When should we wear and untie the colorful ropes during the Dragon Boat Festival? What should we eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: Wearing colorful ropes during the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional customs. So when should the colorful ropes be worn and when can they be untied? What should we eat during the Dragon Boat Festival? The fifth month of the lunar calendar is midsummer. The lotus breeze delivers fragrance, the bamboo dew drops make clear sounds, and the scenery is different from any other season. Please continue to pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo's website for more content related to the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019!When should we wear the colorful rope during the Dragon Boat Festival and when can we take it off?Time to wear the colorful string on the Dragon Boat Festival: Before the sun comes out in the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, adults get up and tie the Dragon Boat Festival string on the wrists, ankles and necks of sleeping children.In some places, the colorful rope can be put on the night before. Time to untie the colorful ropes during the Dragon Boat Festival: It was not until July 7, the birthday of "Seventh Mother", that they were taken down and burned. In some places, people pick the apples and throw them into the river when the first rain falls after the Dragon Boat Festival, letting the rain wash them away. Another saying is: after the first thunder after the Dragon Boat Festival, cut the colorful rope, throw it into the rain, and let it be washed away by the rain. What are the five colors of the Dragon Boat Festival colorful ropeThe colorful ropes for the Dragon Boat Festival must be blue, white, red, black and yellow. According to the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, these five colors represent wood, metal, fire, water, and earth respectively. It also symbolizes the east, west, south, north and center, and contains the five divine powers. It can drive away evil spirits, cure diseases, strengthen the body, and make people healthy and long-lived.The five colors of the five-colored silk represent the five elements. The Han Dynasty believed in the theory of the five elements and yin and yang. The five colors represent the five directions, which are mutually reinforcing and restraining, and have a mysterious effect of exorcising evil and welcoming good luck. Animals are used as symbols: the Azure Dragon in the east, the Vermillion Bird in the south, the White Tiger in the west, the Black Tortoise (turtle and snake) in the north, and the Yellow Dragon in the center, all of which are spiritual creatures. The symbolic meaning of the five-colored silk in warding off evil and avoiding plague is far more obvious than its actual function, because to date there is no specific explanation as to why these colors can ward off disasters and diseases. The emperors of Liao and Jin wore five-colored silk and gave it to all their ministers and subordinates, which was also called the longevity thread. People in the south of the Yangtze River fold paper into diamond-shaped squares and then wrap them with colorful silk. They give them to each other during festivals. Women wear these festival ornaments, called "襞方", on their chests to show their achievements in women's labor. The five colors are composed of five colors, including red and purple. What to eat on Dragon Boat Festival?1. ZongziEating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi, also known as "jiaoshu" and "tongzong". It has a long history and comes in many forms. The tradition of "eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival" originated in 340 BC. Facing the pain of losing his country, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the river on May 5. Fishermen and people on the shore came to the river to salvage his body. In order to prevent the fish and shrimp in the river from eating his body, people filled bamboo tubes with rice and eggs and threw them into the river. Some doctors even poured realgar wine into the river in order to drug dragons and water beasts and save Qu Yuan from harm. From then on, people would throw rice dumplings and row dragon boats on the river on the fifth day of May every year to commemorate him. This is to commemorate the great patriotic poet. 2. Yellow eel The Dragon Boat Festival is not only a time to eat rice dumplings, it is also the time when eel meat is the most tender and nutritious in the year, hence the saying "Dragon Boat Festival eels are better than ginseng". Because of its soft and smooth texture and lack of bones, the eel has always been a popular freshwater aquatic product. It is a good nutritional supplement, especially for children and the elderly. The eel is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It enters the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and consolidating deficiency, warming yang and benefiting the spleen, strengthening sperm and stopping bleeding, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and dispelling wind and unblocking the meridians. 3. Rice Cake The Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival for the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food of this day is the fragrant rice cake. Dagao is a rice cake made by placing mugwort and glutinous rice in a large wooden trough carved from a single log, and beating it with a long-handled wooden mallet. This kind of food is very ethnic and can add to the festive atmosphere. 4. Duck eggs In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, the Dragon Boat Festival is also about avoiding the five poisons, because the legendary five poisonous monsters will harm the world during the Dragon Boat Festival. These five poisonous monsters are snakes, centipedes, spiders, geckos and scorpions. People use five red dishes to symbolize the blood of the five poisons. When you eat these dishes, you will scare the five poisonous monsters away, which is called eating the five reds. They are roast duck, amaranth, red oil duck eggs, lobster, and realgar wine. It is said that if you eat these five reds on the Dragon Boat Festival, you can ward off evil spirits and avoid the heat throughout the summer. Similar to the five reds, people in the south of the Yangtze River also have the custom of eating five yellows during the Dragon Boat Festival. The five yellows refer to eel, yellow croaker, cucumber, salted duck eggs and realgar wine. Whether it is the five reds or the five yellows, they all include duck eggs, so eating duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival can ward off evil spirits and relieve heat. The new year of 2019 has already begun. Will you be able to find your soulmate this year? Is your love luck good? Please click on the "Premium Calculation" below to accurately calculate your love pattern. I wish you find the right soulmate soon! |
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