Customs Legends Stories Meanings of Traditional Chinese Festivals

Customs of Dragon Boat Festival:

Dragon Boat Rowing

Hanging Mugwort and Acorus Calamus

Duanwu Rice Dumplings

Flying Kites

In the southern part of China, the Dragon Boat Festival is called "Flying Calamities" when children fly kites. Kites are paper kites. It is a toy, in the bamboo gabions and other skeleton glued with paper or silk, pulling the long line tied to it, taking advantage of the wind can be released into the sky, belonging to a pure use of aerodynamic flying machine. It is said to have originated in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and has been around for more than 2,000 years.

Peiduniang

Women's headdress on the Duanwu Festival in the old days. Mostly found in Jiangnan. Some areas are also called Jianren. This object is said to have originated from the ancient step rocker, said that the Ai people in a different form.

Fighting water at noon

Duanwu, is the fifth day of May, "five" (Wu) is positive, the ancients believe that the day of the noon of the most vigorous Yang, noon of the afternoon of the Dragon Boat Festival to drive away evil spirits, so the Dragon Boat Festival day there is to take the "noon of water," the saying, used to boil rice

Duanwu water is the best way to drive away evil spirits, purify the body, and get rid of obstacles.

The Dragon Boat Festival legends and meanings:

On the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are a lot of sayings, such as: "to commemorate the Qu Yuan said, to commemorate the Wu Zixu said, to commemorate the Cao'e said, to commemorate the Jie Zi Tui said, as well as in the three generations of the summer solstice festival said, the bad month and the bad day to drive to avoid that," and so on. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liang people in the Southern Dynasties, Zong Security Service in the "Jing Chu chronicle" in the party recorded the Dragon Boat Festival in honor of Qu Yuan said, Liang people Wu Jun, "Qi Harmonious Records" also has a similar record.

It is worth noting that the Dragon Boat Festival boat race, in honor of Qu Yuan before the event has long appeared. And in the Eastern Wu, is to commemorate the Wu Zixu has nothing to do with Qu Yuan; "Yue Di Chuan" and said that the race originated from the Goujian maneuvering the navy; obviously, the Dragon Boat Race custom due to the different geographical regions and commemorated the character of the statement is different. It represents the best wishes for the new year, expresses gratitude to nature for this year's harvest, and commemorates Qu Yuan's high integrity.

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Other Traditional Chinese Festivals:

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the August Festival, the August Meeting, the Moon Chasing Festival, the Moon Playing Festival, the Moon Worshipping Festival, the Daughter's Festival, or the Festival of Reunion, is a traditional cultural festival that has become popular among the many ethnic groups of China and the countries of the Hanzi Cultural Circle and is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional cultural festival that is popular among many Chinese ethnic groups and countries in the Chinese cultural circle, and is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the Chinese traditional festivals on a par with the Spring Festival. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially for local Chinese. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday, and on May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has been practiced since ancient times, with customs such as sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, worshipping the moon, eating mooncakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to the present day and continue unabated. The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a colorful and precious cultural heritage, with the fullness of the moon signifying the reunion of people, in order to express the feelings of nostalgia for the hometown and relatives, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and known as China's four traditional festivals.