Why is it called Wu Rui Festival?

The original meaning of "Duan" in "Dragon Boat Festival" is "Zheng" and "Wu" is "Zhong". The same is true of Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of Dragon Boat Festival) and Zhongzheng. At noon this day, that's right. In addition, the end also means "early", so the first noon in May is called Dragon Boat Festival.

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is an important traditional festival in China. Besides the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many nicknames, such as:

Duanyang Festival:

May is midsummer. According to the records in Jingchu Chunqiu, the fifth day of May is called Duanyang Festival, because the sun rises when climbing mountains in midsummer.

Mid-Autumn Festival:

There are twelve noon holidays, and May is the noon month in the lunar calendar. Five and five are homophonic, and five and five are the most important, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Heavy Noon Festival" or "Heavy Five Festival".

Noon festival:

The ancients believed that on May 5th, the sun re-entered the sky, so it was called "Zhongtian Festival".

Bathing Orchid Festival:

Dragon Boat Festival is a season with frequent skin diseases. The ancients used Cao Lan soup to bathe and decontaminate.

Xie Zongjie:

When the ancients ate zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a competition to compare the length of each person's leaves, and the elders won, so it was called "Xiezongjie".

Acorus festival:

The ancients thought that the five poisons were exhausted during the "heavy noon", so the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival was mostly to ward off evil spirits and avoid drugs, such as hanging calamus and mugwort leaves on the door, so the Dragon Boat Festival was also called "Acorus Festival".

Extended data

Because China has a vast territory, many nationalities and many stories and legends, there are many different festival names. According to statistics, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is the most popular among all traditional festivals in China, reaching more than 20. Not only have many different festival names been produced, but different places also have different customs. Its contents mainly include: daughter going back to her mother's house, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcoming the ghost boat, hiding in the afternoon, sticking leaves in the afternoon, hanging calamus and wormwood, traveling in all diseases, wearing sachets, preparing sacrificial bowls, dragon boat races, competitions, hitting the ball, swinging, drawing children with realgar, drinking realgar wine, drinking calamus wine, eating poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits.

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