What should children wear on the Dragon Boat Festival? Is it a good time to wear the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019?
When we were young, our parents would give us ornaments to ward off evil spirits on the Dragon Boat Festival. So what should children wear on the Dragon Boat Festival? Is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019 a good day? 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!What should children wear during the Dragon Boat Festival?During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sachets, colorful ropes, gourds and other things to ward off evil spirits.1. Wearing "Aihu" According to the "Fengtuzhi" of the Jin Dynasty, on the Dragon Boat Festival, people would tie mugwort, which has insect repellent properties, into human shapes, or weave it into tiger shapes, or cut a tiger shape out of colored cloth and then stick mugwort leaves on it. The objects made in this way were called "mugwort tigers." On the Dragon Boat Festival, women pin "Aihu" on their hairline, while men wear "Aihu" or "Pujian" on their chest or hang them around their waist. People believe that this can prevent the invasion of evil and poison and ensure good health. 2. Wear a five-colored rope. Ancient China worshipped five colors and regarded them as auspicious colors. Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs" records: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, people tie colorful silk on their arms, which is called the long life thread, another name is the life-extending thread, another name is the war-avoiding silk, another name is the five-color thread, and another name is the red rope. It can ward off soldiers and ghosts and prevent people from getting plague." The process of binding is to wrap colorful silk threads around the wrists, ankles and necks of young children in order to protect them from harm from poisonous snakes, scorpions and other insects. The names in different parts of Yantai are similar, but the pronunciations in dialects vary slightly, such as "Zha Lu Su", "Ge Lu Shu", "Zha Chang Ming Lu", "Shuan Wu Cai Xian", etc. It is said that children are forbidden to speak when the five-colored threads are being tied and the threads cannot be broken or discarded at will. They can only be thrown into the river during the first heavy rain in summer or the first bath, which means letting the river water wash away the plague and disease. 3. Wearing a tiger-head hat In Haining area, during the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to activities such as dragon boat racing and wrapping rice dumplings, grandmothers and uncles have an important task, which is to prepare tiger-head hats and tiger clothes for their newborn nephews, and the grandmother will send them to her daughter's home before the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival, every household puts tiger hats and tiger clothes on their children. People were weak in the face of natural forces and phenomena. They did not understand diseases and believed that they were caused by demons and ghosts. In order to exorcise evil spirits, they used tigers in tiger-head hats and tiger clothes to resist the invisible evil. The "Customs and Ethics" says: "The tiger is a yang object and the king of all beasts. It can fight and defeat sharp creatures, and eat ghosts and spirits." In traditional concepts, the tiger is regarded as an auspicious animal that can suppress and drive away evil spirits. Therefore, it is popular among the people to wear tiger-head hats and tiger clothes to avoid evil in May. 4. Wearing the Five Poisonous Insects Bellyband . The Five Poisonous Insects Bellyband refers to a bellyband embroidered with patterns of five poisonous insects, including snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, and toads. Most of them are made of pure red cotton cloth and hand-embroidered with colorful embroidery threads, which means being immune to the five poisons and being healthy and safe. On the Dragon Boat Festival, children have to wear a "Five Poison Bag" with embroidered pictures of the five poisonous creatures on it, which means to fight poison with poison and ensure health. The mother or grandmother would put a warm egg in her pocket, or roll the warm egg on the child's belly several times, saying something like "no stomachache for a year" while doing so. 5. Wearing gourds: Wearing gourds during the Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient custom. Children and adults wear gourds not only to ward off evil spirits and plagues, but also to decorate their collars. Wearing a gourd which symbolizes "blessings and fortune" in traditional culture can turn hostility into peace and enhance the aura of good fortune. The word "蔓" in the gourd's branch is homophonic with "万", and each mature gourd contains many gourd seeds, so the Han people associate it with "ten thousand generations of descendants, prosperity and auspiciousness"; the gourd is homophonic with "护福" and "福福", and the gourd itself has different shapes and beautiful shapes. It gives people a sense of joy and peace without artificial carving. The ancients believed that it can ward off disasters and evil spirits, pray for happiness, and make descendants prosperous. 6. Wearing sachets: The most distinctive ornament for the Dragon Boat Festival is the sachet. It is said that children wearing sachets can ward off evil spirits and plague. Sachets made from medicinal plants containing various scents can also prevent disease. Children wear sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival, not only to ward off evil spirits and plague, but also to decorate their collars. 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 eye-catching. Is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019 a good time?Friday, June 7, 2019 Gemini (solar calendar)Lunar calendar year 2019, May 5th day 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events] Pray for blessings, get married, set up beds, build stoves, take in brides, recruit sons-in-law, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for offspring, seek wealth, build meridians, build houses, dig wells, plant, put up beams and erect pillars, catch fish [Taoism in the old almanac today] [Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events] Opening the market, setting up securities, collecting money, shipping, collecting livestock, moving, separation, fire, traveling, breaking ground, funeral, burial, incense, opening warehouses, Peng Zu's 100 taboos: Yi does not plant, Hai does not marry, conflicting: Pig day conflict (Ji Si) Snake June 7, 2019, the Dragon Boat Festival is Yang Gong’s death anniversary, so everything is unfavorable, so it is not a good day. The Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory, numerous ethnic groups and many stories and legends, there are not only many different festival names, but also different customs in different places. As early as in ancient times, the land of Baiyue had the custom of worshiping the Dragon Ancestor by racing dragon boats on the noon day of the noon month when the pure yang energy of heaven and earth was strong. 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." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019! |
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