Which festival is stabbing five poisons?

Stabbing five poisons is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival.

Stabbing five poisons, one of the Dragon Boat Festival folk customs, refers to the appearance of five poisons (scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko and toad) in May of the lunar calendar. Various methods should be used to prevent the harm of five poisons. There is a symbol of expelling pests.

Stabbing the five poisons is to make the portrait of the five poisons into a target. Participants stabbed the five poisons with darts, praying for good weather, peace and health. The five poisons are scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko and toad. May is the time when the five poisons appear, and various methods should be used to prevent the five poisons, so the ancients asked the five poisons to stab them in order to eliminate the disaster. Pot throwing is a traditional etiquette and banquet game in China, which lasted from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty. Participants shoot arrows into the pot, and the one who shoots more wins.

Dragon boat festival custom

1, eat zongzi

As a sacrifice, Zongzi appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was not until the Jin Dynasty that Zongzi was officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. In this period, in addition to glutinous rice, Alpinia oxyphylla was also added as the raw material for making zongzi, and the boiled zongzi was called "educational zongzi".

2. tie five-color silk thread

In the traditional culture of China, the five colors "blue, red, white, black and yellow" symbolizing the five elements are regarded as auspicious colors. On the Dragon Boat Festival, children should tie colorful silk threads on their wrists and ankles to protect their health.

3. Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is one of the customs of China Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also one of the most important festivals and folk activities. It widely exists in the south of China, and there are also dragon boat races in cities near rivers, lakes and seas in the north, and most of them are held in the form of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.