Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, mentioned the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to dumplings, what else will you think of?

A Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, also known as the Duan Yang Festival, May Festival, the Festival of the fifth day of the month, was originally a summer festival to drive away the plague. Later it became a festival in honor of Qu Yuan, the reason is that Qu Yuan loved Chu, by which to memorialize the noble feelings of the Chinese nation.

But there are exceptions, the East Wu area traditionally does not commemorate Qu Yuan, but rather commemorates Wu Zixu, who was thrown into the river on the 5th of May.

Second, the previous Dragon Boat Festival is not a holiday

? After the opening up, what Christmas and other foreign festivals, in China in a big way, the state later arranged a holiday, naturally, in order to promote the nation's excellent traditional culture, to promote the spirit of patriotism!

Third, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to eating dumplings, what else will come to mind?

1, Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat Racing, is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in ancient times when many people in Chu could not bear to see Qu Yuan, a wise minister, throw himself into the river to die, and many people chased after him in boats to save him. They scrambled and chased to Dongting Lake when they disappeared. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. The dragon boat is used to disperse the fish in the river, so that the fish will not eat Qu Yuan's body.

2, wear a scented bag

Children wear a scented bag, there is to ward off evil spirits and drive away the plague.

3, insert moxa, calamus

The folk proverb says: "Ching Ming insert willow, Dragon Boat Festival insert moxa". In the Dragon Boat Festival, families have to clean the courtyard, to calamus, moxa inserted in the door eyebrow, hanging in the hall.

4, hang Zhong Kui statue

Zhong Kui catch ghosts, is the Dragon Boat Festival custom. In the Jianghuai area, every family hangs the Zhong Kui statue to suppress the house and drive away evil spirits.

5, hanging purse and bolted five-color thread

Festival morning, adults get up the first thing is the first big thing is in the children's wrists, ankles, neck tethered to the five-color thread. When tying the threads, children are forbidden to speak. Five-color line can not be arbitrarily broken or discarded, only in the first summer rain or the first bath, thrown into the river. It is said that children wearing the five-color thread can avoid the harm of snakes and scorpions; thrown into the river, it means that the river will let the plague and disease wash away, and the children can thus keep well.

6, drink Xionghuang wine:

It is very popular in the Yangtze River basin area of the family. Xionghuang is also a kind of medicinal herb, which is said to be able to kill all poisons. So during the Dragon Boat Festival, people in Shaanxi would soak Xionghuang in wine and smear it on children's ears, noses, heads, wrists, ankles, etc. It is said that this practice can keep mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, spiders, etc. from getting into their bodies.

In addition, there are also lavender Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, is also the purpose of repelling insects and pests.