Ua kama'āina ka Dragon Boat Festival iā kākou a pau. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he lā hoʻomaha kānāwai ia a he lā hoʻomaha. ʻIke wale mākou he lā hoʻomaha ka Dragon Boat Festival, no laila ʻike mākou i ke kumu a me nā loina o ka Dragon Boat Festival? A laila, e hōʻike aku au iā ʻoe i ke kumu a me nā loina o ka Dragon Boat Festival.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka Dragon Boat Festival no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Qu Yuan, a ua ʻike mua ʻia ma ka Southern Dynasties ' "Xu Qi Xie Ji" a me "Jing Chu Sui Ji Ji". Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ma hope o ka hoʻolei ʻana iā Qu Yuan i loko o ka muliwai, ua hoe koke ka poʻe kamaʻāina i nā waʻa e hoʻopakele ai. I kēlā manawa, he lā ua, a ʻākoakoa nā waʻa ma ka loko i ka loko e hoʻopakele i ke kino o Qu Yuan. No laila ua ulu ʻo ia i ka waʻa deragona. ʻAʻole i hoʻopakele nā ​​kānaka i ke kino o Qu Yuan, a ua hopohopo lākou o ʻai nā iʻa a me nā ʻōpae o ka muliwai i kona kino, no laila, hoʻi lākou i ka hale a hoʻolei i nā kinipōpō laiki i loko o ka muliwai i mea e pale ai i ka ʻai ʻana o ka iʻa a me ka ʻōpae i ke kino o Qu Yuan. ʻO kēia ka mea maʻamau o ka ʻai ʻana i ka zongzi.