Why do people race the dragon boat during the Duanwu Festival (the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival)? And what's the origin of the dragon boat race. There are different opinions on this question.
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According to some says that it's to commemorate Qu Yuan, an ancient poet in China. It's said that after Qu Yuan died in the river, people wanted to ferry to the lake to find his body, and they rushed the boat on the river. This is the origin of the dragon boat race. In some other regions, people celebrate this festival in honor of Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zitui. In general, the story of Qu Yuan is the most popular one.
Most of the traditional Chinese custom festivals have experienced the development process from simple to complex. The festival of the Dragon Boat is also the day of the evil moon. It originated very early. Later generations will commemorate Qu Yuan and so on, making the Dragon Boat Race a complex folk festival with many meanings.
As a matter of fact, there are a lot of traditions in China on the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, there are dragon race, hanging mugwort, wearing perfume satchel, wearing five-colored thread, realgar wine and eating rice dumplings. For example, people in the south would like to hang a bunch of calamus on their door. Looking like a bunch of swords guarding the house, the blade of calamus is thin and long. According to the older generations, there were people using the calamus as the sword to drive away evil spirits and protect people with the help of Qu Yuan’s integrity and righteousness. In the north, the local people give bellybands with patterns of five toxic animals to protect their child from evil.
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