What are the ancient poems against epidemic at Dragon Boat Festival

Song Dynasty: Lu You

, the fifth day of the Dragon Boat Festival is a good day in the mountain villages, and the pomegranate blossoms have suddenly become more and more frequent.

The dumplings are wrapped in two buns, and the mugwort is wrapped around the crown.

The old custom is to store medicine, and the weak body also points Dan.

When I finish my work at the end of the day, I smile at the cup and saucer.

This poem describes the habits of the Southern Song Dynasty on the Dragon Boat Festival. The writer ate the two-cornered dumplings and inserted the moxa sticks on the high crown. Still customary, and busy storing medicine, matching prescription, in order to be safe and disease-free this year. At night, he was physically and mentally happy to drink wine. From this can be reflected, Jiangnan Dragon Boat Festival customs, both to commemorate the meaning of Qu Yuan, but also the content of health care.