Dragon Boat Festival

There is a festival in China called the Dragon Boat Festival or zongzi festival，Like other Chinese festivals, there is also a legend behind the festival.In China, Dragon Boat Festival has four legends.

The first legend of the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of the great poet qu yuan in history.This kind of saying is widespread all over the country, common people also most approbate. Qu yuan was a member of the state of chu during the warring states period.

Qu yuan is a man of integrity and courage，He worries about his country and his people，He wants his country to be rich and people strong，But he was constantly attacked and persecuted by mean people，King huai of the state of chu was foolish and could not distinguish between loyal and corrupt officials，King huai of chu alienated qu yuan，The treacherous minister framed qu yuan and the king of chu exiled him，Qu yuan finally died in despair and anger when he threw himself into the miluo river on the fifth day of may.In memory of him, people have the Dragon Boat Festival, every year Dragon Boat Festival, people will eat dumplings, dragon boat RACES.

The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of wuzixu.

Wuzixu was a native of the state of chu. King of chu ping is very fatuous what ability does not have，His father and brother were killed by the king of chu ping，Wuzixu fled to the state of wu，After he helped the state of wu become rich and powerful, he led his troops to attack the state of chu，Invading the capital of chu, ying cheng，It is said that the king of chu ping is dead，Wu zixu dug up his grave and beat him 300 times to avenge the death of his father and brother.After the death of the king of wu, his son fu chai succeeded to the throne.The state of wu became stronger，Attacked the state of yue，The state of wu conquered the state of yue，Yue king asks for a settlement，The fuchai agreed，At this time, fu chai, the king of wu, was very happy to hear about the victory and began to feel proud of himself. He didn't listen to wu zixu，Wuzixu suggested that he completely eliminate the state of yue, fu chai not only did not listen, Instead, he believed and falsely accused wuzixu of defamation ，Eventually, wu zixu committed suicide.

Before his death, wu zixu said to his neighbors, "after my death, dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of the state of wu to watch the Vietnamese army enter the city and destroy wu." Then he cut his own throat with his sword. Fu chai was so angry about this that he ordered the body of wu zixu to be put in leather and thrown into the river on May 5.Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also in memory of wuzixu

The third legend of the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates cao 'e, the filial daughter of the eastern han dynasty.

Cao e was a shangyu of the eastern han dynasty. Her father drowned in the river.The body was salvaged in the river for several days and was not found，The filial cao e was only fourteen years old，She was so sad that she almost broke down，Weeping day and night along the river，Seventeen days later, on May 5, she jumped into the river and died. Five days later, she came to the surface with her father's body.

Cao 'e's filial piety moved heaven and earth and spread widely among the people，As a result, many literati and mohists later wrote poems praising cao 'e's filial piety in seeking her father in the river.The tomb of filial daughter cao 'e is in shaoxing, zhejiang today. In front of the tomb, there is a tablet of cao 'e, which is written by the king of jin.In order to commemorate the filial festival of cao 'e, a temple of cao 'e was built in the place where cao 'e threw herself into the river.The town she lived in was renamed cao 'e town.The river was named cao e river by later generations，People will also go to the river to worship cao 'e on May 5.

The fourth legend of the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the modern revolutionary poet qiu jin.

Qiu jin is from shaoxing, zhejiang province.Qiu jin was good at poetry, ci, song and fu in her childhood. She also liked riding horses and fencing.Qiu jin has the reputation of contemporary hua mulan and qin liangyu.At the age of 28, she participated in the revolution with great influence and planned a revolutionary uprising. Unfortunately, she was captured by the qing army during the meeting. Even so, she was also indefatigable, and died heroically at thirty-three years ago, on the fifth day of June, in the thirty-third year of guangxu.

Qiu jin died on the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, but her heroic deeds and poems are still remembered，On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people remember our female poet qiu jin and the patriotic poet qu yuan。However, this statement is less accepted, because in qiu jin's time, the duanwu custom has been passed on for many years.