The Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient traditional festival in China. It began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and has a history of more than 2,000 years. There are many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
1. Commemorating Qu Yuan: The most widely circulated view is that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from commemorating the poet Qu Yuan of the Chu State. According to the "Historical Records", Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River with a stone on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival to protest against the corruption and incompetence of the Chu State. This view was supported by "Continuation of Qixie Ji" by Wu Jun of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty and "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" by Zong Jing.
2. Totem worship: Another view is that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the totem worship activities of the Yue people in the middle reaches of the ancient Yangtze River, who used the dragon as a totem. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, they would hold a grand "totem sacrifice" to indicate their identity as "dragon sons".
3. Commemoration of other historical figures: In addition to Qu Yuan, some documents mention that the Dragon Boat Festival may have originated from commemorating other historical figures, such as Wu Zixu and Cao E.
In the course of historical development, the Dragon Boat Festival has gradually integrated a variety of customs and cultural factors. For example, different places in the north and south have formed different ways of celebration according to their own customs and practices, such as wearing sachets, hanging mugwort on doors, pasting red talismans, dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, etc. These customs have been continuously inherited and developed in the long river of history and have become the Dragon Boat Festival we know today.
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