What are the different customs of Dragon Boat Festival in different places?
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and it is time to eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the editor will take you to see what customs there are for the Dragon Boat Festival in the vast land of our country. The annual Dragon Boat Festival is an important part of Chinese traditional festivals that cannot be ignored. On this special day, let us browse the content about the 2018 Dragon Boat Festival in the Dragon Boat Festival special topic of Fortune Teller Network.Different customs of Dragon Boat Festival in different placesAccording to the old custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, the daughter-in-law presents funeral clothes, shoes and socks, rice dumplings and fans to her parents-in-law. In Jianyang, Shanghang, Xianyou, Shaowu and other places, there are customs such as making sauce, dragon boat racing, offering paper, and women using red gauze as bags to hold talismans. Taiwan Province During the Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan, many homes hang calamus, mugwort and paste images of Zhong Kui on their doorsteps. Adults drink realgar wine and children wear sachets. These are said to have the effect of warding off evil and ensuring safety. Of course, Taiwan, like the mainland, also has dragon boat racing activities. There are grand dragon boat races on rivers all over Taiwan during the Dragon Boat Festival. At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival in Conghua County, Guangdong Province, people wash their hands and eyes with water from burning talismans and then splash it on the road, which is called "sending away disasters." In Xinxing County, people from nearby temples played music to welcome the deity's procession. The wizard also uses magic water and talismans to drive away evil spirits. Hubei Province In various parts of Hubei, there are activities such as welcoming the Nuo people in Bahe Town, the Dragon Boat Festival race in Zigui County, sacrifices, and soul-calling activities. In some areas, water will be placed in the sun on this day, and children will be bathed in the water when it is hot. It is said that this can wash away dirt and disease. In Yuezhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, dragon boat races are held to ward off disasters and get rid of diseases. It is also called "sending away the plague" by floating it on the water with straw boats. During the Dragon Boat Festival in You County, wealthy pregnant women's families use flower coins, wine and food, while poor families prepare chicken and wine, and use bamboo to clamp paper money to offer them in front of the dragon head of the dragon boat to pray for a safe delivery. In Jianchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, people bathe in water made from hundreds of herbs on the Mid-Autumn Festival to prevent scabies. In Xinchang County, people drink it mixed with realgar and cinnabar wine, which is called "opening the eyes." Jiangsu Province There are big differences in different parts of Jiangsu Province. For example, in Jiading area, every household will cook stonehead fish. In Nanjing area, every family will use a box of clean water, add a little realgar and two goose eye coins, and the whole family will use this water to wash their eyes. It is called "breaking fire eyes" and it is said to keep you free of eye diseases for a year. In Wujin area, there is a night dragon boat show. The students in the rural schools in Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province, give gifts to their teachers on the Dragon Boat Festival, which are called "Yisi". Gansu Province In various regions of Gansu, there are activities such as picking roses and pickling them with honey, celebrating the "Xiang Festival", shepherd boys worshipping the mountain gods, and burning mountains. In Jimo area of Shandong Province, people have the custom of washing their faces with dew; in Zouping area, people have the custom of drinking in the morning; in Linqing area, children have the custom of wearing necklaces and pomegranate flowers; in Rizhao area, children are wrapped with five-colored threads. In Shanxi Province, people wear moxa leaves and young children tie a hundred ropes together. Each village offers sacrifice to the Dragon King and steams balls of wheat flour, called "baituan", which they give to each other together with rice dumplings. The "Dragon Boat Festival men" of Shizhu, Sichuan Province, and the "typists" of Leshan, Xinjin and other places in western Sichuan also hold grand commodity fairs during the Dragon Boat Festival. In some areas of Mianyang City and Suining City, there is a tradition of eating steamed buns during the Dragon Boat Festival. Hebei Province In some areas of Hebei Province, there is a tradition of eating cherries and mulberries, and eating five-poison cakes. Local governments will hold "stepping on willows" activities. Shaanxi Province There are activities such as stone stepping, playing with dolls and warding off diseases in Shaanxi Province. |
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