What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival? What is the difference?

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are:

Dragon boat bath

Bathing orchids and drinking orchid soup at the end of the afternoon are ancient customs recorded in Dade's book "Dai Dai Li Ji". But the orchids here are not orchids, but flying grasses or compositae herbs, which are fragrant and can be cooked and bathed.

Zhuyangxiang

In Lun Heng, written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the etiquette and custom of "casting the year of Yang" during the Dragon Boat Festival were recorded: "The year of Yang takes fire from the sky, and at noon in May, five stones are melted and cast into vessels, which makes them glow with excitement. When they rise to the sun, fire will come, which is also the way to get real fire. " The ancients thought that there were three fires at noon, when the sun was shining. At this time, it is the best time to melt gold and cast mirrors, and the cast bronze mirrors have incredible power.

Soak in dragon boat water

During the Dragon Boat Festival, soaking in dragon boat water is a traditional custom in Lingnan area, because the dragon boat symbolizes auspiciousness, and the water that the dragon boat glides through is considered as "Universiade Water". According to tradition, soaking in dragon boat water means good luck and all the best. The rain during the Dragon Boat Festival is called dragon precipitation or dragon boat water. Every year when dragon boat water comes, people will take their families to the river to wash dragon boat water. The ancients believed that dragon boat water had the functions of exorcising evil spirits, cleaning the body, washing away bad luck and bringing good luck.

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival is developed in the form of praying for blessings, restraining evil and hastening disasters, with rich and colorful contents and lively celebrations. The customs of blessing and welcoming blessings mainly include dragon boat rowing and Dragon Boat Festival, and the customs of restraining evil and disturbing disasters mainly include hanging wormwood, soaking in dragon boat water, washing herbs and tying five-color lines. Festival food mainly includes zongzi and Huang Wu. Performing various traditional folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival can not only enrich people's spiritual and cultural life, but also inherit and carry forward traditional culture.