The Origin of Drinking Yellow Rice Wine on Dragon Boat Festival

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, an old man brought an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that it could curb the dragon and prevent it from eating Qu Yuan's body. Later, people put realgar wine on the seven orifices on the Dragon Boat Festival, thinking that they could protect themselves from snakes, insects, rats and ants. Over time, the custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival has been formed.

Realgar wine is a kind of white wine or yellow wine brewed from ground realgar, and it is a drink of Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival in China.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will pour realgar into wine to drink, and apply realgar wine to children's ears, nose, forehead, hands and feet, hoping to protect children from snakes and insects.

In addition to the custom of drinking realgar wine, there are also customs such as hanging wormwood, soaking in dragon boat water, tying five-color silk thread to ward off evil spirits, washing herbal water and smoking Atractylodes rhizome to prevent diseases.