What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Beijing

BeijingDuanwu Festival customs: eat zongzi, tie five-color silk thread, drink xionghuang wine race, dragon boat, hanging moxa leaves calamus.

1, eat zongzi

Zongzi as sacrificial offerings, as early as the Spring and Autumn period has appeared, but the zongzi was formally designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food, is in the Jin Dynasty, this period, the package of zongzi raw materials, in addition to glutinous rice, but also added the traditional Chinese medicine Yizhi Ren, boiled zongzi, said" Yizhi zongzi".

2, tethered five-color thread

Traditional Chinese culture, a symbol of the five sides of the five elements of the five colors "green, red, white, black, yellow" is regarded as an auspicious color. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children tie five-colored threads around their wrists and ankles to protect their health.

3, drink xionghuang wine

Duanwu drink xionghuang wine custom, ancient times in the Yangtze River Basin region is extremely prevalent. As the old saying goes, "If you drink Xionghuang wine, all the diseases will be far away".

4, Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat Racing is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important festivals of folklore activities, prevalent in the southern region of China, in the north of the city near the river and lake there are also Dragon Boat Racing Customs, and most of them are paddling dry Dragon Boat Dance in the form of dragon boats.

5, hanging moxa leaves calamus

Duanwu Festival hanging calamus is to allow those infested with snakes, insects, rodents and ants bypass. Acorus calamus, in folklore, has been known as "mosquito repellent little hand" title.