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Nanping Zhuanglang Dragon Boat Festival Composition

Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival "On May 5th, it is Duanyang. The door is full of incense. Eat zongzi and sprinkle sugar. The dragon boat is in the water. " This folk song is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China. Among the traditional festivals in China, the name of the Dragon Boat Festival is the most, with more than 20 names, such as: Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zongzi Festival, Dila Festival, Poet's Festival ... The most important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are eating zongzi and racing dragon boats. According to legend, these folk activities are to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet more than 2,200 years ago. After Quyuan jumped into the river, the local people immediately rowed for help when they heard the news. They also put zongzi into the river to feed fish and shrimp to avoid eating Qu Yuan's body. Until now, it has also formed the custom of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival. Every Dragon Boat Festival, my mother will make colorful threads with five colors for me to wear on my wrist, ankle and neck, which means avoiding disasters, getting rid of diseases and keeping healthy. There are many customs in the Dragon Boat Festival, such as painting door symbols, eating Huang Wu, wearing sachets and hanging wormwood. How's it going? Is our traditional culture in China profound and colorful?