Introduction to the custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Qu Yuan's hometown
The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Qu Yuan's hometown is a traditional folk cultural activity of Han nationality in Zigui County, Hubei Province. It expresses the good wishes of the working people of the Han nationality to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck. Qu Yuan was born in Zigui. Zigui is the earliest place where Chu was founded and the birthplace of Chu culture. The ancestors of Chu and Xiong royal families and their clan branches all came from Zigui. As long as you study the history of Zigui, you will not be surprised. Zigui is a place of early civilization. According to the new archaeological findings, as early as 1000 years ago, human beings gradually broke away from the original group and dug holes in the Yu Xu cave on the east bank of Xiangxi River in Zigui, which was equivalent to the late Pleistocene in which Changyang people lived.