Interesting stories about the Dragon Boat Festival Short folk legends and allusions
Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a very special The ancient traditional festival is still one of the most grand festivals.Regarding the Dragon Boat Festival, there are some stories and allusions circulating among the people, such as Qu Yuan jumped into the river to die for his country, Wu Zixu was forced to commit suicide, and the filial daughter Cao E saved his father.
It is said that Qu Yuan jumped into the river
According to legend, Qu Yuan advocated cultivating talents and empowering the country, enriching the country and strengthening the army, and striving to unite Qi against Qin, but was strongly opposed by noble Zilan and others.Exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins.In 278 B.C., the Qin army broke the capital of Chu State.Seeing that his motherland was invaded, Qu Yuan was heartbroken, but he could not bear to abandon his motherland.On May 5th, after writing the masterpiece "Huaisha" , committed suicide by bouldering into the Miluo River, and composed a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.After Qu Yuan was thrown into the river, the local people immediately rowed boats to rescue him after hearing the news...But Qu Yuan’s body was never found again.In order to express condolences, people rowed on the rivers and rivers, and then it gradually developed into a dragon boat race.The people were afraid that the fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home and brought rice balls into the river, so that the fish and shrimp would not spoil Qu Yuan’s body.Later, it became the custom of eating zongzi.
Wu Zixu committed suicide
Wu Zixu, a famous member, a native of Chu State, his father and brother were all killed by the king of Chu, later Zixu abandoned the darkness and turned to the Ming Dynasty, ran to Wu State, helped Wu to defeat Chu, five battles And enter the Chu capital Yingcheng.At that time, King Ping of Chu was dead, and Zixu dug up the tomb and whipped 300 corpses to avenge the killing of his father and brother.After the death of King Helu of Wu, his son-in-law Chai succeeded to the throne.The morale of the Wu army was high, and the country was victorious in a hundred battles, and the country of Yue was defeated.Zixu suggested that the country of Yue should be completely eliminated, the husband would not listen, the Wu country would be slaughtered, bribed by the country of Yue, slandered and framed Wu Zixu, the husband would believe it, give Zixu a sword, and Zixu died.Wu Zixu was originally a loyal and good man, and he regarded death as home.Before he died, he said to his neighbors:"After I die, I will dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Wujing, so as to see the Yue army enter the city and destroy Wu." Yan was so angry that he ordered Zixu’s body to be packed in leather and thrown into the river on May 5, so it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also the day to commemorate Wu Zixu.
Cao E saves her father
It is said that her father Cao Xu drowned in Shun River (now Cao E River) during the sacrificial ceremony to welcome Wu God (Wu Zixu) on May 5th.No body was found.At that time, the filial daughter Cao E was only fourteen years old and cried along the river day and night.Seventeen days later, on May 22, they were thrown into the river.Five days later, Cao E’s body, holding her father’s, surfaced.This was passed down as a myth, and then passed on to the governor of the county government, who ordered Dushang to erect a monument for it, and asked his disciple Handan Chun to make a speech and praise it.Therefore, the village and town where he lived was renamed Cao’e Town, and the river where his father died was Cao’e River, and a temple was built to comfort his filial piety.
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