What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival?

1, Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body.

2. Wear sachets

Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and plague. Actually, it is used to decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, all kinds of exquisite and lovely.

Step 3 eat zongzi

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is one of the holiday customs. Zongzi, commonly known as Zongzi, belongs to a kind of Zongzi. The main materials of Zongzi are rice, stuffing and Hiragi leaves. Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.

Step 4 insert moxa sticks

As the saying goes, "willow inserted in Qingming Festival, wormwood inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". "Ai" here refers to Artemisia argyi, whose stems and leaves contain volatile essential oil, and its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes and insects. Dragon Boat Festival has also been a solar term for disease prevention and epidemic prevention since ancient times. On this day, every household will clean the front door, insert moxa sticks on the door and disinfect it.

Step 5 tie a five-color line

Red, yellow, white, cyan and black have always been auspicious colors in ancient China. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival every year, the first thing adults do after getting up is to tie five-color lines on their wrists, ankles and necks. It is said that children wearing five-color lines can avoid the harm of snakes and scorpions and be healthy forever.