Is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2019 a good date? Is it suitable for signing a contract?

Is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2019 a good date? Is it suitable for signing a contract?
The Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the Nine Poisonous Days, and therefore on this day there are many rituals in Chinese folk customs to ward off evil spirits and poisons, such as drinking realgar wine and inserting mugwort. Is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2019 a good date? Is it suitable for signing a contract? Chinese people believe that the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a poisonous month, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisonous days. For more relevant information about the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please visit Mr. Shui Mo's website!

Is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2019 a good date? Is it suitable for signing a contract?

Lunar calendar: May 5, 2019
Gregorian calendar: Friday, June 7, 2019 Gemini
[Today's Old Almanac is suitable] [Do not use it for important events on Yang Gong's taboo day]
Pray for blessings, get married, set up the bed, build the stove, accept the bride price, recruit a son-in-law, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for offspring, seek wealth, build meridians, build houses, dig wells, plant, raise beams and erect pillars, capture
[Today's taboos in the old almanac] [Do not use Yang Gong's taboo days for important events]
Open the market, establish securities, collect money, ship goods, collect livestock, move into new homes, separate, have a fire, travel, break ground, hold funerals, bury, place incense, open positions
From the above lunar calendar information, we can know that the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019 is Yang Gong’s death anniversary, and everything is not suitable. Therefore, today is not a good day and is not suitable for signing contracts.

What other names does the Dragon Boat Festival have?

The Dragon Boat Festival has the most names among all China's traditional festivals, with more than 20 names, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Double Fifth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Duanwu Festival, Double Fifth Festival, Dangwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Summer Festival, May Festival, Calamus Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Daughters' Festival, Noon Festival, Dila Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Dragon Day Festival, Zongzi Festival, Five Yellow Festival, Poets Festival, Qu Yuan Day, Hiding Noon Festival, Unpacking Zongzi Festival, Duanli Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month, May noon, etc. Before the Tang Dynasty, the commonly used name was "the fifth day of the fifth month". After the Tang Dynasty, "Dragon Boat Festival" replaced "the fifth day of the fifth month" and other nicknames and became the mainstream name.

What special foods are there for the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. Zongzi: It was called "Jiaoshu" in ancient times. The first recorded zongzi was found in "Fengtu Ji" by Zhou Chu of Jin Dynasty, and it has been passed down in an orderly manner. There are many shapes and varieties of rice dumplings. Due to the different flavors in different parts of China, there are mainly two types: sweet and salty.
2. Wuhuang: There is a custom of eating "Wuhuang" on the Dragon Boat Festival in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. The five yellows refer to yellow croaker, cucumber, eel, duck egg yolk, and realgar wine (realgar wine is poisonous, so people usually drink ordinary yellow wine instead).
3. Jian Dui: In Jinjiang, Fujian, every household eats Jian Dui during the Dragon Boat Festival. Jian Dui is made by mixing flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients into a thick paste and frying it.
4. Realgar wine: The custom of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival was once very popular in the Yangtze River basin. White wine or yellow wine soaked with ground realgar. Realgar can be used as an antidote and insecticide.
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