Dragon Boat Festival taboo: Can’t you take a bath during the Dragon Boat Festival? Can’t we kill?
Taking a bath is one of the most common things in daily life. So, let’s take a look at the Dragon Boat Festival taboos: Can’t we take a bath on the Dragon Boat Festival? Can’t we kill? The fifth month of the lunar calendar has officially entered midsummer. We need to pay attention to heat prevention and cooling to avoid physical discomfort caused by high temperatures. So what else should we pay attention to in May of 2022? Shui Mo Net has prepared relevant articles.Dragon Boat Festival taboo: Can’t you take a bath during the Dragon Boat Festival?- Can’t take a showerAccording to legend, in order to commemorate Qu Yuan's death and prevent his body from being cannibalized, the ancients threw rice dumplings into the river to feed fish and other evil creatures to protect Qu Yuan's body. At the same time, people are not allowed to take a bath on the Dragon Boat Festival. From a feudal and superstitious perspective, it is believed that the remaining food in the water on the Dragon Boat Festival may mistake it for rice dumplings and corrode people. If you violate the taboo, you will become weak and sick. ——You can take a shower In many areas of our country, it is believed that taking a bath is necessary on the Dragon Boat Festival. Because one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival is to wash with herbal water. Herbal water is the Mulan Soup recorded in ancient books. Washing with herbal water on the Dragon Boat Festival can cure skin diseases and remove evil spirits. The Dragon Boat Festival is the day in the year when the medicinal properties of plants are the strongest, and medicines are everywhere on this day. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many places in my country have the custom of collecting herbs and boiling herbal water for bathing. The medicinal properties of Dragon Boat Festival herbs play a vital role in this. "Sui Shi Guang Ji" Volume 22 "Collecting Various Herbs" quotes a lost text from "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji": "On May 5th, people compete to collect various herbs, which can cure all kinds of diseases." The earliest existing written record of the custom of washing with herbs can be found in "Da Dai Li Ji" in the late Western Han Dynasty, but the orchid mentioned in the text is not an orchid, but a fragrant herb or herb of the Asteraceae family, which can be boiled in water for bathing. This custom still exists and is widely popular. In Guangdong, children use water boiled with bitter grass, mugwort, cattail, balsam, white magnolia and other flowers to wash, while teenagers and adult men go to rivers or the seaside to take a shower, which is called washing with dragon boat water, to wash away bad luck and bring good luck. In Hunan, Guangxi and other places, cypress leaves, wormwood, calamus, peach leaves, etc. are boiled into medicine for bathing. The whole family, regardless of gender, age or status, takes a bath. Dragon Boat Festival taboos: Is it forbidden to kill animals during the Dragon Boat Festival?——Killing is not recommendedThe Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the Nine Poisonous Days. During the nine poisonous days, one should: be dignified and self-disciplined, strictly refrain from killing , and be cautious about sex . Therefore, it is not recommended to kill animals during the Dragon Boat Festival. In ancient times, northern my country believed that May was an "evil month", an extremely unlucky month. The "Book of Rites·Monthly Ordinances" said: "(Midsummer) is the month when the day is longest, yin and yang compete, and life and death are divided. Gentlemen should fast and abstain from sex. They must cover their bodies when they go out, be calm, stop having sex, and do not eat too much. They should eat less and not be too lazy. They should control their desires, calm their minds, and refrain from criminal activities, in order to stop the consequences of the cold and yin." It can be seen that in people's impression, May is a special month when "yin and yang compete, and life and death are divided." Due to the various huge changes in nature and ecology after the beginning of summer, people have many psychological fears, which led to many taboos such as "covering themselves, being calm, and stopping having sex." |
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