Why does the Dragon Boat Festival commemorate Qu Yuan every year?

The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan, women and children all know, so why should the Dragon Boat Festival commemorate Qu Yuan?

The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan because of Qu Yuan's patriotism, he can still maintain his innocence in the face of national and national disasters, and maintain a kind of national noble integrity, it can be said that Qu Yuan is a spiritual and cultural heritage left by the Dragon Boat Festival to every countryman.

In 278 AD, after the Qin army broke through the capital of Chu, Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River, composing a patriotic movement with his life. Since then, the Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival to commemorate and remember Qu Yuan, and customs such as eating zongzi and dragon boat racing are related to Qu Yuan.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals and is considered to commemorate the ancient Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a statesman and writer of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, and in order to defend the interests and sovereignty of the Chu State, he wrote many times to oppose the policies and actions of the time, but was eventually exiled. According to legend, during his exile, Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month because of his anxiety and homesickness for the Chu State.

In order to commemorate Qu Yuan's loyalty and patriotic spirit, people have since set the fifth day of the fifth month of May as the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will eat zongzi, race dragon boats, hang wormwood, etc., these activities are related to Qu Yuan's deeds and the legend of rock cherry friends, and are also a kind of inheritance and expression of Qu Yuan's loyal and patriotic spirit.

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The background of the event and its painful and angry state of mind

During Qu Yuan's exile by King Huai of Chu, the state of Chu declined day by day. In 278 BC, the Qin general Bai Qi led his troops south, and finally broke through the capital of Chu "Yingdu". Qu Yuan fled back to Yingdu from the north and south of the Han Dynasty, witnessed the destruction of Yingdu with his own eyes, and wrote sadly about the pain of the country's ruin"Lamentation"., he was in pain, and when he saw that the motherland was in danger, he couldn't help but groan:

"Heart-wrenching and sad, I don't know what to do? ”

This sentence is to say: Infinite concern and sadness for the motherland hovers in my heart, but I am wandering and confused in front of me, and I don't know where I can stand?

This one"Lamentation"., which can very well express Qu Yuan's grief and pain when he witnessed the imminent destruction of the motherland, but this is not what Qu Yuan said before he died.

Qu Yuan wrote the last poem of his life, "Huaisha", and after a tragic and desperate recitation, he jumped into the river and died for his country

Seeing the situation in front of him, Qu Yuan silently reviewed his life of having no way to serve the country and fighting against corrupt forces, and wrote the last poem of his life with a mood full of grief and indignation"Waisha".

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of this year, Qu Yuan wandered on the banks of the Miluo River near Changsha. He was haggard and emaciated, and walked along the river with heavy steps; He despaired of the disillusionment of his political ideals and his inability to save his country from its demise; Facing the boiling river, his heart was turbulent and undulating; He looked up at the sky and recited the verses in "Huaisha" tragically:"You can't let you die, and you can't love it.

Tell the gentleman, I will think it is a kind of thing. ”

This is the last sentence Qu Yuan said before committing suicide by throwing himself into the river, he said desperately and tragically:There is only one dead end in front of me, and I will not spare my life for the sake of the truth. I will follow your example, gentlemen of honor.

When the sound of poetry was still echoing in the air, Qu Yuan picked up a stone and jumped into the river. Qu Yuan died to martyr his motherland and the ideals he fought for all his life. This year, he was sixty-two years old.

Conclusion

Qu Yuan wrote many poems in his life, and there are more than 20 of them that have been handed down to this day. He wrote these poems with blood and tears, his person is poetry, the poems are frank expression of Qu Yuan's personality and temperament, these poems are the true record and artistic crystallization of his life's struggle, but also clearly express Qu Yuan's mood and state of mind.

Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, has noble aspirations and noble character that are different from the same stream, and has always been admired and missed by people. The Chinese regard the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when Qu Yuan was martyred and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, as a traditional festival"Dragon Boat Festival".to honor him. On this day, people will wrap zongzi and throw them into the Miluo River so that the fish have food to eat, instead of Qu Yuan's corpse; It is also necessary to row a dragon boat, which means that people went to save Qu Yuan at the beginning.

It's May 5 of another year, and the Dragon Boat Festival remembers Qu Yuan. I hope that Qu Yuan's patriotic feelings and spirit of cherishing the motherland and remembering the people will always be remembered and missed by our generations.