战国时代，楚秦争夺霸权，诗人屈原很受楚王器重，然而屈原的主张遭到上官大夫靳尚为首的守旧派的反对，不断在楚怀王的面前诋毁屈原，楚怀王渐渐疏远了屈原，有着远大抱负的屈原倍感痛心，他怀着难以抑制的忧郁悲愤，写出了《离骚》、《天向》等不朽诗篇。
公无前229年，秦国攻占了楚国八座城池，接着又派使臣请楚怀王去秦国议和。屈原看破了秦王的阴谋， 冒死进宫陈述利害，楚怀王不但不听，反而将屈原逐出郢都。楚怀王如期赴会，一到秦国就被囚禁起来，楚怀王悔恨交加，忧郁成疾，三年后客死于秦国。楚顷衰王即位不久，秦王又派兵攻打楚国，顷衰王仓惶撤离京城，秦兵攻占郢城。屈原在流放途中，接连听到楚怀王客死和郢城攻破的噩耗后，万念俱灰，仰天长叹一声，投入了滚滚激流的汩罗江。
江上的渔夫和岸上的百姓，听说屈原大夫投江自尽，都纷纷来到江上，奋力打捞屈原的尸体，纷纷拿来了粽子、鸡蛋投入江中，有些郎中还把雄黄酒倒入汪中，以便药昏蛟龙水兽，使屈原大夫尸体免遭伤害。
从此，每年五月初--屈原投江殉难日，楚国人民都到江上划龙舟，投粽子，以此来纪念伟大的爱国诗人，端午节的风俗就这样流传下来。
During the Warring States period, Qin and Chu hegemony, the poet Qu Yuan is very popular with the king of Chu esteem. However, Qu Yuan's claims was Shangguan doctor Jin is still led by the conservative opposition, constantly in front of chuhuaiwang vilify Qu Yuan, Chu huaiwang gradually alienated Qu Yuan, with ambitious Qu Yuan feel pain in the heart, he with difficulty suppressed anger depression, write the "Li Sao", "days" and other immortal poems.
No public 229 years ago, Qin Chu captured eight cities, and then sent envoys please to representative qin. Qu Yuan saw the conspiracy, risking the palace of King Huai of statements of interest, not only did not listen, but Qu Yuan will be expelled from the capital. Chu huaiwang scheduled to attend the meeting, one to the state of Qin was imprisoned, chuhuaiwang in sackcloth and ashes, worried to death. Three years later, Yu Qinguo. Chu Qing Wang ascended the throne soon decline, also sent troops to attack the king of Qin Chu, Qing Wang and desperate failure to evacuate the capital, Bing Ying capture city. Qu Yuan in exile, successive heard chuhuai Wang die off and Ying city break the bad news after, despair, say, put a rolling rapids of the Miluo River.
People on the river fishermen and shore, I heard the doctor Yuan Jiang cast himself, have come to river, struggling to salvage Qu Yuan's body, have brought the zongzi, eggs into the river, some healers also hsiunghuang wine poured into the Wang in, order to drug faint water dragon beast, Qu Yuan doctor corpse body from harm.
From then on, every year in early May, Qu Yuan cast Jiang martyrdom, and the people of the state of Chu to the river dragon boat racing, voted Tzu, in order to commemorate the great patriotic poet, Dragon Boat Festival customs passed down this way.
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