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The 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat festival. Ancient weighing five, and September 9th weighing nine of the same meaning. Also called "the end of the five" or the "dragon boat festival". It is one of the three traditional Chinese festivals (Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid Autumn Festival), which is widely valued by all parts of the country.
"End" is the meaning of the beginning. "Local mind" said: "the Dragon Boat Festival midsummer. End person, also at the beginning." There are five three days a month, the first five days is the end of five". Lunar month started to Yin month, by earthly branches "Tatsumi underlying reasons afternoon did not apply for a Youxu Hai" in the order estimation, the fifth month is "to". The ancients often put "five days" as "afternoon", so, "end five" can be written as "Dragon Boat Festival"". To the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong was born on August 5, in order to avoid the "Five" taboo words, proposed by the then Prime Minister Song Jing will end five "officially changed to" Dragon Boat Festival ". Because the ancients often see "Wushi" as the "Chen Yang", also known as the "Dragon Boat Festival and dragon boat festival".
The Dragon Boat Festival, the most known of a story, is to commemorate more than 2000 years ago, the death of the great poet Qu Yuantou river.
People of Chu in the Warring States period, 22 years old, had been Guanju zuotu, three village doctors, assisted chuhuaiwang. Qu Yuan to save the desire to be disillusioned, he in the state of extreme grief, in 278 BC (poet at the age of 62) fifth day of the fifth lunar month jump into choppy Miluo River. Was the people of the state of Chu reluctant because of the Xian Chen die, after hearing the news, have to catch a boat to go after him; but Zhuizhi Dongting Lake has disappeared. This will form the end of the dragon boat race this year. Southern Liang Wu are the Qi Xie in mind, "said Qu Yuan on the fifth day of the fifth vote Miluo River, people at this time of the year, the Mitha into the river to worship him. Said to the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Changsha is a named Qu, been a dream encounter a claim to Qu Yuan of the Magi, he said: "over the years people offering my meters, let the Dragon ate and will be the neem leaves and misse in bamboo tube, or wrapped in reed leaves, good, then the colorful silk wrapped around, because the dragon is afraid of the neem leaf, reed leaves and colorful silk." Later people use neem leaf, reed leaves and colorful silk wrapped dumplings, is said to be this reason. Since then, followed down, he became the Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings.
Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional dragon boat festival. On the Miluo River, the annual Dragon Boat races to be held in a grand ceremony. People wear new clothes, to help the old Qie young, Qu Yuan Temple worship, also carrying the leading offering temple, and then hanging water. The contest in gun on a cannon, the ship flies, Xuelang shaking empty, flags waving, cheering million people.
In China, the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival custom, came to Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries. Overseas Chinese residing in Southeast Asia, every Dragon Boat Festival have held a grand "dragon boat race". In recent years more in Europe and the United States and Australia to be carried out. Since 1976, Hongkong has also held the international dragon boat tournament every year, making it a world sports event.
Dragon Boat Festival all over the country have the custom of dragon boat race. Especially in the southern region of rivers and lakes, every Dragon Boat Festival, always hold dragon boat festival event. For thousands of years, the vast majority of people believe that it originated in the people of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan's memory. But in addition, the area of the Dragon Boat Festival legends about the origin of up to a dozen. There is a saying that the dragon boat race is to commemorate Dr. Wu Wu.
The Dragon Boat Festival in addition to cherish the memory of Qu Yuan and mark Wu Zixu said, in addition, also originated from Goujian said.
Scholars, Mr. Wen Yiduo had for the Dragon Boat Festival made incisive criticism, he believed that the Dragon Boat Festival is a four or five thousand years ago south of the ancient Yue Ethnic Festival to be held totem of the festival, after the Eastern Han Dynasty the custom gradually to spread north. Wu Yue family before, our ancestors Huaxia is the dragon clan logo, Fuxi and Nvwa, Zhuanxu, Yu, the Yellow Emperor are dragon famous leader, is by the dragon totem, dragon is considered to be of maximum mana spirits. As well as the descendants of the Chinese people, the famous ancestors also regarded as the incarnation of the dragon. Then the dragon worship ceremony. Until today, we also call themselves "descendants of the dragon", all the countries in the world are in the "dragon" is the symbol of China. Wu Yue nation in May 5th this day every year, to hold a grand totem festival. They will be all kinds of food packed in bamboo, or wrapped in leaves, throw into the water, to eat the dragon. They also take the boat ride, depicts the shape of Jackie Chan, with the shore of the rapid water, in the water for a variety of games and racing boat. This is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival and its customs.
The development of ancient research and excavation of a large number of unearthed cultural relics confirmed: Mr. Wen Yiduo's research is more scientific. China's Yangtze River Basin and the the Yellow River Valley, the same is the birthplace of the Chinese nation's ancient culture. From the excavation of the original cultural relics and historical legends together, China's Yangtze River to the South lived a dragon totem group, known to history of Baiyue family. Now Shanghai county Maqiao commune Yu Tang Cun of paleo beach lived ancestors of the ancient Yue nationality in a group, which is a branch of their populations.
