There are many poems related to the Dragon Boat Festival, the most famous of which are Qu Yuan's Li Sao and Tian Wen. In addition, there are many folk poems and hymns about the Dragon Boat Festival. As a classic in the cultural history of China, Lisao also contains quotations about the Dragon Boat Festival.
The most famous one is "Only the breeze on the river and the bright moon in the mountains", which is not only a description of natural beauty, but also an expression of homesickness, and also implies the feelings of people returning home to miss their relatives and friends during the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will sing some songs and hymns praising the dragon boat race and commemorating Qu Yuan.
Among them, the most famous ones are "Duanyang on May 5th, Dragon Boat Race in Tao Tao" and "Singing resounds through thousands of households, and the fragrance of zongzi floats all over the street". Besides Lisao, there are many other famous poems and ancient works of China that also involve the theme of Dragon Boat Festival.
For example, Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a The Journey to the West to express his homesickness, such as saying goodbye to a vast field, singing on a rock, and saying goodbye lightly, and Rosa was in tears. Dragon boat race is one of the traditional activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, and many poems related to it came into being.
For example, Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, described the scene of dragon boat race, such as "birds are surprised, like fish chasing shadows, and there is no passing bridge". In a word, there are many kinds of poems related to the Dragon Boat Festival. These poems or eulogize the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, or express deep affection for relatives and friends in their native land, reflecting the rich and colorful cultural connotation of the Chinese nation.
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Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Tianzhong Festival. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is a folk festival that combines offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena and evolved from the ancient Dragon Boat Festival.