There are two different explanations of the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people believe that the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of Wu Zixu; some people celebrate this festival for Cao'e. But most people in China deem the Dragon Boat Festival as a day to commemorate Qu Yuann,the great patriotic poet of State Chu in ancient China who jumped into Miluo River because of the demise of his motherland. To honor his spirit, Qu Yuann was conferred a posthumous title as Zhongliegong (Duke Martyr) in Song Dynasty, almost 1000 years after Qu Yuann’s death. Soon after his death, people in State Chu boated to find his body, and to drive the fish away so that Qu Yuann’s body would not be eaten.
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