What festival is realgar wine to drink?

What festival is realgar wine to drink?

Drinking realgar wine is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival. Realgar wine, that is, white wine or yellow wine brewed from ground realgar, is a traditional drink of Dragon Boat Festival in China. Realgar needs to be dried, some from the first day of May to the fifth day of May. Realgar, as a traditional Chinese medicine, can be used as an antidote and insecticide.

What festival is realgar wine to drink?

The custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival was very popular in the ancient Yangtze River basin. As the saying goes, "drinking realgar wine will cure all diseases." Realgar is a mineral, commonly known as "Jiguanshi". Its main component is arsenic sulfide, which contains mercury and is toxic. The common realgar wine is made by adding a small amount of realgar to white wine or homemade yellow wine, and there is no pure drink.

Modern scientific research shows that external use of realgar wine is ok, but it is harmful to drink, so it must be used with caution.

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, people in Qu Yuan's hometown threw zongzi and salted eggs into the river to prevent the dragon from eating Qu Yuan's body. An old doctor brought an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that it could save the dragon and protect Qu Yuan. After a while, a dragon really floated on the water. So, people pulled the dragon ashore, lacing and peeling it, then wrapped the dragon tendon around the children's wrists and necks, and then wiped their seven orifices with realgar wine, thinking that this would protect the children from insects and snakes.

It is said that this is the origin of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival. Up to now, many places in China have the habit of drinking realgar wine.