What are the customs and legends of Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Tianzhong Festival, originated from the worship of natural phenomena in ancient times and evolved from Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China. The activities on this day are wonderful.

? Dragon Boat Festival custom?

First, the dragon boat race.

Dragon boat, as its name implies, is a boat shaped like a dragon. The bow of this ship is like a high faucet, and the side and abdomen of the ship are painted with different colors. Dragons come in different sizes and paddles, including six pairs, twelve pairs, seventeen pairs and fifty-two pairs. If you enter in the same way, then the size of the dragon boat must be the same. If it is a new ship, a ceremony must be held.

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, it originated in ancient times. Because Chu people could not bear to be separated from the sage Qu Yuan, they died in the river, and many people rowed to catch up and save. They rushed to catch up until Dongting Lake disappeared. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. People use dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu.

Second, eat brown.

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "corn millet" and "tube zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, every family eats zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Zongzi is usually wrapped the day before, cooked at night and eaten in the morning.

According to folklore, zongzi is eaten to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. In the Records of Historical Records, people can know that Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu. Qu Yuan united with Qi to fight against Qin. However, Qu Yuan's idea met with opposition, and finally Qu Yuan was framed and relegated. When Qu Yuan was in exile, he learned that Chu was attacked by Qin, and he was heartbroken and threw himself into the river. It is reported that after the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu were deeply saddened. In order to prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eroded by fish and shrimp. People spontaneously throw zongzi into the river. The significance of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan. This festival custom has been passed down to this day.

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has become a specific holiday custom. People in the south and the north will eat zongzi on this day. On this day, people will eat zongzi to pay homage to Qu Yuan.

Third, wear sachets.

Wearing sachets is one of the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. 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. The sachet, also known as sachet, sachet and purse, is usually made by wrapping perfume with five-color silk thread, or cotton wrapped with colored satin or cloth, mixing powder of Chuanxiong, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Sparganii, Scutellariae Radix, Flos Caryophylli, Asari, Gan Song, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Glycyrrhrizae Radix, realgar powder, etc., and then embroidering with colored silk thread, with red, green and hanging at the bottom.

As the old saying goes, "Dragon Boat Festival objects: baisuo, wormwood, silver-like drums, beautifully painted fans, delicious candy, zongzi and so on". Wear sachets to ward off evil spirits and plague, and decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk and tied with five-color silk thread. Chinese herbal medicines used in sachets can emit natural fragrance, which belongs to the category of five fragrances in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and have the effects of inducing resuscitation, invigorating the spleen, eliminating filth and refreshing the mind. Modern medical research has also proved that these drugs have aromatic odor and antibacterial and antiviral effects because they contain a lot of volatile oil. The spices in the traditional sachet of Dragon Boat Festival can prevent colds, hand, foot and mouth disease and so on. , and has a certain mosquito repellent effect.

Fourth, hang wormwood.

The folk proverb says, "willow in Qingming Festival, wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the court, puts calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hangs them in the class. Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liu Hua, garlic and dragon boat flower are used to make entertainment or tiger shapes, which are called Ai Ren and Ai Hu. It is made into garlands and decorations, beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear it to ward off evil spirits.

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. It can be seen that hanging mugwort leaves before the Dragon Boat Festival not only "ward off evil spirits", but also has a certain disease prevention effect. Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang mugwort leaves, hang calamus, sprinkle realgar wine, drink realgar wine, stir up turbidity, remove rot, sterilize and prevent diseases. These activities also reflect the fine traditions of the Chinese nation. It is a common custom for all countries and ethnic groups in China to collect herbs on the Dragon Boat Festival.

