What are the customs and traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival has customs and traditions such as dragon boat races and wearing scented bags.

1, Dragon Boat Race

Dragon Boat Race is a multi-person collective paddle race, is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, is the ancient dragon totem festival rituals, is the legacy of custom also. Dragon boat racing customs everywhere, but especially in the Lingnan area with a variety of styles, in addition to the common "bucket standard" and "while the scene", there are a variety of forms. Duanwu grilled dragon boat is a form of folk belief in dragon worship, that is, the divine power of the dragon, pray for blessings and evil spirits.

2, Pei Xiangbao

Pei Xiangbao is one of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival customs, usually filled with some herbs, Danyang four-color line tie arm, and wear a scented capsule, small and delicate and can be seen. Dragon Boat Festival children wear scented sachets, legend has it that the meaning of the evil spirits to drive away the plague. Scented sachets for a variety of different shapes, knotted into a string, colorful, small and lovely, has become a common crafts. In some cities in southern China, young men and women also use scented pouches to express strong love. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice of dragons in the ancient times. Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon seven lodges soared in the center of the south, in the most "neutral" position throughout the year, the Dragon Boat Festival is the "dragon in the sky" auspicious day, the dragon and dragon boat culture has always been throughout the Dragon Boat Festival in the history of the inheritance.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese Character Cultural Circle. Legend has it that Qu Yuan, a poet of the State of Chu during the Warring States period, jumped into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to kill himself, and the Dragon Boat Festival has been regarded by later generations as a festival in honor of him, as well as in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao'e, and Jie Zitui, to name but a few. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, containing a profound and rich cultural connotation, and in the development of the inheritance of a variety of folklore into one.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat Festival