Why do we commemorate Qu Yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival? What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?
Why do we commemorate Qu Yuan on the Dragon Boat Festival? The Dragon Boat Festival has a very long history in China. Qu Yuan was the first great patriotic poet in Chinese history. In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, what other customs are there on the Dragon Boat Festival? Pomegranate flowers are in full bloom in May of the lunar calendar. Han Yu has a poem that says "The pomegranate flowers in May are bright to the eyes". If you want to know more about May of the lunar calendar in 2019, come to Mr. Shui Mo!Why does the Dragon Boat Festival commemorate Qu Yuan?The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is not because Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the river, but Qu Yuan’s hometown has a very important connection with the Dragon Boat Festival, so the Dragon Boat Festival is held to commemorate Qu Yuan.After Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River, one night, people in Qu Yuan’s hometown suddenly dreamed that Qu Yuan had returned. He wore a tall hat and a wide belt, just as he had been in life, except that his face looked a little sad and haggard. The villagers were very happy and came forward to salute him. While returning the greeting, Qu Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you for your hospitality. The people of Chu are so clear about what they love and hate and have not forgotten me. I have no regrets in my death." When they said goodbye and talked about the past, everyone found that Qu Yuan's health was not as good as before, so they asked with concern: "Doctor Qu, did you eat the rice we sent you?" "Thank you." Qu Yuan was grateful at first, then sighed and said: "What a pity. The rice you gave me was eaten by aquatic creatures such as fish, shrimp, turtles and clams. "After hearing this, the villagers were very anxious: "How can we prevent the fish and shrimp from eating it?" Qu Yuan thought for a while and said: "If we wrap the rice in bamboo leaves and make it into a pointed cornflower, the aquatic creatures will think it is a water chestnut and will not dare to eat it. On the Dragon Boat Festival of the following year, the villagers wrapped many glutinous rice dumplings in bamboo leaves and threw them into the river. But after the Dragon Boat Festival, Qu Yuan appeared in his dream and said: "I have eaten a lot of the glutinous rice dumplings you sent me, but many of them were snatched away by aquatic creatures." Everyone asked him again: "Is there any good way?" Qu Yuan said: "There is a way. You can put a dragon mark on the boat that drops the glutinous rice dumplings. Because the aquatic creatures are under the jurisdiction of the Dragon King, when the drums and horns sound and the oars move, they will think that the dumplings were sent by the Dragon King and will never dare to snatch them again." Glutinous rice dumplings are now called rice dumplings. What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?1. Eating zongzi has continued to this day. Every year in early May, every Chinese family soaks glutinous rice, washes zong leaves, and makes zongzi, which come in many different colors and patterns. In terms of fillings, Beijing date dumplings are mostly filled with small dates in the north; while in the south, there are a variety of fillings such as red bean paste, fresh meat, ham, egg yolks, etc., among which Jiaxing dumplings in Zhejiang are the most representative. The custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China for thousands of years and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.2. Dragon Boat Racing Washing in Longqiu Water Longqiu Water is the water where dragon boats race. People believe that it is good water and living water, so there is a custom of drinking and bathing in Longqiu Water. There is also a folk saying "Washing in Longqiu Water on May Festival". 3. Drink realgar wine. The medical history of "Qing Jia Lu" records: "Grind realgar powder, chop cattail root, mix with wine and drink it, it is called realgar wine. There is a saying in our country "early Dragon Boat Festival, late Mid-Autumn Festival". It is believed that Chen belongs to the dragon, and Chen time is the time when dragons make rain. Setting up a realgar wine banquet on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival is the people's hope for a good year with good weather and bumper harvests." The method of preparing realgar wine is very simple. For drinking, take a small amount of realgar powder that has been processed by water. The current pharmacopoeia stipulates that the internal dosage is 0.05 grams to 0.1 grams. Put it in a small bowl or cup, then add 15 milliliters to 20 milliliters of white wine, stir it with chopsticks, and then pour the upper layer of wine with a slightly reddish color into a certain amount of white wine, and discard the sediment at the bottom of the bowl or cup. The drinking amount is about 15 milliliters. 4. 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. In traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort is used as a medicine, which has the functions of regulating qi and blood, warming the uterus, and removing cold and dampness. 5. Flying kites In southern China, children fly kites on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "flying disaster". 6. Drive away the five poisonous insects. The five poisonous insects refer to scorpions, centipedes, venomous snakes, newts, and geckos. "Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot; the five poisons wake up, and there is no peace. 7. Hanging sachets: In many places in China, there is a custom of hanging sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is also a way to prevent infectious diseases. The Chinese herbs used in homemade Dragon Boat Festival sachets include Atractylodes, Patchouli, Evodia rutaecarpa, Artemisia argyi, cinnamon, Amomum villosum, and Angelica dahurica, two grams of each, plus 1 gram of cloves. Grind these Chinese medicines into fine powder, then put them in a dense cloth bag and sew it up. It can be worn on the chest, waist or navel, or the sachet can be hung at the door, indoors or in the car. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." 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