What are the customs of Fuzhou Dragon Boat Festival?

The customs of Fuzhou Dragon Boat Festival include picking lotus, piercing the belly, wearing sachets, hanging Aipu, drinking realgar wine, expelling five poisons/hanging Zhong Kui, letting off yellow smoke, making zongzi and running races.

First, picking lotus.

"Lotus picking" is to raise money for dragon boat racing. Every year from the end of April, "picking lotus" has become a top priority in rural areas. Each village, in groups of two, held high the dragon boat flag in their hometown and sang "Lotus Drum Picking" from door to door to raise funds.

Second, wear a belly.

The navel coat is just a bellybutton pocket. Wearing Chinese-style chest covering is one of the important dress customs of Han nationality. In the past, wearing abdomen clothes for adults and children could protect the important part of the human chest and abdomen from the cold. Adults also use "belly bags" to store money tickets in case they are stolen.

Third, wear sachets.

Children who send sachets to their families or relatives. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people dress their children in new Chinese corsets and summer clothes, and then hang a sachet around their waist, which is full of fragrance and conducive to ward off evil spirits.

Fourth, hang April.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people tied the leaves of Acorus calamus with red paper and hung them on the door to "poison gas". Acorus calamus leaves are as straight as swords. They are hung in the foyer, bedside and other places. Under the blade front, evil insects naturally dare not enter the house easily. Acorus calamus and Folium Artemisiae Argyi can also be used to bathe children after drying.

Five, drink realgar wine

Ancient Fujian people had the custom of drinking calamus wine on the Dragon Boat Festival. Acorus calamus wine can play a role in sterilization, health care and plague prevention. Later, realgar was added to form realgar wine

Six, drive five poisons/hanging Zhong Kui

Clothes and decorative cakes embroidered with the pattern of "Five Poisons" are used to drive them away. If you copy the image of Zhang Tianshi with yellow paper, draw a picture of "Five Poisons", hang it on the door and write "Shi Tianfu"; Print the Buddha statue of Pu 'an on yellow paper and stick it on the east wall or door fence, with the words "symbol of Pu 'an" written on it; Zhong Kui's "Ghost Catching Map" and "Sword Holding Bat Map" are hung in the hall.

Seven, put yellow smoke

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people set off yellow smoke on indoor walls and bed curtains, and the yellow gas gradually spread, killing poisonous spiders and harmful insects hiding in the cracks in the corner walls.

Eight, afternoon book

Afternoon book is a unique cultural activity of Fuzhou Dragon Boat Festival in the early years. Its form is quite similar to Spring Festival couplets, but its connotation is wider than Spring Festival couplets.

Nine, Bao jiaozi

Jiaozi is the traditional food of Dragon Boat Festival. There is a saying in Fuzhou called "hot _ cold zongzi". But zongzi should not be eaten more to prevent indigestion.

X. racial crossing

The folk dragon boat race in Fuzhou has a history of more than 2,000 years. The ancestors of Fujian and Yue nationalities were "used to water fights, easy to sail and go with the wind".