Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month has a history of more than 2,000 years. Usually in June of the solar calendar.
The legend of the origin of Dragon Boat Festival? The famous poet Qu Yuan once served as a courtier.
Emperor Zhou. He is a clever and eloquent man and is loved by ordinary people. He did a lot of work to crack down on rampant corruption that plagued the court, so he won the envy and fear of other officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with Qin, officials put pressure on the emperor to retire. During his exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. On the fifth day of May, he heard that Zhou was defeated by the State of Qin and threw himself into the river in despair.
Like the New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival in China, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the biggest traditional festivals in China. The origin of this festival is a little troublesome-the poet Qu Yuan (about 30 0 BC) committed suicide by jumping into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. As a very patriotic person, Qu Yuan expressed his concern for the government, which aroused the king's anger. Later, when his country was occupied by the enemy, the eternal loyal poet committed suicide because he was sad about the pain facing his country.
People are saddened by the death of this patriotic poet. They throw rice and meat into the river to feed the fish, which will protect Qu's health.