Good Luck For Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, originated in China, is a festival which originally the ancient people choose an auspicious day to worship the ancestors of the dragon. Because of the legend of the warring states period, Qu Yuan, a poet of the State of Chu, in the Dragon Boat Festival holding a stone jumped into the miluo river suicide, later people also take the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

There are many customs in the Dragon Boat Festival, such as eating zongzi: the fillings of zongzi vary according to different regions. The north people like eating sweet zongzi and the south people like eating salty zongzi; Dragon boat racing is a kind of collective rowing competition. In the past, it was often used to pray for blessings, good weather, dispel evils and all will be best. Hang mugwort, it can drive away evil diseases and mosquitoes. Different regions have different customs of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, but all express people's good wishes.