The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

"Palm fragrance, sweet kitchen. Folium Artemisiae Argyi smells fragrant. Peach branches are inserted in the grating, and you can see the wheat yellow when you go out. It's sunny here, sunny there and sunny everywhere. " This nursery rhyme is about the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival in China. Let's take stock of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

1, eat zongzi

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom in China. The materials and shapes of jiaozi are different in different places, and there are many kinds of patterns. From ancient times to the present, at the beginning of May every year, every household in China has to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and wrap zongzi, and there are more varieties of colors. Judging from the stuffing, there are many jujube and jujube dumplings in the north; In the south, there are many kinds of fillings, such as bean paste, fresh meat, ham and egg yolk. Among them, Zhejiang Jiaxing meat dumplings are the most representative.

2. Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is also a traditional custom of Dragon Boat Festival, which became popular during the Warring States Period. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many people will pack their boats in the shape of Jackie Chan and use them in some competitive events, which can not only play a good entertainment role, but also play a good entertainment role. Moreover, dragon boat racing has been included in one of the sports events long ago, so in daily life, dragon boat racing can also be done.

3. realgar wine

Drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival is also a special custom, because it is hot before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, and some insects and air quality will be affected to some extent at this time, so many people drink realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival to repel mosquitoes, while in ancient times, the ancients drank realgar wine to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.

Hanging mugwort and calamus

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people take planting Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus as one of the important contents. Every household should sweep the floor, put calamus and mugwort leaves on the door eyebrows and hang them in the hall. It is generally believed that wormwood has the function of exorcising evil spirits and attracting good fortune. It has become a custom to hang wormwood on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival. There is a custom of hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival all over the north and south. In the south, heaven and earth are regarded as pure yang, healthy qi and auspicious days to eliminate evil spirits and diseases, while in some places in the north, evil moons and evil days are regarded as evil spirits and drugs.

Wear a pouch

Wearing sachets is one of the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. Fragrant wings are usually filled with some fragrant Chinese herbal medicines, 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.

fly a kite

Flying a kite means flying a kite, which means "bad luck" and praying for good luck and prosperity. Generally, kites will draw auspicious patterns or characters, paste paper or silk on bamboo poles and other skeletons, and pull a long line on them, so that they can be lowered into the sky under the action of wind, belonging to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. Flying kites during the Dragon Boat Festival is also a custom in southern China. During the Dragon Boat Festival, children flying kites is called "disaster relief".

China people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival grandly, and there are various activities to celebrate it. The customs and habits of different regions will be different, but no matter how big the differences are, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival reflect people's most common wishes and yearning for a better life.