Fuzhou traditional folk composition 600 words

Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular traditional festival in China. There are many different customs and habits all over the country to celebrate this festival. Everyone prays for peace and security in various ways to avoid evil spirits.

Anhui province

Hefei, Anhui: inserting wormwood to attract wealth and ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival.

When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, citizens in Hefei, Anhui Province, according to traditional customs, bought wormwood and put it on the door to attract blessings and drive away evil spirits. In a vegetable market on Huaihe Road in Hefei, a lady bought some sticks of wormwood and was going home to cook. She said that according to tradition, wormwood should be hung on the door to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. On the roadside of Hefei Chenghuangmiao Market, Uncle Wang, who lives in the suburbs, pushes a tricycle to sell wormwood. His wormwood was collected from a nearby mountain, and several branches and other grass leaves were tied into a neat bundle to sell, four bundles of which cost one yuan. Wormwood gives off a special fragrance, and people come forward to buy it from time to time.

Wormwood is a perennial herb with alternate leaves, deep pinnate, green surface, thick white hairs on the leaves and special fragrance on the stems and leaves. In ancient China, wormwood was used as medicine. The moxibustion method of acupuncture was to put wormwood on the acupoint and cauterize it to treat diseases. Therefore, the ancients believed that wormwood could attract wealth and ward off evil spirits. It is recorded in an ancient book in China: "When chickens don't crow, people who collect wormwood like humans take it and use moxibustion to collect it, and the effect is very good. It is the day when Ai Cai became a human and hung on the door, which can poison gas. " In ancient times, it was thought that after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather began to get hot, mosquitoes bred, and infectious diseases were prone to occur. So on this day, five kinds of plants, such as Acorus calamus, wormwood, pomegranate flower, garlic and Shandan, were used to drive away all kinds of poisons.

Shexian County, Anhui Province: Jumping the door to catch ghosts during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Shexian County, located in the south of Anhui Province, not only has the customs of eating zongzi, hanging wormwood and dancing dragon boats every year, but also has a unique Zhong Kui dance to catch ghosts. Zhong Kui kids hold signs of "Zhong Jinshi's Tour", "Silence" and "Avoidance", Zhong Kui holds a sword and an umbrella, and kids hold wine bowls and other folk performances.

It is understood that Zhong Kui dancing is one of the folk ways to ward off evil spirits. In the past, many villages in Shexian performed Zhong Kui on the Dragon Boat Festival. Zhong Kui's tour is limited to his own village, and he has to visit the intersection of the village head and the street to show the thoroughness of exorcism. Those who are prepared to pick up Zhong Kui in advance will set off firecrackers to cheer Zhong Kui up and pray for exorcism. Amid firecrackers, there was dust everywhere and the atmosphere was dignified. According to some data, in the works of China poets in the Qing Dynasty, there are poems chanting Zhong Kui during the Dragon Boat Festival. Perhaps it is because the weather is hot and humid at this time, many people are sick, and the plague is easy to spread, so please come to Zhong Kui to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts.

Hebei Province

Avoid drilling wells during the Dragon Boat Festival, and often pre-pump before the festival. It is said to avoid well poisoning. On Dragon Boat Festival, street vendors also sell cherry mulberries. It is said that they eat cherry mulberries on the Dragon Boat Festival and don't eat flies by mistake all year round.

Shandong and Northeast China

Have a drink early in the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that it can ward off evil spirits. Rizhao Dragon Boat Festival wraps five-color lines around children, and they have to wear them to the first rain after the festival before they are untied and thrown into the rain.

Shanxi

On the Dragon Boat Festival, men and women wear mugwort leaves, which is called "getting rid of diseases", and children tie a hundred ropes around their necks. It is said that this is "tying dragons for Qu Yuan".

Jiangsu Province

On the Dragon Boat Festival, no matter how rich or poor, everyone should buy grouper (commonly known as mandarin fish) to cook. There is also a saying called "when pants, buy yellow croaker". On the Dragon Boat Festival in Nanjing, the family used a box of clear water, with a little realgar, two goose eyes and a topaz. The whole family washes their eyes with this kind of water, which is called "breaking the eyes of fire". It is said that it can protect them from eye diseases for a year.

Sichuan Province

There is a custom of "going out on the Dragon Boat Festival". Four people use two bamboo poles to lift the wide table covered with red carpet. A Taoist priest riding a tiger weaves bamboo sticks on the carpet. Beating gongs and drums, marching in the street. In ancient times, there was a custom of "typing" on the Dragon Boat Festival in western Sichuan. On that day, Chengdu people bought plums and threw them in the southeast corner of the city, attracting tens of thousands of spectators.

Guangdong

Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, many parents have the habit of taking their children to the river to soak in "dragon boat water" in order to pray for their children's good health and grow up quickly.

Taiwan Province Province, China

On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household also has the custom of playing "noon water". Noon water refers to the water that is drilled at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that the water used to make tea and wine at noon is particularly mellow, and drinking raw water even has a miraculous effect on treating diseases. There is a proverb: "Wash your eyes at noon, and you will be as bright as a bird." He also said, "It is better to take a sip of water at noon and take tonic for three years."

Yunnan province

People there celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and eat peanuts, peaches and plums. But the meaning of these foods is different from that of southerners. Eating peanuts represents longevity, and eating plums symbolizes offspring reproduction. Some people think it can prevent heatstroke.

Zhejiang Province

I am used to eating zongzi and bump into cooked duck eggs.

universal

Lifting gourds: It is a traditional custom to lift gourds during the Dragon Boat Festival. Children and adults wear a gourd to ward off evil spirits. Wearing the gourd of "Fulu" in traditional culture can turn hostility into friendship and enhance the atmosphere of happiness.

Of course, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, wearing sachets and racing dragon boats are more common, which are very popular customs in the Dragon Boat Festival.