The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Fifth Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a collection of worship, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and food as one of the folk festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival originated from natural celestial worship, evolved from the ancient times of dragon worship. Dragon Boat Festival is "flying dragon in the sky" auspicious day, dragon and dragon boat culture throughout the Dragon Boat Festival heritage history.
The Dragon Boat Festival is popular in China and Chinese characters in the cultural circle of the traditional cultural festival, the legend of the Warring States period Chu poet Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May, later generations will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival in memory of Qu Yuan; Also have memorial Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie push and so on.
端午節，又稱端陽節、龍舟節、重五節、天中節等，是集拜神祭祖、祈福辟邪、歡慶娛樂和飲食為壹體的民俗大節。
端午節源於自然天象崇拜，由上古時代祭龍演變而來。端午是“飛龍在天”吉祥日，龍及龍舟文化始終貫穿在端午節的傳承歷史中。
端午節是流行於中國以及漢字文化圈諸國的傳統文化節日，傳說戰國時期的楚國詩人屈原在五月初五跳汨羅江自盡，後人亦將端午節作為紀念屈原的節日；也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥及介子推等說法。
端午節傳統民俗
中華文化源遠流長、博大精深，古老節日是傳統文化的重要載體，古老節日的形成蘊含了深邃豐厚的文化內涵，古老節日重視祖先神靈信仰與祭祀活動，祖先神靈信仰是古老傳統節日的核心。端午習俗甚多，形式多樣、內容豐富多彩，熱鬧喜慶。仲夏端午，飛龍在天，龍氣旺盛，百邪皆避。端午節是集祈福辟邪、歡慶娛樂和飲食為壹體的民俗大節。
端午習俗內容豐富多彩，這些節俗圍繞著祭龍、祈福、攘災等形式展開，寄托了人們迎祥納福、辟邪除災的願望。端午節自古就是食粽與扒龍舟的喜慶日子，端午節時熱鬧的龍舟表演，歡樂的美食宴會，都是慶賀佳節的體現。”