Research report on people's knowledge of the history of the Dragon Boat Festival

In our lives, there are many festivals: Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming Festival, Lantern Festival and so on, behind each festival, there are many customs, for example: Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings, wear scented pouches, food "five yellow" to avoid "five poison" and so on. "and so on, that so many interesting customs have what meaning? Dragon Boat Festival and what aliases? How to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival abroad? Next, began my little survey.

Two, the investigation method

1. By asking parents and elders, friends and relatives, to learn more about the knowledge of the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Use the Internet to search for "Dragon Boat Festival aliases, the meaning behind the custom, how to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival around the world" related information, and organize the information.

3. Read books about Dragon Boat Festival and find out what you need to know.

Third, the investigation and information organization

Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival customs: eating zongzi - this is to commemorate the Qu Yuan, Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, the people in order to make the river fish do not eat Qu Yuan's body, specially packaged zongzi into the river to feed the fish. After the evolution of eating rice dumplings.

Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival customs: Pei Xiangbao - Dragon Boat Festival children Pei Xiangbao, not only to ward off evil spirits to drive away the plague, but also the lapel head embellishment of the wind. Scented sachet inside the cinnabar, andrographis, incense medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, fragrant, and then five-color silk string buckle into a rope, for a variety of different shapes, knotted into a string, colorful, delicate and eye-catching.

Duanwu alias: heavy five festival - May 5, the date of the month are five, so called "heavy five".

Duanwu alias: Tianzhong Festival - the precise moment of this festival is the noon of the afternoon, the sun is in the middle of the sky, the sun reaches its extreme point, so this day is called "Tianzhong Festival".

Alternative name for Dragon Boat Festival: May Festival - Dragon Boat Festival is the biggest festival in the month of May, so it is also called May Festival.

Japanese Dragon Boat Festival: Japan's main Dragon Boat Festival custom is to eat rice dumplings and cypress leaf cake. In some areas, calamus and mugwort are inserted in the eaves or placed on the roof. Some areas drink calamus wine, bath with calamus water. Traditionally, Japanese baths cut calamus into pieces and put them in the pool at the Dragon Boat Festival. All these are basically the same as the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival customs. On May 5 in Kagoshima, mothers carry little girls under one year of age out to dance a circle dance called "young girl festival" outside. This is similar to the custom of bringing children to their grandmothers' homes to "hide from the Dragon Boat Festival", which is common in China's north and south.

Four, the conclusion

Our Chinese traditional festivals are actually very interesting, but we are always busy with foreign festivals, and ignored the traditional festivals of their own countries. Just like the Dragon Boat Festival, we also have to hang the statue of Zhong Kui and race dragon boats, which are some very worthwhile customs to experience. The Dragon Boat Festival has an ancient history in China, and whenever it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, we should go through the festival properly and seriously. We just need to carefully explore a traditional festival, there will be a great harvest, I feel so, today I know the Dragon Boat Festival, understand the Dragon Boat Festival, it is so interesting!