Why do we eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: Eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival have been traditional customs since ancient times. What is the reason for eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing? The first noon of the fifth lunar month, in midsummer, is a good day for climbing Shunyang. Let us welcome the Dragon Boat Festival and experience the 2018 Dragon Boat Festival together on the Fortune Teller website.Why do we eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival?Reasons for Dragon Boat Racing:Legend has it that the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River after being framed by his lover. At that time, the people of Chu hinted at his death, so many people rowed boats to chase him and save him, all the way to Dongting Lake. This is the origin of dragon boat racing. From then on, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, people would row dragon boats to commemorate Qu Yuan and also use the activity to drive away the fish in the river to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. Reasons for eating Zongzi: Regarding the origin of zongzi, people generally believe that it was to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan, a minister of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period, was patriotic and served his people. However, he was harmed by slander and threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month in 278 BC. The people of Chu State searched for Qu Yuan along the river, but were afraid that the fish would eat him, so they filled bamboo tubes with rice and threw them into the river to commemorate him. This is the origin of the earliest Chinese rice dumpling - the bamboo tube rice dumpling. From this custom, people throw rice dumplings into the river on the fifth day of May every year to commemorate Qu Yuan. In "Continued Records of the Strange Things of Qi" written by Wu Jun of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, it is recorded that after Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the river, the people of Chu State mourned him and threw rice stored in bamboo tubes into the water to pay tribute to him every Dragon Boat Festival. It was in the Jin Dynasty that zongzi was officially designated as a Dragon Boat Festival food; in the Tang Dynasty, zongzi had become a popular snack that appeared in the market during festivals and among the people at all seasons; in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, zongzi even became an auspicious food. Summary: The above is [Why do we eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival? 】, I hope the entire content can be helpful to everyone! |
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