What are the different customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in the north and south?

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in the ancient Chu State. People died because they didn't give up the sage Qu Yuan. They rowed boats to catch up with the rescue, rowing dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river and prevent the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. Since then, in wuyue and Chu, the custom of rowing dragon boats on the fifth day of May every year has been formed to commemorate Qu Yuan. As a well-deserved "hometown of dragon boats", the dragon boat race in Miluo is definitely a model of activities to commemorate Qu Yuan in the southern Dragon Boat Festival. Every year, local people spontaneously organize "Dragon Boat Race" activities. When a green signal flare broke through the sky, drums suddenly sounded on the river, paddled past, and the dragon boat left the string like an arrow, going upstream, the horn sounded loud and the dragon flag danced. Dragon boat, you chase after me, to outdo each other. The people watching the race on both sides of the strait are also in high spirits, cheering for the dragon boat players.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "the boat goes south and the horse goes north". There are dragon boat races in the south, and there is a custom of writing poems on willows in the north. In ancient times, whenever the Dragon Boat Festival came, the local government in the north would invite the literati in the city to ride horses to the suburbs for a feast and write poems in memory of Qu Yuan. This activity is called "stepping on willows". Until now, the custom of chanting poems on willow trees during the Dragon Boat Festival still exists in the north. In some places, large-scale patriotic poetry activities will be held on the Dragon Boat Festival, and everyone will get together to recite poems in memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Although there are different customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in the north and south due to regional differences, no matter where you are, everyone will commemorate their ancestors and feel the atmosphere of traditional festivals on the Dragon Boat Festival. Memories of the ancients and yearning for a better life will always be passed down from generation to generation like the Dragon Boat Festival.

In our traditional concept, a significant difference in food culture between the north and the south is "sweet in the south and salty in the north", but the north and south zongzi have broken through this barrier. There are salty zongzi in the south and sweet zongzi in the north.

Southern Zongzi has various shapes-triangle, torch, cone and square. The exquisite appearance first satisfies the appetite of foodies. South Zongzi is rich in fillings, comparable to jiaozi in the north, including fresh meat, ham, bacon and egg yolk. Salty taste is the main flavor of southern zongzi. If you eat a fresh meat and egg yolk zongzi in the morning, you will still feel unfinished after eating two.

People in Renye Fang like to eat zongzi, which is eaten with white sugar dipped in it. It is sweet and delicious. Usually, there is a steady supply of zongzi in the supermarket. On the Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of candied dates, red bean paste and sweet rice dumplings flooded the market overnight, and there were many choices.

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and I believe that the North-South Zongzi War will reappear. Almost every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, foodies in the north and south will argue endlessly on the Internet because of "sweet zongzi" or "meat zongzi". Netizens in the north said that the dumplings in the north are made of good glutinous rice, wrapped in peanuts and jujube, and accompanied by the fragrance of leaves. Southern netizens shouted: "Zongzi without meat is a cult!" The selected hind leg meat is full of chewiness. When the chopsticks are poked, the meat will come out from the poked hole. For the taste choice of zongzi, there is a huge difference between north and south. However, Bian Xiao believes that as a foodie, whether it is sweet or salty, you can eat it. The delicious zongzi has different personal preferences, as long as you are the most "zongzi".

In the south, every household will put calamus and moxa sticks on the lintel and hang them in the hall every Dragon Boat Festival. According to folklore experts, the custom of hanging moxa sticks and calamus in the southern Dragon Boat Festival is equivalent to setting off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits in the Spring Festival. In addition, the ancients also had the custom of wearing sachets. In Mawangdui, Changsha, many unearthed cultural relics revealed this information. The sachet is filled with cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk, and the fragrance is overflowing. In the past, residents along the Miluo River also had the custom of "grabbing dragon water". The villagers came to the Miluo River with buckets to fetch water. Whoever grabs the first bucket of water first will use this bucket of "dragon water" to wash his hair, and his hair will get better, and washing his face will achieve the effect of improving eyesight, and bathing his children will also exorcise evil spirits.

