How to braid the Dragon Boat Festival colorful rope

Duanwu colorful rope braiding method is as follows:

1, first 80 cm red line folded in half, forming a grommet. Then the other 7 lines, with this red line as the axis, centered, in turn, braided two-way flat knot.

2. Take the topmost red thread, fold it down, and at the bottom of all the color arrangements, use the center red thread as the axis and weave a two-way flat knot.

3, then the top of the orange folded down at the bottom of a two-way flat knot, the other colors in order so weave.

4. Repeat the previous steps until you reach the right length.

5. After weaving a two-way flat knot, keep the middle axis, cut off all the other colored threads and burn them gently with a lighter, and press them to finish.

6, the red line from the top of the buttonhole through, and then the end of each rope braided phoenix tail knot, decorative.

Duanwu Festival customs:

1, eat zongzi: zongzi as sacrificial offerings, as early as the Spring and Autumn period has appeared, but the zongzi was formally designated as a Dragon Boat Festival food, is in the Jin Dynasty, this period, the package of zongzi raw materials, in addition to glutinous rice, but also added the traditional Chinese medicine Yizhi Ren, boiled zongzi, said" Yizhi zongzi".

2, tethered five-color thread: traditional Chinese culture, the five colors symbolizing the five elements of the five parties "green, red, white, black, yellow" is regarded as an auspicious color. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children tie five-colored threads around their wrists and ankles to ensure their well-being.

3, drink xionghuang wine: Dragon Boat Festival drink xionghuang wine custom, ancient times in the Yangtze River basin region is extremely popular. As the old saying goes, "Drink Xionghuang wine, and the demons are far away".