Dragon Boat Festival

Also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, daughter of festival, afternoon Day Festival, May Day, AI Day, end 5, re-5, Summer Festival, days, festival, bath Lan Festival, Qu Yuan's day, poet Festival. Side is the "beginning", "early" means, the fifth day may be called terminal 5, and the Spring Festival, Ching Ming, the Han Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival known as the four traditional festivals. Lunar New Year in order to Earthly Branches Ji, Jian-yin first month, in February for the d, sequential to May for the afternoon, so called in May for the afternoon, the "five" and "afternoon" pass, "five" has for the yang number, so in some places the Dragon Boat Festival in turn called the May Festival, Ai festival, summer festival. From the historical records point of view, "Dragon Boat Festival," the word first appeared in the Western Jin Dynasty people Zhou "endemic in mind": "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking duck corner millet." The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in Chinese Han people, this day of activities essential for the gradual transition to eat dumplings, dragon-boat racing, hang calamus, humilis, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica, drinking Announcements, updates, line 100 cord son, so fragrant Slots, posted top five, affixed characters, sub-put yellow smoke, eat 12 red. It is said that eating rice dumplings and dragon-boat race is to commemorate Qu Yuan, so once made after the liberation of the Dragon Boat Festival named "The Poet's Day" to commemorate Qu Yuan. As for the hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica, drinking Announcements, updates, and paste character is said to be in order to ward off evil. "Firing their top five," the central Jiangsu with leeks, wild rice grass (or day lily flowers), edible fungus, silver fish, shrimp and other fry, about these types of dishes are a symbol of toads, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes and other top five are the Dragon Boat Festival essential dishes, and now rare. However, in northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong Province Cong Jiangsuan parsley pepper to stimulate the five kinds of things are mixed together, also known as fried fried top five, the general restaurant can point to the dish because the ingredients are more common. Today, Dragon Boat Festival in the Chinese people is still a very popular grand festival. From 2008 onwards as a national statutory holiday day off. Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, the folk by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

[Edit this paragraph] 【Origin】 The Dragon Boat Festival

With regard to the origins of Dragon Boat Festival To sum up, to the following Zhu said: Qu Yuan

1 to commemorate Qu Yuan, the first from the Southern Dynasties, said Liang Wu Jun, "Qi continued harmony in mind," and the Northern Zhou awe-struck, "Jing Chu at the age of mind," the record. It is said that Qu Yuan on the fifth day since the vote in May Miluo River, after the death of the dragon trapped in sorrow over the world, every day to vote for this five-color silk dumplings in the water, in order to drive dragon. Also biography, Qu Yuan's vote Miluo River, the local people heard the news at once to save boat fishing has been OK to Dongting Lake, and finally not see Qu Yuan's body. At that time, coincides with the rainy days, together with the lake on a boat near the shore of the pavilion. When people know that it is salvage Dr. Qu Xian Chen again when the rain out to compete drawn into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to express their mourning, people boating on rivers, then gradually developed into dragon boat race. It seems that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat dumplings, dragon-boat race associated with the commemoration of Qu Yuan, a Tang Dynasty Wenxiu "Dragon Boat Festival," poet wrote: "Dragon Boat Festival is made from the Who, vancomycin rumors of Qu Yuan. Chujiang empty transitory man worthy of laughter, can not be washed straight Chen injustice. "

2 to commemorate the dutiful daughter Cao'e, this theory comes from the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Cao'e monument." Cao'e Shangyu Eastern Han people, the father addicted to the river, a few days not seen the body, when the dutiful daughter Cao'e only 14 years old, day and night along the howler. After a 17 days, is also a river in the May 5, five days later the father comes out, dead.

3, Ying Tao of God, Spring and Autumn Period Guo-Zhong Wu-chen Wu Zixu died aggrieved after the Tao into God, the world's sorrow Erji, so there is the Dragon Boat Festival. This story, widely circulated in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area. Wu Zixu were a member of the state of Chu people, father and brother were killed by Chu, and later defected to Wu Zi Xu, help Wu Attacks Upon Chu, five battle Entering the city of Chu Ying. Chuping Wang was dead, Zixu grave-digger Bianshi 300 in order to kill the father and brother reported revenge. Lu king's death, his son Fu-cha to the throne, Wu morale, victorious, defeated Yue, Yue Gou please, Fu-cha promised. Zi Xu suggested that complete elimination of the more countries, Fu-cha do not listen, Wu Dasai by Yue, bribery, backbiting framed Zi Xu, Fu-cha letter of, thanks to Zixu sword, Zixu as dead. Zixu this as good and loyal and death calmly, in the death of the neighborhood said: "I'm dead, hanging in my eyes and dig out the East Gate on Wu Jing in order to look at Conquest of Wu by Yue army into the city", it Ziwen died Wen Fu-cha statement was furious, so take Zixu installed in the leather where the body of the May 5 at the river inputs, it is said Wu Zixu Dragon Boat Festival is also a commemoration of the day.

