What does it mean to hang a black flag in a dragon boat race? Why can't it be hung?

Black 1 yellow 2 red 3 white 4, which is hung according to the results of the previous year's race.

The dragon boat's dragon head is carved from a whole section of camphor wood and forms a "crocodile mouth, shrimp eyes, the unicorn's horns, the mouth with a pearl, the long whiskers under the jaws of the long whiskers, all over the body scales and armor stacked color". Known as the "five-color boat", a boat a color, the hull, the flag battle, the same color of the character's clothing, flag decorative patterns and patterns are all color embroidery. Qing Dynasty, the number of boats increased to seven, and take the "water orchid green" and the meaning of "seven-color", is the "seven-color dragon boat" of the origin.

The flag rack of the ship is divided into the upper, middle and lower three layers, inserted with a thin knife flag, centipede flag and triangular flag, the center stands high with the flag of the Marshal, the whole ship **** size of the colorful flags of 53, embroidered umbrellas 14 tops, the flag color and the color of the ship body to match the embroidered various patterns, flowers, brilliant and eye-catching.

The flotilla marching, a number of boats with, cross back and forth, rotating roundabout, changing out of a variety of postures, or the same direction to chase, or to each other through, or downstream sailing, or against the water to turn around.

Plug Ai to take advantage of the early

In the Dragon Boat Festival when the day when plugging Ai grass is the best, and pay attention to the "sooner the better," so that the implication of the family's happiness and peace. Therefore, whether it is purchased from the market, or harvested from the farm, should be hung on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and pay attention to the auspicious time, the earlier the better.

In the view of the ancients, the insertion of mugwort, the latest not more than eleven o'clock in the morning, the sun is not directly in front of the house when the insertion of mugwort, so that the medicinal properties of the strong, good meaning.