Dragon Boat Festival Legend of Wutongqiao Dragon Boat Festival

There are actually seven theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival in academic circles, especially the "Dragon Boat Festival Theory" studied by Mr. Wen Yiduo. Just because Liu Yuxi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, misunderstood wuyue's chanting of rowing a dragon boat as "wow" and called Qu Yuan's soul "Where is it?" Rulers should praise Qu Yuan's loyalty, and the masses also feel Qu Yuan's purity, so "Qu Yuan's Theory" is the most popular. In addition, most salt merchants in Wu Tong are Hakka immigrants who "fill Sichuan with Huguang", so the dragon boats from Jingchu and wuyue may also move to Wu Tong. It is the combination with Wutongqiao's mountains and rivers and salt resources that makes Longzhouhui, Erqi Stone, Xiba Tofu and Mala Tang form a unique salt culture in Wu Tong. Just as the Dragon Boat Festival in Leshan was once to commemorate "the brave general Zhao Yu", different people rowed dragon boats in different places. Wutongqiao Dragon Boat Festival, as a cultural achievement created and passed down by local people to meet the needs of nature and production, has continuously enriched its own connotation with the evolution of history, from offering sacrifices to entertaining people, from carrying forward the fighting spirit of Qixin to excavating local cultural brands. This just reflects the law of cultural change. Just like Yu Guangzhong's poem "God of the Miluo River": "Do you still need to be saved after two thousand years?" /No, you became a river god, not a water ghost/saved, but us on the shore. "The four-year Wutongqiao Dragon Boat Festival is being held more simply and has a unique cultural charm, which is the best interpretation of this cultural law.