The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of May in the lunar calendar, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, the Afternoon Festival, the May Festival, etc. The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the national holidays in China and has been listed in the world intangible cultural heritage list.
Among the numerous theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, the most widely circulated one is the theory of commemorating Qu yuan. It is said that in ancient times, the people of the state of Chu did not want Qu Yuan, a virtuous minister, to die in the river. In order to avoid Qu Yuan’s body being buried in the fish’s belly, people spontaneously boated in the river to disperse the fish, or threw rice balls into the River to save Qu Yuan’s body. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, this custom passed down and gradually developed into a dragon boat race, eating Zongzi, drinking realgar wine, hanging Acorus calamus, Artemisia, Wormwood Leaves, fumigating Atractylodes, Angelica dahurica and other customs.
Dragon Boat Festival custom: eating Zongzi
Dragon Boat Festival dieting Zongzi is a traditional custom in China. There are many shapes and varieties of Zongzi, generally including equilateral triangle, quadrangle, sharp triangle, square, long and other shapes. Due to the different flavors in different parts of China, there are mainly two kinds: sweet and salty.
Dragon Boat Festival custom: dragon boats race
Dragon Boat race is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival. It was popular in Wu, Yue and Chu in ancient times. Now it is very popular in the coastal areas of southern China. After being spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people of all countries and formed an international competition.
Dragon Boat Festival custom: hanging wormwood and Acorus calamus
In the Dragon Boat Festival, various flowers and plants that can drive away evil spirits and diseases have been planted for a long time. People regard the insertion of wormwood and Acorus calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival. If you hang wormwood on the door, the records of Jingchu years of age says, “I gather wormwood as a person, hang it on the door, and use poison gas.” This is because wormwood is an important medicinal plant. It can also make wormwood to treat diseases, moxibustion points and repel insects.
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