Five, hanging wallets and colored silk thread

It is an important custom to tie colored ropes for children during the Dragon Boat Festival, which has a beautiful meaning of praying for Najib. The predecessor of Changmingsuo is "Changminglu", also known as "Changminglu". Its significance lies in locking children's lives and avoiding the invasion of diseases and epidemics. The ancients believed that once a child was locked, he could grow up safely without disaster. Longevity lock is more of a blessing from elders to younger generations.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, every household hangs colored silk ropes on the lintel to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, traditionally, five-color silk is woven into a rope with a silver lock and wrapped around the child's arm to pray for evil spirits, illness and longevity!

This five-color rope is also exquisite, so it must be tied before the sun comes out, otherwise it will be useless, and the five-color rope can't be broken or discarded at will, so it can only be placed in the drain of its own courtyard wall and washed away with the rain when it rains heavily during the Dragon Boat Festival.

? Dragon Boat Festival legend?

? Legend1-Originated in memory of Qu Yuan?

This statement is widely circulated throughout the country and is most recognized by the people.

According to historical records, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 BC, Qu Yuan, a doctor and patriotic poet of the State of Chu, was filled with grief and indignation when he learned that Qin Jun had attacked the capital of the State of Chu. Although he wanted to serve his country, he was unable to return to heaven, so he chose to make a final statement by death, resolutely wrote Huai Sha and died in the Miluo River.

People along the Yangtze River hold boats and race against time to salvage them, lest fish and shrimp spoil Qu Yuan's body. An old doctor poured an altar of realgar wine into the river, saying that he wanted to stun the dragon and the water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds. Later, it became the custom of eating zongzi. This custom has lasted for more than two thousand years.

Since then, on the fifth day of May every year, there has been the custom of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine in memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

? Legend 2-Originated in memory of Wu Zixu?

The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is widely circulated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, commemorates Wu Zixu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Wu Ju, the ancestor of Wu Zixu, was famous for his honest advice, so his descendants were also famous in Chu. Wu Zixu's family was persecuted in Chu and went to Wu. Reused by He Lv, the king of Wu, he defeated Chu, moved to Qi and Jin in the north, served the Yue people in the south, and worshipped Xiang Guogong.

After Fu Cha, the king of Wu, succeeded to the throne, Wu Zixu thought that Yue should be wiped out in one fell swoop, but Fu Cha was subdued by Ai Bo and refused to listen to the idea of "uniting together to resist Yue". In 484, he gave Wu Zixu a sword and committed suicide. Zi Xu committed suicide in anger, leaving his last words, asking his family to gouge out his eyes after his death and hang them on the east gate, watching the Vietnamese army destroy Wu.

Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, was furious and abandoned Wu Zixu's body in Qiantang River. Later, the State of Wu was destroyed by Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and Fu Cha was ashamed to meet Wu Zixu in the underworld. He covered his eyes with a white cloth before he raised his sword to commit suicide.

Because Wu Zixu's body sank into Qiantang River earlier than Qu Yuan, some documents think that the custom of China Dragon Boat Festival is related to Wu Zixu, but not to Qu Yuan.

? Legend 3-From the memory of filial daughter Cao E?

The third legend of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Cao E, the filial daughter of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who saved her drowning father.

Cao E (130-143), a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was greeted by his father Cao Xu on May 5 (Han Danchun wrote Cao E Monument: "On May 5, I will welcome Wu Jun at any time." "Wu Jun" means "Wu Zixu") drowned in Shunjiang River, and the body disappeared for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river.

17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 22nd. Five days later, Cao E's body surfaced with his father's body in his arms. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy.

Later, the village where he lived was renamed Cao E, and the river that mourned his father was Cao E River, and a temple was built to comfort his filial piety.

There is also a legend that Cao E threw himself into the river on May 5, and did not investigate the drowning time of his father.

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China with a long history and cultural background. The custom of Dragon Boat Festival is constantly developing and changing. Traditional culture is perfectly integrated into modern life. Let's stop in the fast-paced life and find some warm and sweet family time, so that we can pay more attention to our families and bring a lot of happiness when we are reunited. I hope everyone can spend a peaceful and peaceful festival in this beautiful festival!