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Are you on the Dragon Boat Festival? 2022

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival with a long history. People will eat zongzi and race dragon boats. Moreover, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a legal holiday, and people all over the country can enjoy a three-day holiday, which is more suitable for arranging short-distance travel and surrounding tourism, even if it is just at home, it is also very comfortable. The Dragon Boat Festival in 2022 is in the middle of June. At this time, it has entered summer, and occasionally I can feel the heat of summer, but it is still far from the hottest dog days.

1, is it on the Dragon Boat Festival? 202 1 Dragon Boat Festival hasn't entered yet. The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, after the solar term of mango. However, the dive started from the summer solstice of the third year. Generally, the first dive was before and after the solar term of the small summer heat, so the Dragon Boat Festival did not yield, and it was still relatively early from the dog days. In 2022, the Dragon Boat Festival is in June 14, and the dog days are July 1 1 to August 10.

2. Is the Dragon Boat Festival a dog day? Dragon Boat Festival is not a dog day. Dog days are usually in the solar terms of summer and summer. At this time, the weather is hot and the air is humid, and the temperature can reach 37 degrees and above; Dragon Boat Festival is in the solar term of awning, which is the busiest time for sowing and harvesting crops in summer. The rainfall is abundant, the temperature rises obviously, and the weather is getting hotter, but it is still cool compared with the dog days.

3. Whether the Dragon Boat Festival is hot or not depends on the region in 2022, but the Dragon Boat Festival is still relatively cold in most parts of the country, and the temperature will be around 23℃-3 1℃ all day, but if you go to the south, the temperature will be higher, so you should take precautions when traveling there. In addition, it should be noted that the possibility of precipitation at this time is also great, mostly around 100mm, and some areas will exceed 200 mm.

4. What are the customs of inserting wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival? There has been a saying among the people in China that "willow is inserted in Qingming Festival and wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". In the traditional culture of China, there has always been a saying that May is "poisonous May". The leaves and branches of wormwood contain volatile aromatic substances, which produce peculiar fragrance, repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants, purify the air and are beneficial to health.

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival, which is mainly active in the south of China. It is said that it originated in memory of Chu poet Qu Yuan. From 65438 to 0980, China listed the dragon boat race as a national sport, and held the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race every year.

The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is also said to be related to commemorating Qu Yuan, who has a history of more than 2,000 years.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, women and children will wear sachets. Legend has it that it, like hanging wormwood, has the function of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding epidemics, and can also be used for decoration and beautification. There are generally cinnabar, realgar, spices and so on. In the sachet, the outside is cloth wrapped in colorful silk, forming various beautiful styles and patterns. It is beautiful, fragrant and colorful, and is deeply loved by women and children.