How much do you know about the customs of Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. In the hearts of many people in China, the Dragon Boat Festival is a special festival. On this day, we will eat zongzi and drink realgar wine, go to the river to watch the dragon boat race and hang wormwood at home. The custom of Dragon Boat Festival is different in different areas. "On May 5th, it was Duanyang; The door is full of incense; Eat zongzi and sprinkle sugar; Dragon boat sails happily. The catchy ballads are my deepest impression of the Dragon Boat Festival when I was a child. At school, I think the biggest advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival is that we can eat delicious food, but the teacher always asks us to write travel notes or other compositions about the Dragon Boat Festival. Later, I started to work, and the busy life made me feel that the value of any vacation is a vacation. Maybe when I retire, I will have a new understanding of the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain and it is midsummer in May. Its first afternoon is a sunny day to climb mountains in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional folk festivals in China. In September 2009, the Dragon Boat Festival became the first festival in China to be selected as a world non-cultural heritage. Dragon Boat Festival Customs When it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, the first thing we think of is eating zongzi and racing dragon boats, which seems to be the standard of the Dragon Boat Festival. Other common Dragon Boat Festival customs include hanging calamus leaves and drinking realgar wine. Wormwood and calamus have special fragrance, which can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and make the air fresh. The ancients believed that hanging wormwood and calamus had the function of exorcising evil spirits and preventing diseases. There is a folk proverb in China, which means that different places have different customs. China has a vast territory and rich natural resources. Besides eating zongzi and racing dragon boats, there are also regional differences in the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China. Minnan-"Wu Rui, Noon Salt" The whole state calls the Dragon Boat Festival "May Festival". Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Minnan people will hang five kinds of plants on the lintel: fig branches, mugwort leaves, calamus, willow branches and garlic, commonly known as "five relics". Most of these five plants are aromatic plants, which have a certain smell and can repel mosquitoes and insects. People also think that disasters can be eliminated. Stir-fry salt at noon. At about noon 12, put the tea leaves and a little salt in the pot and stir-fry until the color turns black, and wrap it while it is hot. Accidental gastrointestinal diseases can be brewed with salt at noon. This folk custom is also found in eastern Guangdong and southern Zhejiang. Chaoshan area-"Zhizong" is greatly influenced by Minnan culture, and Chaoshan people also call the Dragon Boat Festival "May Festival". There is a saying in Chaoshan area called "When you go on a diet _". This means that food is different in different seasons. On the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a special kind of zongzi in Chaoshan called Zhi Zongzi, also called Zhi _. It is made of mashed gardenia and glutinous rice pulp, and there are many processes. Cut gardenia _ You can't use props, you can only cut it into small pieces with a circle of yarn. Gardenia _ slightly bitter, often dipped in sugar, fragrant and refreshing, with the effect of digestion and hemostasis. Qiongzhou area-In addition to the customs of dragon boat racing and eating zongzi like Chinese mainland, the customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Qiongzhou area also include dragon water washing and herbal bathing. Dragon water refers to the water in the river of dragon boat race. Many people smoke thick wormwood incense at home and hang wormwood at home to drive away mosquitoes. At night, people will bathe in boiling water with wormwood at home. Just like in ancient times, people would regard wormwood with special fragrance as an auspicious plant and pray for good health and get rid of bad luck by bathing. Xiangxi area-"salted duck eggs" are in Xiangxi, and salted duck eggs are eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. As the saying goes, "Eating salted eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival will ruin your feet", which means that eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival can strengthen your legs and feet, and even stones can be crushed. In addition to duck eggs, Xiangxi people also eat ducks during the Dragon Boat Festival. Aquatic plants grow best from Qingming to Dragon Boat Festival. Aquatic plants are one of the main foods for water ducks, and ducks are also the fattest during Dragon Boat Festival. