I. Commemorating Wu Zixu
Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died.
Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city and destroy Wu." Then he killed himself. Fu Cha was furious after hearing this. On May 5th, he wrapped Zixu's body in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.
The second is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E.
Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy.
The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River.
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Customs of Dragon Boat Festival in various places:
1, Jiangsu
In addition to rowing dragon boats, Jiangsu Dragon Boat Festival customs mainly include zongzi, realgar wine, Huangwu banquet, etc. The festival is decorated with five poison pictures, Acorus calamus leaves, Zhong Kui statues, colorful arms, silk zongzi, five poison clothes, tiger's head shoes and sachets. There is a dragon boat show in Wujin at night. In the evening, small lanterns are hung around the dragon boat, and flutes and drums sing harmoniously.
2. Zhejiang
Dragon Boat Festival is a special festival with a long history, rich content and diverse cultural customs. Generally speaking, ancestor worship, dragon boat race, eating zongzi, offering sacrifices to dragon heads, lighting dzi beads, wearing red flowers, hanging calamus leaves, tying colored silk, drinking realgar wine, eating Huang Wu, wearing sachets and collecting herbs are common customs, but the contents or details of customs vary from place to place.
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