What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival?

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Dragon Boat Festival. According to traditional customs, people will race dragon boats, insert wormwood, drink realgar wine and carry out various commemorative activities on this day. But for most people, these customs and "old gifts" are drifting away, and what this festival leaves is only the simple meaning of eating zongzi. The essence of traditional culture of Dragon Boat Festival should not be forgotten! Can't lose it! Let's see how the authentic Dragon Boat Festival is spent ~

1, eat zongzi

Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival is indispensable for the protagonist Zongzi. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi is a traditional food with the deepest cultural accumulation in the history of China.

To this day, on the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, every household in China has to soak glutinous rice, wash the leaves of zongzi, and make zongzi, with more colors and varieties. Judging from the stuffing, there are many jujube-brown ones in the north; There are many kinds of fillings in the south, such as bean paste, fresh meat, eight treasures, ham, egg yolk and so on.

The custom of eating zongzi has been popular in China for thousands of years and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

2. Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is also one of the important activities of Dragon Boat Festival. In Miluo City, Hunan Province, before the dragon boat race, you must go to Quzi Temple to worship the dragon head, wrap red cloth around the dragon head, and then race the boat, not only to worship the dragon god, but also to commemorate Qu Yuan.

In Zigui, Qu Yuan's hometown, there are also small objects such as ornaments and sachets to worship the Dragon Boat Festival, which also has a long history. The sachet is made of colored silk thread or rags.

Step 3 hang wormwood and calamus

Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus is a folk festival custom in China. On the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort leaves are hung in the hall, cut into the shape of a tiger or cut into the shape of a tiger to cut the ribbon, and pasted with mugwort leaves. Women compete to wear them to drive away evil spirits. Using calamus as a sword and inserting it on the couch has the magical effect of exorcism and fear of ghosts.

Artemisia argyi, also known as Artemisia argyi and Artemisia argyi. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. Its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. Chinese medicine uses wormwood as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming uterus and dispelling cold and dampness. Processing Artemisia argyi leaves into "moxa wool" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment.

Acorus calamus is a perennial aquatic herb, and its long and narrow leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a good medicine for refreshing, strengthening bones, eliminating stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing.

4. Wear sachets

Children wear sachets at noon, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and drive away epidemics. The sachet is usually filled with some Chinese herbal medicines with fragrance and resuscitation, which have the effects of fragrance, insect repellent, plague prevention and disease prevention. Duanyang tied his arm with four-color thread and wore a sachet, which was exquisite and exquisite.

A piece of wormwood leaves is filled with the fragrance of friendship; A dragon boat, fighting for passion; A zongzi, wrapped in the honey of life; So how many of these customs have you participated in?