书上记载说,古代人们为了祛除病疫,在每年的农历五月初五以龙舟竞渡的形式举行部落的图腾祭祀,人们把这一天定为端午节。
shū shàng jìzǎi shuō ,gǔdài rénmen wèile qūchú bìngyì ,zài měinián de nónglì wǔyuè chūwǔ yǐ Lóngzhōu jìngdù de xíngshì jǔxíng bùluò de túténg jìsì ,rénmen bǎ zhè yī tiān dìng wéi duānwǔjié 。
The books say that to ward off epidemics every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month people in ancient times would hold tribal totemic ceremonies in the form of racing in dragon boats, and people set this day as Duanwu Festival.