Why do you eat zongzi and race dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival in China. On this day, there are customs of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats. Legend has it that Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, threw himself into the river after being framed by his lover. At that time, the Chu people insinuated that he was dead, so many people rowed boats to catch up with the rescue and catch up with Dongting Lake. This is the origin of the dragon boat. From now on, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people will row dragon boats to commemorate Qu Yuan. They will also use dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. On this day, people will cook glutinous rice or steamed rice cakes and throw them into the river to offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan. Because of fear that glutinous rice or steamed dumplings will be eaten by fish, it should be packed in bamboo tubes, and then rice wrapped in bamboo leaves should be used instead of bamboo tubes. Slowly formed the custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. There is such a record in the Book of Beginners: During the Jianwu period of the Han Dynasty, Changsha people dreamed of a man who claimed to be Dr. San Lv (the official name of Qu Yuan) at night and said to him, "Everything you sacrificed was stolen by the dragon in the river. You can wrap it in mugwort leaves and tie colorful silk threads in the future. Dragons are most afraid of these two things. " As a result, people made "corn millet" with "leaves wrapped in millet", which was passed down from generation to generation and gradually developed into the Dragon Boat Festival food in China.

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.