Traditional festivals handbook 6th grade

A? It is a summer festival to drive away the plague. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people in China, the essential activities of this day gradually evolved into eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus ` Artemisia absinthium, fumigation of Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, and drink xionghuang wine. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena, evolved from the ancient times of sacrifice to the dragon. Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong seven hosts soared in the center of the south, in the most "neutral" position throughout the year, as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" fifth line: "Flying Dragon in the sky". Dragon Boat Festival is a "dragon in the sky" auspicious day, the dragon and dragon boat culture has always been throughout the history of the Dragon Boat Festival heritage.

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1, Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat Racing, also known as Pai Dragon Boat; is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Picking dragon boat has a long history, is a lot of people collective paddle race. Dragon boat racing is divided into several sections such as inviting the dragon, sacrificing to the dragon god, swimming the dragon and collecting the dragon. Dragon boat racing is rumored to have originated in ancient times when many people in Chu chased after a boat to save the virtuous Qu Yuan because he could not bear to see him throw himself into the river to die. They scrambled, chased to Dongting Lake when they disappeared, and then rowed dragon boats every year on May 5 to commemorate them. The dragon boat was used to open the river to fish, and the fish ate the body of the original. Racing habits, prevalent in Wu, Yue, Chu.

2, hanging mugwort

Mugwort, also known as wormwood, due to the special flavor of mugwort, people use it to ward off diseases, mosquitoes and evil spirits. Mugwort symbolizes inviting a hundred blessings, but also a herb that can cure diseases can make the body healthy. In ancient times has been preaching: herbal medicine to cure the disease, such as acupuncture is to use mugwort as the main ingredient, placed on the acupuncture points to cure the disease.

Duanwu Festival, many households are hanging calamus, mugwort and paste Zhong Kui portrait, adults drink xionghuang wine, small children wear incense buns, and five-color thread, etc.; these are said to have the role of protection from evil spirits and keep the peace.

3, wear scented sachets

Pay scented sachets, is one of the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. The scent bag is usually filled with some aromatic herbs that have the effect of clearing the scent, driving away insects, avoiding the plague, and preventing diseases.

4, flying paper kites

In the cities along the southern part of China, kite flying on the Dragon Boat Festival is also a custom. During the Dragon Boat Festival, children fly kites and call it "putting calamities". Kites are paper kites. It is a toy, in the bamboo gabion 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.

5, point xionghuang

Duanwu Festival, many places have xionghuang wine in the child's forehead writing "Wang" custom, which also shows the worship of the tiger, a borrowing of xionghuang to drive away the poison, the second borrowing of the tiger to town evil, the third is the expression of blessings to the child.