Duanwu Festival North and South customs are different, why the same festival there will be such obvious differences?

From the point of view of China's climate, the annual precipitation gradually decreases from the southeast coast to the northwest inland. The south is often rainy, while the north is more drought, which creates a different perception of the Dragon Boat Festival customs.

Geographically, the northern region is mostly characterized by mountainous plains, where activities take place on the ground. For example, in northern China, early to tie the colorful rope to the children, then climbed to the mountains to pick mugwort, go home and hang the mugwort on the door, and then hang the gourd. These activities are used to drive away the five poisons, to pray for peace, to ward off evil spirits, and to bless the summer with a cool passing, free from illness and disaster.

And in the south, more rivers and lakes or coastal. The custom is carried out uniformly in the water. In eastern and southern China, dragon boats are raced, then jumped into the river to bathe in orchid soup, and finally drink a cup of xionghuang wine, praying for a year of good weather and the well-being of the family.

Sweet and salty dumplings at the Dragon Boat Festival

Before the Song Dynasty, there was no difference between sweet and salty dumplings. At that time, people wrapped the dumplings, only ordinary glutinous rice, and did not put other things, the flavor is very single. Until the Song Dynasty, because of the rapid development of the economy at that time, and a variety of flavors of the zongzi were also born. At that time, the emergence of sweet dumplings, this is because at that time, dumplings are not as a staple food to eat, dumplings are more as a dessert after dinner, so that time there is no salty dumplings.

Until the Ming Dynasty, salty dumplings were also born. At that time, the southerners will usually make the cured meat, salted egg yolks added to the dumplings, salted dumplings were born out. Over time, people for the taste of the dumplings, there are differences, "sweet dumplings party" and "salty dumplings party" was born.