About the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast area and many stories and legends, not only has it produced many different Festival names, and there are also different customs in different places. So what traditional customs do you know about the Dragon Boat Festival? 1. Dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is a collective paddling competition for many people. It is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is an ancient dragon totem ritual and a relic. It is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival and is still very popular in the southern coastal areas of my country. After it spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition.

Dragon Boat Festival has both dragon and phoenix boats. The phoenix boat is derived from the ancient black boat. In some places, there are also dragon and phoenix boats. Dragon boat racing is a form of dragon worship in folk belief, which means to use the power of the dragon to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits. 2. Hanging mugwort and calamus

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard hanging mugwort and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the courtyard, sticks calamus and moxa sticks on the eyebrows of the door, and hangs them on the door. In the hall. Folks believe that mugwort can also ward off evil spirits and attract good luck. During the Dragon Boat Festival, hanging mugwort on the door has become a custom, and it has become a Dragon Boat Festival custom.

There is a custom of hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival in various places in the north and south. In the south, it is regarded as an auspicious day with pure yang and righteousness in the sky and earth to drive away evil spirits and diseases, while in some places in the north it is regarded as an evil moon and an evil day to avoid evil and poison. 3. Wash herbal water

Wash herbal water, one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the day when herbs have the strongest medicinal properties of the year. On Dragon Boat Festival, medicines are everywhere. Washing with herbal water on Dragon Boat Festival can cure skin diseases and remove evil spirits. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many places in our country have the custom of collecting herbs and boiling herbal water for bathing. The medicinal properties of the Dragon Boat Festival herbs play a vital role in this. 4. Tie five-color silk thread

Five-color silk thread is also commonly known as five-color silk and multicolored silk. The ancient common names include Bi Bing Zeng, Zhu Suo, etc. The ropes tied to mosquito nets and cradle are also called swing ropes and jian ropes. The five colors of the five-color silk represent the five elements, and the five colors represent the five directions. They are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, and have the mysterious effect of expelling evil spirits and welcoming good luck. The five-color silk thread originates from the ancient Chinese concept of the five elements. The five-color silk thread tied on the arm may be a legacy of tattoos. It was once a very popular custom to tie arms with five-color silk thread during the Dragon Boat Festival. Passed down to later generations, it developed into many kinds of beautiful ornaments such as longevity threads, longevity locks, sachets, etc., and the production became increasingly sophisticated, becoming a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival. 5. Hanging the statue of Zhong Kui

Zhong Kui was a Confucian scholar in the Tang Dynasty. He was expelled from the imperial court for his ugly appearance. Zhong Kui hit the steps of the palace in anger and died. Later Zhong Kui was attached to become the Ghost King who specializes in catching ghosts, and became the door god that people displayed at the end of the year. Since the plague in May was easy to spread and killed many people, people thought of Zhong Kui who specialized in catching ghosts, so a statue of Zhong Kui was hung on the Dragon Boat Festival. Nowadays, in the Jianghuai area, every house hangs a statue of Zhongkui to protect the house and ward off evil spirits.

The above are the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival that I know. What else do you know?