Why do you eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival? What about the dragon boat race?

Zongzi is eaten in memory of Qu Yuan. After Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, people made dumplings and fed them to the fish in the river in order to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. Later it evolved into eating zongzi.

Dragon boat racing originated from rescuing Qu Yuan. There is also eating zongzi and making sachets, which comes from throwing zongzi into the river and letting fish eat zongzi instead of eating Qu Yuan's body. Throw the sachet into the river to prevent Qu Yuan's body from stinking.

These are all handed down by old people when they were young. Now that I am old, I have the responsibility to pass them on and let others know.

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body.