About Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan

When I was a child, the adults in the village called me a lawless little naughty boy. Do enough to make you laugh.

There are still a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival. My family will cook for a while, sweep the floor for a while, and prepare materials for wrapping palm seeds for a while. They are too busy to breathe. And I, a naughty little boy, laughed at the side. When the adults saw the sigh, they all said, "Alas, there is nothing they can do about her." The days slipped away when I was skipping. In a blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived, and the family took out reed leaves that had already been prepared, cooked them in a pot and began to make zongzi. I, on the other hand, play by and hear laughter from time to time. Nothing escapes my watery eyes, doesn't it? I turned around and saw them making zongzi, talking and laughing. I thought, why not join in the fun! ? So, I walked and ran, squatted by the basin and put my little hand into the green water in the basin. Wow, how comfortable! Touch me like a mother's hand. Later, I played more and more vigorously, threw the "elf" out of the basin and shouted "It's raining, it's raining." The adults looked embarrassed on their grim faces and said, "Xiaxia, stop, or I'll spank you." And I am stubborn, I just ignore his words and continue my game. Now I annoyed him. His slap on my smooth face made me blush like an apple. Bang, a drop of crystal tears fell down. Then I covered my face and ran out. My family has been looking for me all day, and I am in a hurry. In fact, I hid in the haystack next to my home and secretly shed tears. In the evening, my family asked me if it hurt. I shook my head again and again. At first, I hated them a little. Now that I think about it, my dissatisfaction with them has completely disappeared, but I am still very happy because I know that they still love me.

Childhood events make me happy, unforgettable and unforgettable. It left a good memory in my memory door. How do I make zongzi? I asked my mother, oh, it turned out to be like this: after soaking the glutinous rice for seven or eight hours, I began to wash the glutinous rice constantly. I can add some raisins after washing the dates.

Boil the bought zongzi leaves in the pot for fifteen minutes, then take them out and cool them thoroughly, and get ready for skewers.

Roll the glutinous rice leaves into triangles by hand, then put the glutinous rice in half, and then add dates and raisins. You can decide how much you want. If you want to taste delicious, you can put more, not necessarily in the middle. You can put some first and then glutinous rice. Then put the glutinous rice on it, as long as it is flat. Then began to wrap the glutinous rice leaves according to the edges and corners, then wrapped them tightly with a rope, wrapped them several times, and tied the hooks to the pot.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

During the Warring States period, Chu and Qin fought for hegemony, and the poet Qu Yuan was highly valued by the King of Chu. However, Qu Yuan's ideas were opposed by the old school headed by the above officials, doctors and Shanxi merchants, and he constantly vilified Qu Yuan in front of Chu Huaiwang. Chu Huaiwang gradually alienated Qu Yuan, and Qu Yuan, who had great ambitions, was deeply distressed. With uncontrollable sadness and indignation, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao and Tianxiang.

In 229 BC, the State of Qin captured eight cities of Chu, and then sent envoys to invite Chu Huaiwang to make peace with the State of Qin. Qu yuan saw through the plot of the king of Qin and risked his life to enter the palace to state his interests. Chu Huaiwang did not listen, but expelled Qu Yuan from the capital. Chu Huaiwang attended the meeting as scheduled and was imprisoned as soon as he arrived in Qin. Chu Huaiwang was filled with remorse and died in the state of Qin three years later. Shortly after the King of Chu ascended the throne, the King of Qin sent troops to attack the State of Chu. The King of Chu retreated hastily and Qin Jun captured Ying City. On the way to exile, Qu Yuan heard the bad news of sudden death and the attack on Tancheng, but he was so desperate that he sighed and jumped into the turbulent Guluo River.

Fishermen on the river and people on the shore heard that Dr. Qu Yuan threw himself into the river and came to the river to salvage Qu Yuan's body. They brought zongzi and eggs into the river one after another, and some of them poured realgar wine into the king, so that the medicine could make the dragon and the water beast unconscious and prevent Qu Yuan from being hurt.

Since then, every year at the beginning of May-Quyuan was martyred in the river, the people of Chu all went to the river to row dragon boats and throw zongzi to commemorate this great patriotic poet, and the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival was thus handed down.

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China. Also called Duanjie, Pujie, Chongwu Festival, Duanyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Tianchang Festival, May Festival, Nuwa Festival and Dragon Boat Festival.

Divided into festivals, poets' day, daughters' day, dolls' day and Dragon Boat Festival. Sachet Festival, Mulan Festival, White Appreciation Festival, jiaozi Festival and jiaozi Festival are on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (only warm).

In order to commemorate the imprisonment of Liu Jing, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, the county is scheduled for the fourth day of May, and there are two kinds of "Little Duanyang" (the fifth day of May) and "Big Duanyang" (the fifteenth day of May).

