The fragrance of rice dumplings leaves may 5 strong feelings for the dragon boat festival and a total well-being


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2023-06-21

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The fragrance of rice dumplings leaves may 5 strong feelings for the dragon boat festival and a total well-being

 

Dragon Boat Festival

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The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

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The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and its origin has many opinions. The most widely accepted statement is to commemorate Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a loyal minister of the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He was framed and exiled by corrupt officials because he was worried about the country and the people. In the end, he threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May. In order to commemorate him, people rowed dragon boats and ate zongzi on this day to express their nostalgia for him. In addition, there are other sayings, such as commemorating Wu Zixu and evading evil moon and evil day.

 

 

 

Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

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Dragon Boat Race

 

Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that in ancient times, the state of Chu died because he could not bear to throw his virtuous minister Qu Yuan into the river. Many people rowed boats to catch up and save him. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate Qu Yuan.


Nowadays, dragon boat racing has become one of the most important folk activities of Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boating has a long history and has been circulated since ancient times as a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment project. It is mostly held on festive festivals and is a collective paddle competition for many people.

 

 

 

 

eat zongzi

      Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, in order not to damage his body with fish and shrimp, people put rice into the river with bamboo tubes. Since then, in order to show respect and nostalgia for Qu Yuan, on this day, people will use bamboo tubes to pack rice and throw them into the river to pay homage. This is the origin of my country's earliest zongzi "tube zongzi.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It has a long history and has many tricks. Zongsi was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

 

 

 

 

Hanging sachronto

   

     The Dragon Boat Festival sachet is also called sachet, sachet, purse, etc. It is wrapped with five-color silk thread and contains Chinese herbal medicine and spices. Its production technology has become a national intangible cultural heritage. Now it has become a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival.

 

 

 

 

tie colorful rope

     

     When the children woke up on the Dragon Boat Festival, their wrists and ankles were already tied with "five-colored ropes" made of colorful silk thread. Adults said that if they were tied, all diseases would not invade. The first rain after the Dragon Boat Festival, and then cut off the five-color rope, let the rain wash away, the disease will be taken away.

With regard to the five-color thread, the customs of various places are similar. Some are made of five-color silk knots, or hung on the head of the door, or worn on the neck of the child, or tied on the arm of the child, or hung on the bed, cradle, etc. It is said that it can avoid disasters and eliminate diseases, bless health, prolong life and prolong life.

 

 

 

Hanging Artemisia argyi leaves

     The folk proverb says: "Ching Ming Liu, Dragon Boat Festival Ai". People think that May is the poison month and the fifth day is the poison day. Every May, it is mugwort mature, the best time, so in the Dragon Boat Festival people have to go to the wild to pick mugwort. And in front of the door and the eaves hanging calamus inserted leaves to prevent plague, hanging on the door and the head of the bed, with the role of evil.

 

 

 

eat duck eggs

 

      In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, the Dragon Boat Festival also has to avoid the five poisons, which are snakes, centipedes, spiders, geckos and scorpions. The folk use five red dishes to symbolize the blood of the five poisons. When eating these dishes, they are roast duck, amaranth, red oil duck eggs, lobster and realgar wine. Therefore, eating duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival has a certain color to ward off evil spirits. From a scientific point of view, eating duck eggs is to preserve one's health and dispel summer heat.

 

 

 

 

 

Drink realgar wine

 

   Drinking realgar wine is said to be able to repel the five poisons. The custom of drinking pu wine and realgar wine has been around for a long time. People dip in the wine and then sprinkle the corners of walls, doors and windows, under the bed, etc. with calamus and Aipeng, and then apply the wine to children's ears, nose and navel to drive poisonous insects. From a hygienic point of view, realgar with water and wine sprinkled indoors can be disinfected and sterilized, and drinking pu wine is also quite beneficial.

 

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