What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival? Why is the Dragon Boat Festival called the poisonous day?
The customs of different festivals are also different. As one of our traditional festivals, the Dragon Boat Festival also has its own customs. So, let’s take a look at what customs the Dragon Boat Festival has. The earthly branch of the fifth month in the lunar calendar is Wu, which represents Yang Fire, so it is also called the Wu month. The fifth month in the lunar calendar is the time when summer insects chirp and the fragrance of midsummer fills the air. For more information about the fifth month in the lunar calendar, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo’s special feature on the fifth month in the lunar calendar!What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in our country, and there are many customs and activities during the Dragon Boat Festival.According to statistics, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival include: racing dragon boats, hanging mugwort and calamus, having a lunch, washing herbal water, flying kites, swinging, pasting "noon talismans", tying hundred ropes, hitting noon water, soaking in dragon boat water, releasing paper dragons, dragon boat rice, watching dragon boats, lighting mugwort sticks, fumigating Atractylodes, giving scented fans, drying hundred-day ginger, hanging kudzu vines, painting foreheads, wearing sachets, wearing longevity threads, tying five-color threads, eating rice dumplings, collecting herbs and making tea, standing eggs, wearing damselflies, pasting pictures of the five poisons, touring drought dragons, rowing wedding boats, nine lions worshiping the elephant, grabbing the green, horse-drawn slides, hanging images of Zhong Kui, tasting flower banquets, etc. Of course, the customs in different regions will also be different. After all, our country is very vast, and the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in different regions will be more or less different. The most common customs include eating rice dumplings, hanging mugwort and calamus, etc. Introduction to eating Zongzi: Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the festival. Zongzi, commonly known as rice dumplings, is made of glutinous rice and fillings as its main ingredients. It is wrapped in reed leaves (or hollyhock leaves, ramie leaves) and has various shapes, including pointed and square. At the beginning of May every year, Chinese people soak glutinous rice, wash bamboo leaves, and make rice dumplings, which come in many varieties. In terms of fillings, Beijing date dumplings are mostly filled with small dates in the north; while in the south, there are a variety of fillings such as bean paste, fresh meat, ham, clams, egg yolks, etc. Introduction of hanging mugwort and calamus: During the Dragon Boat Festival, people consider inserting mugwort and calamus as one of the important activities. Every family sweeps the yard and inserts calamus and mugwort sticks on the door lintels and hangs them in the hall. People believe that mugwort can ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune, so hanging mugwort on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival has become a custom. The leaves of calamus are sword-shaped, and inserting them at the door can ward off evil spirits, so the alchemists called it "water sword". Later customs extended it to "calamus sword", which can cut off all evil spirits. Mugwort represents good fortune and is a medicinal herb that can cure diseases. Putting it at the door can help you stay healthy. Why is Dragon Boat Festival a poisonous day?In many areas, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the Poison Day. The so-called Poison Day actually refers to the Nine Poison Days (the Nine Poison Days refer to: the fifth, sixth, seventh, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of the fifth lunar month. These nine days are the "Nine Poison Days of Heaven and Earth's Harmony" and the fourteenth is the Day of Heaven and Earth's Harmony. ), in the northern part of our country, May is called the Poison Month. The Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) is known as the first of the nine poisonous days.In fact, the reason for this saying is actually related to the weather. The Dragon Boat Festival is around the beginning of summer, and after the beginning of summer, there are various huge changes in nature and ecology, which make people psychologically fearful, resulting in many taboos such as "cover yourself, don't be impatient, stop having sex", such as "taboo of having sex", "taboo of building a house", "hiding from noon", and "taboo of hitting the water at noon". In fact, this is due to the lack of scientific knowledge among people in ancient times, which made people gradually form the concept of taboos in May. |
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