On the fifth Dragon Boat Festival in the fifth month of May, realgar liquor, Acorus calamus sword; The triangle palm seed is wrapped with glutinous rice, and various color sachets are hung on the chest.
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Duanwu, Chongwu, Dragon Boat Festival, PuJie, Tianzhong Festival, poet's day and daughter's day. Eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. Why eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival? There are many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Qu Yuan is a poet who is most respected and admired by the people. According to the records of xuqi harmonic and suishu geography, Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on May 5 of the lunar calendar. He was afraid that the rice offered to Qu Yuan would be stolen by fish and shrimp, so he created the shape of zongzi.
Another theory about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is Wu Zixu's death. Wu Zixu, a famous official from the state of Chu, was killed by the king of Chu. Later, he abandoned the secret and went to the state of Wu. He helped Wu defeat Chu and entered the capital of Chu in five wars. At that time, King Ping of Chu was dead. Zixu dug up the tomb and whipped the corpses for 300 to avenge the killing of his father and brother. After the death of King Helu of Wu, his son fuchai succeeded to the throne. The morale of the Wu army was high, victorious and defeated the state of Yue. Gou Jian asked for peace, and fuchai agreed. Zixu suggested the complete elimination of the state of Yue, but fuchai didn't listen. The Minister of the state of Wu was bribed by the state of Yue and slandered to frame Zixu. As a result, fuchai believed it and gave Zixu a sword to die. Zixu, who was loyal and good, regarded death as a return. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "after I die, dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Wu capital to see the troops of the state of Yue enter the city and destroy Wu.", He killed himself. Fu Chai was so angry that he ordered people to put Zixu's body in leather and put it into the river on May 5. Suzhou changed the river into Xujiang in memory of the loyal minister.
3. Commemorating Cao E said
Cao E was from Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see the body for days. At that time, her filial daughter Cao E was only 14 years old and cried along the river day and night. After 17 days, he threw himself into the river on May 5, and took out his father's body five days later. It was passed on as a myth, and then it was passed on to the governor of the county government, who ordered Dushang to erect a monument for it and asked his disciple Handan chun to eulogize it. Therefore, the villages and towns where he lived were renamed Cao'e Town, and the river that died for his father was Cao'e River. Temples were built to comfort his filial piety. The May Cao'e temple fair was held in memory of Cao'e, the "eternal filial daughter".
4. Commemorative meson deduction
Jie Zitui (-- 636 BC) was a virtuous Minister of the state of Jin, also known as Jie Zitui. Later generations respected him as Jie Zi. During the spring and Autumn period, he was born in Wenxi Hutou village and grew up in Peijie village, Xia County. He was deeply remembered by the world for his great feat of "cutting shares and serving the king" and living in seclusion "without salary". After his death, he was buried in Jiexiu Mianshan. Duke Wen of the Jin Dynasty was deeply guilty, so he changed Mianshan to Jieshan and set up a temple to offer sacrifices, resulting in the "cold food festival" (the day before the Qingming Festival).
However, the research of modern scholars has proved that many activities of the Dragon Boat Festival existed long before Qu Yuan. According to the records of song Gaocheng's "source of things", the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the spring and Autumn period. Gou Jian, king of Yue, rowed a dragon boat to train sailors, which shows that the Dragon Boat Festival originated earlier. Some people also think that the Dragon Boat Festival is a sacrificial festival of dragon totem, either from the summer solstice, or from the evil day. Others say it is to sacrifice ancestors. Similar legends vary.
The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival may be a sacrificial ceremony held to worship the water god or the Dragon God. Later, all localities explained the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival according to their own history and culture, among which the commemoration of Qu Yuan is a more popular saying.