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Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in English with Translation

The Dragon Boat Festival has many customs, depending on the region and there are differences in the content or details of the customs. The main customs are: picking the dragon boat, eating rice dumplings, hanging moxa and calamus, gathering lunch, Dragon Boat Festival bath (bath orchid), paper kites, swinging, etc. In addition to these common customs, there are some unique customs in different regions. In addition to these common customs, there are some unique Dragon Boat Festival customs in different regions.

For example, tying a hundred rope, give incense fan, sun 100 days of ginger, hanging yellow kudzu vine, painting forehead, wear a scented bag, wear a long-life wisp, tie five-color line, picking medicines to make tea, standing eggs, martial arts, hitting the ball, dodge the Dragon Boat Festival, Pei Dou Niang, sticking the five poisons map, swimming in the dry dragon, rowing a boat of joy, playing the afternoon water, dipping in the water of the Dragon Boat, the Nine Lions to worship elephants, put the paper dragons, pointing the Ailoxylon, fumigation Cangzhu, robbing the green, the Mara slips, hanging Zhong Kui statue, tasting flowers banquet, and so on.

There are many customs of Dragon Boat Festival, but there are differences in content or details of Customs due to different regions. Customs mainly include: picking dragon boats,, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the first time in the history of the Dragon Boat Festival. mainly include: picking dragon boats, eating dumplings, hanging mugwort and calamus, luncheon, Dragon Boat Bath (Bath orchid), putting paper kites, swing and so on. Customs mainly include picking dragon boats, eating dumplings, hanging mugwort and calamus, luncheon, Dragon Boat Bath (Bath orchid), putting paper kites, swing and so on.

such as Baisao Zi, Xiangfan, sun-dried Bairijiang, hanging Huangpu vine, forehead painting, Pei Xiang bag, Pei Chang zhuang, tied to the five- color line, tea-picking, egg-picking, and so on. color line, tea-picking, egg-laying, martial arts, batting, hiding the Dragon Boat Festival, Pei Duan Niang, sticking five poisonous maps, drought dragon, boating, water-dipping in Dragon boats, nine lions.?

Elephant worship, paper dragon, moxa sticks, fumigating atractylodes, green robbery, marathon, hanging bell steamed buns, flower banquet, etc.

The Dragon Boat Festival is the first of its kind in China.