The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival in 2009, The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival. Regarding the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, it can be roughly summarized into the following theories:
Dragon Boat Festival Commemorating Qu Yuan: The Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, which originated from the records in Wu Jun's "Xu Qi Xi Ji" during the Liang Dynasty of Southern and Northern Dynasties and Zong Lin's "Jingchu Sai Shi Ji" during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and was surrounded by dragons after his death. People were saddened by this and every year on this day, they would throw colorful silk-wrapped rice dumplings into the river to...