I know the custom of Dragon Boat Festival.

On May 5th, rice cakes cooked or steamed with glutinous rice were thrown into the river as a sacrifice to Qu Yuan, fearing that fish would eat them, so glutinous rice was thrown into bamboo tubes, and the bamboo tubes were gradually replaced by rice wrapped with rice leaves.

Second, rowing dragon boats.

At that time, Chu people didn't want to let the sage Qu Yuan die, so many people rowed boats to catch up and save him. They rushed to catch up, but when they arrived at Dongting Lake, there was no trace, because that was the origin of dragon boat racing, and then they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it.

Third, drink realgar wine.

This custom is very popular among people in the Yangtze River valley. The most well-known thing is that Xu Xian listened to Fahai's slanderers in The Legend of the White Snake, and mixed realgar with wine during the Dragon Boat Festival to give it to the white snake to restore it to its original shape.

Fourth, hang a portrait of Zhong Kui.

It is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival for Zhong Kui to catch ghosts. In the Jianghuai area, bells and statues are hung in every household to ward off evil spirits.

Five, hanging wormwood

On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household uses calamus, mugwort leaves, pomegranate flowers, garlic and dragon boat flowers to make human figures, which are called Ai people. Hanging mugwort leaves in the hall, cutting them into tiger shapes or ribbons, and sticking mugwort leaves on them, women compete to wear them to ward off evil spirits. Using calamus as a sword and inserting it on the lintel has the magical effect of exorcising ghosts.

Six, wear sachets

Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which not only means to ward off evil spirits, but also has the style of decorating with their heads. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, and is wrapped in silk cloth, with a fragrant smell.

Seven, broken eyes

In Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places, on the Dragon Boat Festival, every household washes their eyes with a box of clear water and a little realgar and goose eye money, which is called "breaking the eye of fire". It is said that it can protect them from eye diseases for a year.

Eight, playing plums

In the old days, people in Chengdu, Sichuan and other places bought plums on the Dragon Boat Festival and threw them up and down in the southeast corner of the city, attracting tens of thousands of spectators. In Guangxu 200 1 year, the custom stopped because of the sudden conflict between Touli and foreign missionaries.

Nine, wash dragon water

In Hainan, Dragon Water Festival is held on Yingbin Peninsula every Dragon Boat Festival. Washing your body with seawater can get rid of skin diseases. People from all over the island, old and young, come here to "wash the dragon water" together.

Paint quantity

The custom of daubing children's foreheads with realgar during the Dragon Boat Festival. Clouds can drive away poisonous insects. Draw the word "Wang" on the child's forehead with realgar, one with realgar to drive away poison and the other with tiger to eliminate evil.

Eleven, hide five

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the heat is approaching, and plague and poisonous insects breed. In ancient times, May was called "evil month". And think that the fifth day of May is an unlucky day. On this day, parents should take their children under one year old to grandma's house to hide, so as to avoid bad luck.

Twelve, travel all diseases

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Guizhou. On the Duanyang Festival, men, women and children should put on new clothes, take food to play outside for a day, pick wild flowers and herbs in Shan Ye, and bring them back to take a bath with boiling water at night. Locals call this move "cure all diseases" or "wash all diseases", thinking that Geely will be safe within one year.