Fourth, the dragon festival, this argument comes from Wen Yi-duo's "Dragon Boat Festival examination", and "Dragon Boat Festival the history of education." In his view, the region in May fifth day of the ancient Wu and Yue "dragon" at the tribal totem worship day. The main reason is; (a) the activities of two major Dragon Boat Festival and races to eat dumplings, are associated with the dragon. Rice dumplings into the water are often stolen by a dragon, but is using a dragon boat races. (B) races and the ancient Wu and Yue local relations are especially deep, the people have their hair Moreover, Wu and Yue Tattoo "to the child like a dragon," customs. (C) the ancient early May on the 5th useful "multicolored silk department arm" of the folk customs, which should be "like a dragon child" tattoo practices remains.
5, bad day, in the pre-Qin era, generally agreed that May was a poison months, on the 5th is a bad day, according to legend the day Xie Ning dominance of top five and out. According to "The Book of Rites" contains, Dragon Boat Festival originated from the build-Lan Zhou bath. "Lu Spring and Autumn" and "Midsummer in mind," a chapter to require people in May to abstinence, fasting. "Xia Xiao Zheng," noted: "This day build drug, to Juan addition to gas." "Big Dai" in mind, "May 5 animals orchid as the bath" to bath evil that Jugo is the legend of the date of death a lot. "Historical Records when MENG Changjun met Tales" in mind when MENG Changjun met famous in history, was born in May 5. His father, his mother not to give birth to him, that "May the child who is longer than households Qi, their parents would be detrimental." "Custom Link" Lost, "said May 5 folk have children, male victims of father and mother of female victims." "Lun Heng," Wang Chong is also the author describes: "taboo give the first month, in May the child; in the first month, in May the child Shafu and mother may not move people." Generals Wang Dongjin fifth day of May the town of evil, health, her grandfather would give him the name " the town of evil. " Huizong fifth day of May, Zhao Ji-sheng, small foster extrauterine. Can be seen, the ancient evil day to fifth day of May is a universal phenomenon. Can be seen from the pre-Qin period after that date are not Kat light of day. Thus, in this day inserted iris, Artemsia argyi to exorcism, smoked herb, Angelica and drinking Announcements, updates, in order to avoid the epidemic is a matter of course. And was also to avoid the "end of five" taboo, called the "Dragon Boat Festival."
6, the summer solstice, holders of this view LIU De-qian in the "" Dragon Boat Festival, "said another origin" and "Something about Chinese traditional festivals," puts forward three main reasons: (a) the age of the authoritative book "Jing-Chu-year-old when the mind "is not mentioned in early May on the 5th to eat dumplings holiday customs, yet eating dumplings written in the summer solstice section. As for the races, Sui-qing Du Taiwan by the "Jade Candle Collection," put it into the summer solstice day of entertainment, we can see is not necessarily a river in order to salvage the great poet Qu Yuan. (B) The Dragon Boat Festival customs in some of the elements, such as "riding a hundred herbs", "fighting a hundred herbs", to "take the miscellaneous medicine" and so on, in fact has nothing to do with Qu Yuan. (C) "at the age of scenery Hua Ji Li" The Dragon Boat Festival The first explanation is: "Ye sunny day, when it is summer, among them that the Dragon Boat Festival, it can also known as the Dragon Boat festival days. Thus the Dragon Boat Festival The earliest origins as the Department of the summer solstice. against the Fun out, but to commemorate Qu Yuan, said that the impact of the most widespread. As the personality of Qu Yuan Yi Chao, and people are willing to put this anniversary attributed to him.

7 to commemorate the poet Qiu Jin, Qiu Jin Rui-Qing Jingxiong word, No. Jianhu Woman, small print Yu Kou, Zhejiang Shaoxing people, young good at poems, songs, Fu, and enjoy horseback riding and fencing, there is Mulan , Qin Liangyu the title alive. 28 years old to participate in the revolution, greatly influenced, in planning the uprising of the catch when the Qing, unyielding to death on June 5 Guangxu Thirty-three years in Shaoxing Xuan Hang Hau brave die a martyr. After the man admire her poetry, mourning her Tadao deeds, so, combined with the poet's Day to commemorate her, while the poet's Day is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, a result set at the Dragon Boat Festival.