1, Qu Yuan threw himself into the river. Qu Yuan's idea of carrying out political reform was never realized, and he was finally exiled. Later, when Chu died, Qu Yuan came to the Polo River on the fifth day of May, picked up a stone and threw himself into the river. Fishermen on the river and people on the shore heard that Dr. Qu Yuan threw himself into the river and came to the river to salvage Qu Yuan's body. They brought zongzi and eggs into the river one after another, and some of them poured realgar wine into the king, so that the medicine could make the dragon and the water beast unconscious and prevent Qu Yuan from being hurt. Since then, every year at the beginning of May-Qu Yuan's martyrdom day-the people of Chu go to the river to row dragon boats and throw zongzi in memory of this great patriotic poet.

Wu Zixu's body was thrown into the river. Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, gave Wu Zixu a sword to kill himself because he listened to slanders. Before he died, Wu Zixu said to people, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate, watching the state of Yue enter the city and destroy Wu." Fu Cha was furious and ordered Wu Zixu's body to be thrown into the river on May 5th.

The filial daughter Cao E saved her father, so that he didn't throw himself into the river. Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This is a myth.

4. White snake drinks realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and people drink realgar wine to ward off evil spirits. Xu Xian forced the white snake to drink realgar wine according to the method of Fahai religion. White snake can't drive Xu Xian away. After drinking, she immediately revealed the true colors of the snake, and Xu Xian was scared to death at once.