What are the five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival? Introduction to the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival
Speaking of the Dragon Boat Festival, I believe everyone is familiar with it, but not everyone knows which five yellows the Dragon Boat Festival refers to. So, let’s take a look at which five yellows the Dragon Boat Festival refers to? The fifth month of the lunar calendar is a time when spring is coming to an end but summer is yet to begin. Mr. Shui Mo takes you to experience every day of the fifth lunar month of 2021.What are the five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival?The five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival actually refer to yellow croaker, yellow eel, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine. Different Wu Huangs have different meanings.Introduction to Yellow Croaker, one of the Five Yellows of Dragon Boat Festival: Yellow croaker is one of the five yellow fish. During the Dragon Boat Festival, large yellow croaker will also come with the tide and become the main seasonal dish of this season. Introduction to Yellow Eel of the Five Yellows of Dragon Boat Festival: Yellow eel is one of the five yellow species and is also one of the more common foods. There is a saying among the people that "Small Heat eels are better than ginseng". The Dragon Boat Festival is also the best time to eat eels, and eels are very nutritious. Introduction to the five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival: cucumbers: Cucumber is a vegetable, and it is one of the five yellows. Although cucumber is not yellow, it can clear away heat and detoxify. The weather is relatively hot and humid during the Dragon Boat Festival, and eating cucumbers is to detoxify. Introduction to the five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival: salted egg yolk: Speaking of the five yellows, one thing we must not ignore is the salted egg yolk. Eating salted egg yolk during the Dragon Boat Festival symbolizes peace and health. Introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival's Five Yellows: Realgar Wine: When talking about the five yellows of the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar wine must be one of them. Realgar wine is the most important of the five yellows, because the Dragon Boat Festival is the time when snakes and insects come out, and there are more snakes and insects at this time. Snakes and insects are most afraid of realgar wine, so people can drink realgar wine and they will not be afraid of snakes and insects. Snakes and insects will not dare to attack when they smell realgar wine. Introduction to the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival1. Wear a scent sachetThere is a tradition of giving sachets to children during the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, giving sachets to children during the Dragon Boat Festival has the meaning of warding off evil spirits and driving away plague. Of course, there are certain taboos when wearing sachets. Children’s sachets must not be lost on the Dragon Boat Festival. If a child’s sachet is lost, there will be a saying that the whole year will not be peaceful. Normally, after the Dragon Boat Festival, parents need to burn their children’s sachets, which also means burning away the child’s bad luck. 2. Casting Yang Sui Wang Chong's "Lun Heng" in the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded the ritual custom of "casting Yang Sui" on the Dragon Boat Festival: "Yang Sui is taken from the sky. At noon on the Bingwu day of May, five kinds of stones are melted and cast into a vessel. When it is rubbed to produce light, it is looked up to the sun, and fire will come. This is the way to take real fire." The ancients believed that the noon hour in the noon month and noon day was the time when the Yang energy was at its peak. At this moment, fire could overcome gold, and it was the best time to melt gold and cast a bronze mirror. The cast bronze mirror had incredible magical powers. The custom of using mirrors to ward off evil spirits is widely used and inherited in the coastal areas of the south. It is common to see newborn babies wearing silver mirrors and other ornaments. These small silver mirrors are used to ward off evil spirits for children. |
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