The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the "Records of the Years of Jingchu", because when climbing in midsummer, Shunyang is above, and May is midsummer. Its first noon is a day of good weather when climbing in Shunyang, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as "Noon Day Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bath Orchid Festival, Poet's Day", etc.
The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a totem sacrifice festival held by the tribes who worshiped the dragon totem in the ancient Baiyue area (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south area). Before the Spring and Autumn Period in the Baiyue land, it was held at the beginning of the fifth lunar month. 5. The custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races. Later, because Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State (now Hubei) during the Warring States Period, committed suicide by bouldering into the Miluo River on that day, the rulers made the Dragon Boat Festival a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan in order to establish a loyal and patriotic label; in some areas, there are also commemorations of Wu Zixu and Cao E.