The northern Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of wearing Zhong Kui copper coins to ward off evil spirits, and now it is gradually replaced by the custom of children wearing a Chinese-style chest covering with five poisons. Wudu has a red belly pocket embroidered with five poisons: centipede, scorpion, toad, mouse and snake. It is said that it can drive away poison and evil spirits. Five-colored silk thread is also a way for northerners to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. Red, yellow, blue and green silk threads are intertwined and worn on wrists and ankles, which is beautiful and exquisite.

The three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday is coming, and many friends are worried about where to travel during the Dragon Boat Festival. After the Dragon Boat Festival folk custom PK, Bian Xiao will recommend several good places for the Dragon Boat Festival special tour, and you can also eat "Zongzi" during the small holiday.

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Dragon Boat Festival, I have to mention Zongzi. Do foodies who are used to eating sweet zongzi in the north dare to try delicious meat zongzi? The meat dumplings in Wufangzhai, Jiaxing, Zhejiang are well-known at home and abroad. It is not surprising that Jiaxing is the city of zongzi. Zongzi shops can be seen everywhere in he cheng market, and the air is filled with fragrant leaves. Urban sculptures in the street are also related to zongzi. Jiaxing is really full of zongzi.

Besides zongzi, another city card of Jiaxing is Nanhu. It is said that 14 poems were left after eight trips to the South Lake, and the scenery of the South Lake can be seen. The trip to South Lake starts from Yu Yan Tower and takes a ferry to the island in the middle of the lake. The famous Yu Yan Building stands in front of us. Climbing the stairs, we started our tour in pavilions and rockeries. The garden buildings here are simple and elegant, with winding stone roads and cloisters strung together. Cloisters and halls preserve the handwriting of literati in previous dynasties, such as Mi Fei and Su Shi. Yanyulou is a unique place with lakes and mountains. The sparkling lake is very wide and quiet in the noise of tourists. When it is foggy and rainy, strange feelings appear. In Nanhu, there is also an unheard-of waterside transaction: book boat. The boatman loaded the books onto the ship to sell. There is a cabin specially prepared for readers, with bookshelves on both sides and all kinds of books, with desks and wooden chairs in the middle for buyers to enjoy.

Go to Jiaxing during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, taste Wufangzhai meat dumplings and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the south lake and the south of the Yangtze River. Are you excited about this Dragon Boat Festival folk culture trip?

Looking at the dragon boat at the source of the Dragon Boat Festival

If you are not interested in meat dumplings, consider going to the source of the Dragon Boat Festival to enjoy the dragon boat race.

"Dongting 3,000 entered the East China Sea, and the dragon boat originated in Yueyang." If you want to see the original dragon boat race, it is natural that Yueyang Miluo River is indispensable. On May 5, 278 BC, Qu Yuan, who was exiled to the Miluo River, learned that the capital of Chu had been lost, so Huai Sha died in the river. In memory of this great patriotic poet, the custom of rowing dragon boats, eating zongzi, wearing sachets and inserting calamus has been passed down from generation to generation. There is a song about the Miluo River Dragon Boat, which goes like this: "The Chinese fir boat is slippery, and I will row the dragon boat with you. Row the dragon boat forward and catch Qu Yuan in the river. Dr San Lv is Qu Yuan. Zongzi was thrown into the deep water. Today, I have been fishing for two thousand years. " Dragon boat racing originated in Miluo River and then spread abroad. It is said that every year before the Dragon Boat Festival 1 month, local craftsmen have begun to make dragon boats for the Miluo River Dragon Boat Race. Moreover, the dragon boat race in Miluo still retains the tradition of offering sacrifices to Dr. Qu Yuan, who is patriotic and loyal to the monarch and the people. Every year before the fourth day of May, the dragon boat teams on both sides of the Miluo River will go to Quzi Temple to worship Qu Yuan, and then they can take part in the competition. This habit has continued, so that the original tradition is preserved every year during the Dragon Boat Festival.