Dragon Boat Festival originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the ancient Dragon Boat Festival. Originally, it was founded by Baiyue people, the ancestors of Wuyue in the south, to worship the ancestors of the dragon. The word "Dragon Boat Festival" first appeared in the local chronicles of the Western Jin Dynasty. The midsummer Dragon Boat Festival is also called the fifth day of May, which is the same as the summer solstice.

Dragon Boat Festival, originally founded by the ancestors of southern wuyue, is a festival to worship the ancestors of dragons. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, jumped into the Miluo River on May 5th and committed suicide. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson push. Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors' sacrifice to the ancestors of dragons, which was injected into the summer season and attached to the commemoration of historical figures such as Qu Yuan.