What are the Dragon Boat Festival customs in Hangzhou? The first is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you want to do with your life!

Hangzhou: "five yellow" transit

Talking about the Dragon Boat Festival in Hangzhou, the story of the White Lady drinking Xionghuang wine prepared by Xu Xian at the Dragon Boat Festival is familiar. Xionghuang wine is the old Hangzhou people in the Dragon Boat Festival must eat "five yellow" one.

In Chinese medicine theory, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival is the day of the year when Yang Qi is at its peak, so the Dragon Boat Festival has become the best time for people to drive away evil spirits and prevent illnesses.

At noon on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is the time of the day when Yang Qi is at its peak, the old Hangzhou people would eat a meal of "five yellows", which are yellow fish, cucumber, eel, salted duck eggs, and xionghuang wine. The old Hangzhou people hope to use the Dragon Boat Festival to make their own luck, everything goes well.

Older members of the family would also dip their fingers in xionghuang wine and write the word "Wang" on their children's foreheads to sterilize them from disease and keep insects from stinging them.

In the hot climate of the Dragon Boat Festival, Xixi Wetland, Feilai Peak, are a good place to avoid the summer heat. In the breeze of the evening, walking around the West Lake, looking at the distant Leifeng Pagoda lights flashing, but also a good way to seek inner peace.