In fact, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is not only the legend of Qu Yuan, but also to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jiezitui. Let's learn about other origins of the Dragon Boat Festival.
1, in memory of Wu Zixu, a Chu man, whose father and brother were killed by the king of Chu, Wu Zixu fled to Wu, helped Wu to crusade against Chu, and then invaded Ying, the capital of Chu. At that time, King Chu Ping was dead, and Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 corpses. After He Lv's death, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne and defeated Yue, so Gou Jian made peace. Zi Xu persuaded Fu Cha to destroy Yue, but Fu Cha wouldn't listen. But listened to the slanderers of the treacherous court official's uncle and gave Wu Zixu a sword. Zi Xu said to the people around him, "When I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them in the east gate, watching the Vietnamese army break through the city gate and destroy the State of Wu." Then he killed himself. Fu Cha was furious. On May 5th, he packed up Zixu's body and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Wu Zixu.
The Chronicle of Jingchu: "On May 5th, Wu Jun will be welcomed." Wu Zixu devoted himself to being killed, and his body was thrown into the river and turned into a pottery god. On the fifth day of May every year, menarche appears at the mouth of Qiantang River, and people follow the tide by boat, hoping to see Wu Zixu.
2. Commemorating meson push It is said that in order to commemorate meson push, Jin Wengong issued an order not to light a fire on May 5. Because the weather is warm at this time, you can eat cold food. Cold food before this day is easy to get typhoid fever and difficult to treat.
Jin Wengong and Zhong Er were in exile for 19 years. Jie Jie retired minister secretly cut off the meat on his leg and made it for Zhong Er. Later, Zhong Er returned to China and called him Jun, paying tribute to all the princes and ministers who went into exile with him, except Jie Zitui. Jiezi didn't want to be an official or get a reward, so he went to Mianshan to live in seclusion with his old mother on his back. Later, when Zhong Er found out about it, he regretted it and went to Mianshan to look for it himself, but Jietui refused to leave the mountain. Zhong Er reluctantly ordered the release of Yamakaji, trying to force him to step down. Who knows that the fire burned for three days, and meson tui was burned alive along with the tree and mother. In memory of him, every family planted willows on the eaves during the Dragon Boat Festival. People call this kind of willow inserted in the eaves "evocation willow".
3. Commemorating Cao E The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Cao E to commemorate Cao E, the filial daughter of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who threw herself into the river to save her father. Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father drowned in the river for fishing. A few days later, his father's body was still missing. At that time, Cao E was only fourteen years old. He cries every night to look for his father along the river. Seventeen days later, he threw himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and was found by the villagers five days later.
Although the youngest daughter Cao E died, she found her father's body and took him to the river. People were very moved when they saw this scene, thinking that her filial piety touched God. Later, people called the place where Cao E took her father out the riverside village. At the same time, her filial piety also touched the surrounding villagers. They buried Cao E's father and daughter, and at the same time built a Cao E temple by the river where Cao E carried water, and made a statue of her, honoring her as the "filial queen". Because the fifth day of May is the day when Cao E threw herself into the river, many people regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Cao E. ..