The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Duanyang Festival and the Chongwu Festival. It is said that Qu Yuan, a great poet in ancient China and one of the four major cultural celebrities in the world, threw himself into the Miluo River to die for his country. day. For more than two thousand years, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month has become a traditional festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. According to historical records, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 BC, after hearing the news that the Qin army had captured the capital of Chu, Qu Yuan, a doctor of the Chu state and a patriotic poet, was filled with grief and indignation. He threw himself into the Miluo River and died for his country. People along the river raced boats to salvage the soul, and threw rice dumplings into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from eating away his body. This custom continues to this day for more than two thousand years.
Poetry on the Dragon Boat Festival
1. Dragon Boat Festival
(Tang Dynasty) Wenxiu
Who said the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival? It is rumored to be Qu Yuan throughout the ages;
It is laughable that the Chu River is so indistinct that it cannot wash away the grievances of the direct ministers.
2. Qilu·Dragon Boat Festival
Tang Dynasty) Yinyao Fan
Young people are more sentimental during the festival, but who knows how emotional they will be when they grow old;
It doesn’t work Ai Fu is more customary, but praying for Pu wine will lead to peace.
The hair on the sideburns grows whiter day by day, and the pomegranate brocade illuminates the eyes every year;
Thousands of years of virtuous and foolish people are the same in the blink of an eye, and a few people are forgotten and few are famous. < /p>
Before the envoys left the county residence, the chorus of harmony had been heard on the river;
The envoys were all right when they left, and the red flags had already been drawn in front of their horses;
Luo Yi on both sides of the bank smells fragrant, and the silver hairpin shines on the sun like a frost blade;
The red flag opens after three beats of drums, and two dragons leap out of the floating water;
Thousands of swords fly across the waves with their shadows, The sound of drums splits the waves and roars with thousands of thunders;
The sound of drums becomes more urgent and the mark is approaching, and the two dragons look at the mark as if in an instant;
The people on the slope are shouting thunderbolts, and the poles are decorated with rainbow colors. Halo;
The boat ahead grabbed water and won the bid, but the boat behind lost momentum and was left empty-handed.
4. Racing Song
(Tang Dynasty) Liu Yuxi
The Yuanjiang River is flat and the embankment flows in May, and the people of the city are floating on colorful boats.
The song for the year of Lingjun has been completed, and the mournful ballads have been revitalizing since then.
The sound of the turbulent currents rushing in together was loud and clear.
When the dragon catches the rain, the mane moves, and the mangosteen drinks from the river.
The governor came to the flowing green curtain, raised the pole and ordered the nobles to be divided into male and female.
First of all, Yu Yong strives to encourage me, but before I get to the title, I am dismayed.
Yum has its own early stage, and there is no fixed place for its success.
Customs are so heavy at this time, looking at the Yunwei River and the Mekong River.
The colorful flags on the bank illuminate the flood dragon room, and the stockings and rippling waves play in the water.
At the end of the song, people dispersed and melancholy, and the waterwheel in front of Qu Pavilion was filled with water.
5. Yimao Chongwu Poems
(Song Dynasty) Lu You
Chongwu Mountain Village is good, but the durian flowers have suddenly become numerous.
The rice dumpling bun is divided into two buns, and the moxa is tied with a dangerous crown.
Old common prescriptions store medicine, and people who are sick also take elixirs.
As the sun sets, I finish my work and smile at the cup and plate.