Is it necessary to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? What are the three things you must do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Although everyone knows that the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals, not everyone knows whether we have to go back to our parents’ home on the Dragon Boat Festival. So, let’s take a look at whether we have to go back to our parents’ home on the Dragon Boat Festival? What are the three things you must do during the Dragon Boat Festival? May is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival because the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. There is a custom of drinking realgar wine and inserting mugwort leaves to ward off evil spirits and poison. If you want to know more about May, please come to Shui Mo Internet Cafe.Is it necessary to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?A: I need to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival.Reason 1: Avoiding the noon Hiding from the noon sun is an ancient custom of the Dragon Boat Festival popular in northern my country. The Dragon Boat Festival is in May, which is called the "evil month" when people avoid the noon sun. May is the "evil month" as scorching heat is approaching and plague is spreading. The Double Fifth Festival is an unlucky day, so parents would take their children under one year old to their grandmother's house to hide from the disaster, hence the name "Duowu". 【Reason 2】Returning to the Mother’s Hometown Men and women should not have sexual intercourse during the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise it will easily cause serious damage to people's vitality. In order to prevent such things from happening, our ancestors established the custom of having women return to their parents' home and live there for a month in May. ——Based on the above two reasons, it is necessary to go back to your parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival. However, in some areas of our country, there is a custom that one cannot return to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. The specific details are subject to local customs. What are the three things you must do during the Dragon Boat Festival?[Must-do 1: Avoid the Five Poisons]In the minds of ancient northerners, the Dragon Boat Festival was a poisonous and evil day. This idea has been passed down among the people, which is why there are various customs of praying for peace and avoiding the five poisons. In fact, this is because the weather in the north is hot and dry in summer, people are prone to illness and plagues are easy to spread; plus snakes and insects multiply and are easy to bite people, which forms this habit. People believe that May is the time when the five poisonous creatures (scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, and toads) appear, and that various methods should be used to prevent the harm caused by the five poisonous creatures. Generally, a picture of the five poisonous creatures is posted in the house. Five poisonous creatures are printed on red paper, and then five needles are pricked on the five poisonous creatures. It is believed that the poisonous creatures are stabbed to death and cannot run rampant anymore. People also embroider the five poisonous creatures on their clothes and decorate cakes with patterns of the five poisonous creatures, both of which are meant to drive away evil spirits. [Must-do 2: Hanging mugwort] The tradition of arranging various flowers and plants to ward off evil spirits and cure diseases during the Dragon Boat Festival is also very old. People regard inserting mugwort and calamus as an important part of the Dragon Boat Festival. People often hang a few mugwort plants at their doorsteps. Due to its special fragrance, people use it to drive away diseases, prevent mosquitoes, and ward off evil spirits. [Must-do 3: Dragon Boat Race] In the past, when celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, people would first pray to the dragon and offer sacrifices to the gods. After offering sacrifices to the temple, the dragon head and tail are installed and then preparations are made for the dragon race. Now it has evolved into a sports competition. Playing polo is also one of the activities during the Dragon Boat Festival. Polo is a game in which one hits a ball with a stick while riding on a horse. It was called Jiju in ancient times. In the Three Kingdoms' poem "Famous Capitals" by Cao Zhi, there is a line "Continuously hitting the ground with balls". There were large golf courses in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, and emperors such as Xuanzong and Jingzong all loved polo. |
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