu Yuan's suggestion, they wrapped rice in neem leaves, wrapped it in colored silk, and later made it look like zongzi.
The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival mainly include: eating zongzi, putting moxa or calamus on the door to exorcise evil spirits, tying long life wisps, drinking realgar wine or disinfection, and racing dragon boats. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival was very popular in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Zongzi is also a holiday gift. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Zongzi was very famous and was often sold in the market. Now, we still have to eat some zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. Xiaozongzi seems to have become a traditional symbol of China, occupying a certain position in people's minds.
Jiaozi made in our hometown is the famous Ding 'an jiaozi in Hainan. They contain salted egg yolk and meat, which is delicious. Grandma is an expert in making zongzi. Every holiday, she always makes dumplings for us, but this time, because my mother is too busy, grandma didn't go back to her hometown to make dumplings. These days, grandma has prepared a lot of leaves and made a lot of zongzi for her friends. I hope someone will say "wow" when they receive it.
Although today is a holiday, we should have gone to soak in the dragon water, but my mother said, "Today is a holiday, so let's not join in the fun." Therefore, I still do my homework at home and take dance classes as usual. I think today is both a lively day and an ordinary day.
What makes me happy today is that the annual Dragon Boat Festival has come again. As soon as I received my mother's letter, I was extremely happy. Because! This Dragon Boat Festival is my favorite festival.
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chung Noon Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival. Although the names are different, the customs of people everywhere are the same. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is due to Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poems, which have been deeply rooted in people's hearts for thousands of years. People "remember it, mourn it, pass on its words to the world and pass it on." In the field of folk culture, China people have since closely linked the dragon boat race and eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival with the commemoration of Qu Yuan. With the growing influence of Qu Yuan, the Dragon Boat Festival gradually spread and became a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
Many people have a question: Why do you eat zongzi and row dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival? Here's the thing. A great poet, Qu Yuan, loved his country and gave advice to the emperor. But some people with red eyes think that Qu Yuan is too powerful and nosy, and speak ill of Qu Yuan in front of the emperor every day. Slowly, the emperor believed those absurd lies, deposed Qu Yuan and exiled him to southern Hunan. Qu Yuan's ambition to save the country and the people and his plan to enrich the country and strengthen the people were pushed out by the treacherous court official, and he was mad. When he went to southern Hunan, he often went to Guluo River and sang sad songs while walking. On May 5, 278 BC, he committed suicide by jumping into the river with a big stone in his arms. People nearby learned that everyone was rowing boats to save Qu Yuan, but the sea in Wang Yang was rough and there was no trace of Qu Yuan. Everyone was very sad, so they scattered the rice in the bamboo tube as a gift to Qu Yuan, so that the fish, shrimp, dragons, fish and other animals in the river could fill their stomachs, so that Qu Yuan's body would not be harmed again. In the second year, the third year and the fourth year, they did it. Later, they changed the bamboo tube filled with rice into zongzi and rowed the boat into a dragon boat.
There are many opinions about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: in memory of Qu Yuan; In memory of Wu Zixu's theory; In memory of Cao E; From the three generations of summer solstice festival; The theory of exorcising evil days on the moon, the theory of national totem sacrifice in wuyue and so on. Each of the above has its own source. According to more than 100 ancient books and archaeological studies by experts listed in Wen Yiduo's Dragon Boat Festival Examination and Dragon Boat Festival History Education, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is a totem festival held by Wuyue people in the ancient south of China, earlier than Qu Yuan. However, for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poems have been deeply rooted in people's hearts, so people "cherish it and mourn it, talk about it in the world, and tell it through the ages." Therefore, the theory of commemorating Qu Yuan has the widest and deepest influence and occupies the mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, China people associate dragon boat racing and eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival with commemorating Qu Yuan.
Ah! ! Dragon Boat Festival has many origins. I like the beauty of the Dragon Boat Festival, the excitement of the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zongzi of the Dragon Boat Festival, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit, and of course the most interesting dragon boat race! Do you like Dragon Boat Festival?