The origin and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

The origin and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, began in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese festivals, along with the Spring Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Since ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival has held festival activities such as rowing dragon boats, eating rice dumplings and hanging wormwood and calamus. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; In September 2009, UNESCO officially reviewed and approved the Inclusion of the Dragon Boat Festival as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage, becoming the first Chinese festival on the list.

There are many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: the theory of commemorating Qu Yuan; the theory of commemorating Wu Zixu; the theory of commemorating Cao E; the theory that it originated from the Summer Solstice Festival of the Three Dynasties; the theory of repelling the evil moon and the evil day, the theory of Wu Yue national totem sacrifice, and so on. Each of the above has its own source. According to more than 100 ancient book records and expert archaeological research in the "Dragon Boat Examination" and "Dragon Boat Festival History Education" by scholar Wen Yiduo, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is the festival of totem sacrifices held by the Wuyue people in ancient southern China, earlier than Qu Yuan. But for thousands of years, Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and touching poems have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, people "cherish and mourn them, discuss their words in the world, and pass them on to legends." occupy a mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, Chinese people associate dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival with commemorating Qu Yuan.

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular festival among the Chinese people.

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