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, cooking ducks and garlic together has become a common delicacy in western Hunan. Jiangnan area-"hanging eggs, painting the forehead" Xiangxi eats duck eggs, and Jiangnan area has "hanging eggs". It is generally believed that eating eggs can replenish the spirit of the soul, so some parents will cook an egg or duck egg with a net bag and put it on their children's chest during the Dragon Boat Festival, which means praying for peace. Painting forehead is also a common custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan area. Men dressed in Zhong Kui will draw the word "Wang" on their children's foreheads with realgar wine, symbolizing tigers, which can protect children from diseases and evils and grow up healthily. Jiaodong area-"Long-lived jack-o'-lantern, eat five children" Jiaodong area Dragon Boat Festival will tie five-color lines on children's wrists. The five-color line is also called the longevity thread. Children are forbidden to talk when tying ropes, and the five-color thread should not be discarded at will. It can only be thrown into the water conservancy during the first heavy rain in summer or the first bath, which means to wash away the disease in the water. Jiaozi (Godson), garlic (symbol), zongzi (seed), chicken (ji zi) and wormwood (good son) are the foods that Jiaodong people must eat during the Dragon Boat Festival. Because all five kinds of food have the word "zi", Jiaodong Dragon Boat Festival is also called "five sons enter the house". Gannan area-"Fighting for strength to send fans" In Gannan, Jiangxi Province, the custom of dragon boat race and draft mat spread during the Dragon Boat Festival. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, a strong man was selected to participate in the training and participate in the dragon boat race on behalf of the village. There will also be running water seats in the village, which can be attended by men, women and children, and all kinds of farm dishes for you to eat and drink. It is also the custom of Jiangxi Dragon Boat Festival to send fans in a hat. During the Dragon Boat Festival, two strong young men hold the pole with their palms at one end of the pole. The daughter will send fans to her mother to show filial piety. Huaibei area-"Dragon Boat Tea" has a long-standing folk custom in Huaibei, Anhui Province, which is Dragon Boat Tea. Dragon Boat Festival tea is fried with Chinese herbal medicine. The real Dragon Boat Festival tea should be picked before the sun rises on the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival tea is washed with clear water, cut with scissors, steamed in water, dried in the sun, and then fried. The prepared Dragon Boat Festival tea can be brewed with boiling water for drinking. Because the materials are mostly Chinese herbal medicines, they can be divided into black tea and green tea according to the materials. Dragon Boat Festival tea also has the effects of clearing heat, invigorating qi and benefiting blood. Jingchu area-"Bathing in the Sunshine" It is said that Qu Yuan's hometown is Zigui, Chu, which is now Yichang, Hubei. In many places in Hubei, the Dragon Boat Festival is even more grand than the Chinese New Year. The Dragon Boat Festival is called Duanyang, and there are three "Dragon Boat Festival" in a year. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, there is a "head-end Yang", a "middle-end Yang" on May 15th and a "end Yang" on May 25th. Jingzhou area, in addition to the dragon boat race, there are phoenix boats; There will be a custom activity to welcome Nuo people in Huanggang on Dragon Boat Festival. In Zigui County, Yichang, the food that is often eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival is actually Baba. You should put water in the sun to bathe your children. Bent nuts are also celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival. Don't think that China has the Dragon Boat Festival, and other countries also have it. Most of their Dragon Boat Festival was influenced by the Dragon Boat Festival in China, and then gradually integrated into the local characteristics to form the Dragon Boat Festival, and some of them had nothing to do with the Dragon Boat Festival in China. The Dragon Boat Festival in Korea is different from that in China. Gangneung danoje festival, South Korea is not a festival at a certain time, but a ritual activity lasting more than 20 days, which is one of the well-preserved traditional customs in South Korea. There are many folk activities, celebrations, night activities, artistic activities, etc., besides the designated ceremonies, parades to meet the gods, witch sacrifices, official and slave masquerades and ballads. In 2005, gangneung danoje festival was included in the oral and intangible heritage of mankind. Japan The Dragon Boat Festival in Japan was introduced from China. In Japanese, "Acorus calamus" and "martial arts" are homophonic, so the Dragon Boat Festival has gradually become a festival for boys. The custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan is to eat zongzi and put up a carp flag (that is, the carp flag floating on the house in Doraemon). The carp flag is a hollow carp made of cloth or silk. It is divided into three colors: black for father, red for mother and blue for boy. In the eyes of the Japanese, carp is a symbol of strength and courage, and it also expresses parents' hope that their children can be as brave and strong as warriors. In the United States, the Dragon Boat Festival held in Boston has gradually evolved into a traditional custom since the 1980s. Nowadays, the dragon boat race in China has gradually penetrated into the lives of some Americans and become one of the fastest-growing sports and entertainment projects in the United States. The Dragon Boat Festival in Vietnam is also on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The main customs of Dragon Boat Festival are wearing colorful auspicious symbols and eating zongzi. Vietnamese zongzi is different from our traditional zongzi. China's zongzi are mostly prismatic, with bamboo leaves wrapped in a solid diamond shape, while Vietnamese zongzi are wrapped in banana leaves, with square and strip shapes.