Happy Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is called Duan Wu Jie in Chinese. Jie means festival. The most popular theory of the origin of the festival is that it was derived from the commemoration of a great patriot poet, Qu Yuan. Since some of the well-known traditions of the festival existed even before Qu Yuan, other origins of the festival have also been suggested.

Wen Yiduo suggested that the festival may be closely associated with dragons because two of its most important activities, boat racing and eating zongzi, have ties to dragons. Another view is that the festival originated from the taboo of evil days. The fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is traditionally considered an evil month and the fifth of the month is particularly a bad day, so a lot of taboo had been developed.

Most likely, the festival was gradually derived from all of the above, and the story of Qu Yuan adds to the allure of the festival today.

祝您和您的家人端午节快乐。