1. The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, when people in the Qing Dynasty grow again. ——Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, "Dragon Boat Festival Banquet for Officials at Wucheng Hall"
2. Flowers compete for skill in the four seasons, and nine rice dumplings compete for new ones. ——Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, "The Officials at the Three Dragon Boat Festival Banquets Discovered the Words of God"
3. Official clothes are also famous, and the Dragon Boat Festival is honored. The thin kudzu is soft in the wind, and the fragrant flowers are light in the snow. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Giving Clothes on Dragon Boat Festival"
4. After the death of spirits, it is the festival to bathe in orchids. Colorful green jade rice dumplings, fragrant white jade rice dumplings. The deceased suffered a lot, but today people are happy. ——No. 10 of Tang Yuanzhen's "Ten Poems about Summer"
5. Do not follow the custom of moxa talisman, but pray for Pu wine and peace. The hair on the temples grows white every day, and the pomegranate brocade illuminates the eyes every year. ——Tang Yin Yaopan's "Dragon Boat Festival"
6. Who said the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival at the end of the festival? The eternal rumor is Qu Yuan. It is laughable that the Chu River is empty and indistinct, but it cannot wash away the injustice of the direct ministers. ——Tang Wenxiu's "Dragon Boat Festival"
7. The five-day long dragon is in vain to ask for sacrifices, and the nine-pass eagle and tiger are in vain to summon the souls. ——"Qu Yuan Temple" by Song Qi of the Song Dynasty
8. The rice dumplings are wrapped with five-color new silk and delivered on a gold plate, with twin phoenixes painted on the fan and plate made of raw silk. It is the season of bath orchids, and the calamus wine is beautiful and pure. —— Song Ouyang Xiu's "The Proud of the Fish Family"
9. Indulge in good wine to celebrate the festival, one cent for wine, one cent for song. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "A Young Man Visiting the Dragon Boat Festival and Presenting a Gift to Huang Shou and Xu Junyou"
10. Colorful threads are lightly wrapped around the red jade arms, and small charms are hung diagonally on green cloud mane. Beautiful women meet each other for a thousand years.
——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty's "Huanxi Sand Dragon Boat Festival"