The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Double Noon Festival, Noon Day Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Bath Orchid Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival was originally for the ancient Baiyue area (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of the area) to worship the dragon totem tribes held totem sacrifice festival, Baiyue land before the spring and Autumn on the fifth day of the lunar calendar in the form of dragon boat race tribal totem sacrifice custom. After the Warring States period of Chu (now Hubei) poet Qu Yuan in the day of holding stones to jump into the Miluo River suicide, the ruler to establish a loyal patriotic label will be Dragon Boat Festival as a commemoration of Qu Yuan; Some areas also have to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and so on. The Dragon Boat Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is known as the four major traditional festivals of the Han nationality.
Since ancient times, there have been dragon boat rowing and Zongzi eating festival activities. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national holiday. In May 2006, The State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. In September 2009, UNESCO officially reviewed and approved the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival to be included in the World intangible Cultural Heritage, becoming the first Chinese festival to be included in the World intangible cultural Heritage.
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