The Origin and Customs of Quyuan Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival was originally used by people to worship the ancestors of dragons and pray for evil spirits. During the Warring States Period, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping on the Miluo River on this day, so later generations also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival: dragon boat race, eating zongzi, hanging mugwort and calamus, flying kites and tying colorful silk thread.

1, Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival. It was popular in Chu in ancient times, but now it is very popular in the southern coastal areas of China. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition. According to the first excavation report of Hemudu site, as early as 7000 years ago, ancient ancestors had carved wooden boats out of single wood and rowed them with wooden paddles.

Step 2 eat zongzi

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. The main materials of Zongzi are rice, stuffing, bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves) and so on, and there are many kinds. Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.

3. hang mugwort leaves and calamus

People regard wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as hanging wormwood on the door. Jingchu Chronicle: "Take wormwood as a human being and hang it on the door to kill virus."

4. Fly a kite.

In southern China, children flying kites on the Dragon Boat Festival is called "disaster relief". A kite is a kind of aircraft that uses only air power. Stick paper or silk on bamboo and other skeletons, and pull a long line on it to be put into the sky with the wind.

5, five-color silk thread

In the traditional culture of China, the five colors "green, red, white, black and yellow" symbolizing the five elements are regarded as auspicious colors.