According to the records of local customs in Jin and Zhou Dynasties, "the end is the beginning." That is, on the fifth day of each month, the birthday of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was the fifth day of August, and the prime ministers at that time were striving for it.

The good emperor avoided the word "five", so he changed "Dragon Boat Festival" to "Dragon Boat Festival". The significance of this change is more clear. In ancient times, the earth supported the moon, and the first month built the yin.

The month is Mao, and May is "noon" in turn, so the Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of May.

There are many legends about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, the main ones are:

(1) The proverb is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a poet in the receiving country. According to Tang Wenxiu's "Dragon Boat Festival Poetry", "Who said that the festival is the Dragon Boat Festival?" Throughout the ages, it has been rumored that it is Qu Yuan, which makes you laugh.

The river is so empty that it can't be washed straight. "

(2) to commemorate the heroes of all ethnic groups. This includes Wu Zixu who avenged his father. In order to train the navy, the dragon boat race was created.

Gou Jian, the King of Yue, a far-reaching general in the western regions and a famous imperial historian, an admonisher who opposed usurpation of power, a filial daughter who threw herself into the river as her father, and Bai Jie, an unyielding Dali Bai.

Madam, Yan Hongpei, a brave Dai prince in Xishuangbanna, Bao Er, a Miao dragon slayer, Lotus, a Tibetan girl who picks flowers to treat diseases, and Zhong Kui, a ghost catcher at the end of the year,

The snake demon white loyal to love

Ma 'am, wait.

③ Plant worship in primitive religion. For example, The Book of Songs. In Daejeon, there are records of "enjoying sacrifices with millet" and "at the end of midsummer" in Local Habits Records.

In the afternoon, I cooked the record of corn millet (Zongzi girl).

④ Blue Bath Theory in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Taoism regards the fifth day of the fifth lunar month as "ground wax", which is a day to bathe in fragrant fields, dispel miasma and pay homage to ancestors to ensure peace.

⑤ Totem Sacrifice Theory of Ancient wuyue Nationalities. Wuyue's ancestors cut off their tattoos and called themselves "sons of dragons". On the Dragon Boat Festival, they will race dragon boats and throw zongzi to entertain the gods.

Seeking tribal prosperity, as mentioned above, the coexistence of dragons and gangs is inconclusive.

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

(1) Avoid evil and poison. The ancients thought that May was an "evil month", and "Yin and Yang contended and blood gas dispersed". Han Chinese Ying Shaolian said "Yes"

On the fifth day after giving birth, the male harms the father and the female harms the mother. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a custom of avoiding evil spirits and removing poison in the Dragon Boat Festival. "Xia" advocates "collecting and collecting fairy medicine" and "the later Han Dynasty"

The book advocates that "Zhu Suo's five-color willow peach is printed as a portal decoration to stop evil spirits", and Jingchu Chunqiu Biography also affirms that "Ai is a human being, hanging on the portal and using poison gas"

Clinic. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival in later generations is composed of many customs and eating customs (such as hanging portraits of Zhong Kui, posting noon symbols, collecting toad venom and herbs, hanging calamus and wormwood,

Pomegranate flower, garlic, dragon boat flower. Eliminate five poisons such as scorpions, poisonous snakes, geckos, toads and centipedes; Drink realgar wine, cinnabar wine and calamus wine, and treat children with Xiong Tu.

Yellow, wearing sachets, hanging medicine bags and tying colored silk, giving vermicelli and mugelan soup; Travel to avoid disasters and drink in the open air; Dragon boat race; Tournament; Eat salted eggs and zongzi and drink turtle meat.

Soup, etc. ), all from the purpose of avoiding ghosts, removing sores, stopping diseases and strengthening the body. In this sense, the Dragon Boat Festival should be a place for disease prevention and health preservation.

A healthy festival.

In order to make it more interesting, it also incorporates blessings, Najib, games, hiking, competitions, food and other contents in the process of inheritance, making it look dazzling.

Yinghuafen

Wear.

More importantly, many banquets on the Dragon Boat Festival are named after drugs or evil spirits, such as "Ai Ren Yan" and "Wulin" recorded in "Dream of China in Tokyo".

The Dragon Boat Festival banquet, the banquet of Acorus calamus recorded in "Old Events" and the banquet of festivals recorded in "Celebrating Drinking Book" can all be regarded as the Dragon Boat Festival.

Evidence of evil.

There are different customs around the Dragon Boat Festival. The most popular is the dragon boat race, also called dragon boat race. Legend has it that it was to save Qu Yuan from drowning. Other activities include

Insert moxa sticks, stickers, wall charts, etc.