Introduction: Generally, it is necessary to choose an auspicious day for sacrifice. So is it a good day to offer sacrifice on the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020? What customs and activities are there on the Dragon Boat Festival? May is the time when pomegranate flowers are in full bloom, hence the name Pomegranate Month. The weather is getting warmer. How much do you know about the fifth month of the lunar calendar? Come and check out Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for May 2020 of the lunar calendar.Is it okay to offer sacrifices on the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020?Lunar calendar: May 5, 2020 Gregorian calendar: June 25, 2020, Thursday, Cancer ☼ Today's auspicious days [Do not use Yang Gong's death anniversary for major events] ♢ Pray for blessings, get married, set up beds, make stoves, fast and offer sacrifices, seek offspring, seek wealth, bury, accept betrothal gifts, lift construction, break ground, take up office, erect pillars, raise beams, plant meridians, build houses, dig wells, and catch ☼ Today's taboos [Do not use Yang Gong's death anniversary for major events] ♢ Open the market, establish bonds, receive wealth, ship goods, receive livestock, move into houses, separate, get out of fire, travel, open warehousesBased on the above content, we can know that the fifth day of May in 2020 is the "Yang Gong's death anniversary" and it is not suitable for important events. Therefore, it is not suitable to hold sacrifices on the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020! What customs and activities are there during the Dragon Boat Festival?Dragon Boat Festival customs and activities: eating zongziDuring the Dragon Boat Festival, many people pick some bamboo leaves and take them home to wrap rice dumplings of various flavors, which they then give to their relatives and friends to celebrate the arrival of the festival. There are many ways to make rice dumplings and various flavors. They can be wrapped in horn shapes, square shapes, etc., and can be filled with bacon, egg yolks, red dates, peanuts, fresh meat, etc. But now few people give it as a gift. Most companies or enterprises just give out one box. Dragon Boat Festival customs and activities: hanging mugwort and calamus A folk proverb says: "Plant willows on Qingming Festival and plant mugwort on Dragon Boat Festival." During the Dragon Boat Festival, people consider planting mugwort and calamus as one of the important activities. Every family swept the yard, inserted calamus and moxa sticks on the door lintels and hung them in the hall. They also use calamus, mugwort, pomegranate flowers, garlic, and dragon boat flowers to make human or arc shapes, called mugwort men and mugwort tigers; they are made into wreaths and pendants, which are beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear them to drive away miasma. Dragon Boat Festival Customs and Activities: Dragon Boat Racing Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, it originated from the ancient Chu people who were reluctant to see the virtuous minister Qu Yuan commit suicide by jumping into the river, so many people rowed boats to chase him and save him. They rushed after him, but when they reached Dongting Lake, he disappeared. Since then, dragon boat races have been held every year on May 5th to commemorate this event. Dragon boat racing is used to drive away the fish in the river to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. The custom of racing boats was popular in Wu, Yue and Chu. Dragon Boat Festival customs and activities: wearing sachets Children wear sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that they are meant to ward off evil spirits and plague, but in reality they are just used as decoration on lapels. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, and is wrapped in silk cloth. It is fragrant and is then tied into a rope with five-colored silk threads and made into various shapes and tied into a string. It is colorful and lovely. Dragon Boat Festival customs and activities: tying colorful ropes The five-colored rope is also called five-colored silk or five-colored silk. In ancient China, people revered the five colors. The five colors of the five-colored rope represent the five elements - red, wood, water, fire and earth, which are mutually generated and restrained, and contain good luck and good fortune. Therefore, the first thing the elders do when they get up on the Dragon Boat Festival is to tie colorful ropes around children’s wrists, ankles, and necks to keep them safe. The five-colored rope cannot be broken or discarded. It is said that children wearing the five-colored rope can avoid disasters and prevent harm from snakes and insects. Dragon Boat Festival customs and activities: drinking cattail wine, realgar wine, and cinnabar wine Drink Pu wine, realgar wine, and cinnabar wine, and spray with the wine. "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" records: "Use calamus, either carved or shredded, and add cold wine." Calamus wine has a fragrant and refreshing taste. Later, realgar, cinnabar, etc. were added to the wine. Ming Feng Yingjing's "Yue Ling Guang Yi" said: "On the fifth day, drink cinnabar wine to ward off evil and detoxify. Use wine to stain the forehead, chest, hands and soles of feet to avoid the danger of vipers (a kind of poisonous snake mentioned in ancient books). Also sprinkle walls, doors and windows to keep away poisonous insects. "This custom is widely spread. The medicinal ingredients include realgar, calamus, cypress seeds, peach kernels, cattail leaves, mugwort, etc. People soak them in wine and then sprinkle them on the corners of walls, doors and windows, under the bed, etc., and then use wine to apply to children's ears, noses, and navels to drive away poisonous insects. From a health perspective, these activities make scientific sense. Realgar, water and wine can be added to the realgar and sprinkled indoors to disinfect and kill bacteria. Drinking cattail spray is also quite beneficial. 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