What traditional activities are there for the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5, 2018?
Unconsciously, we have entered June of 2018, and we will also usher in our country's annual major traditional festival "Dragon Boat Festival". The Dragon Boat Festival has various customs. Let's learn about them together. The first noon of the fifth lunar month, in midsummer, is a good day for climbing Shunyang. Let us welcome the Dragon Boat Festival and experience the 2018 Dragon Boat Festival together on the Fortune Teller website.Eating Zongzi during Dragon Boat FestivalEating 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.To this day, every Chinese household soaks glutinous rice, washes bamboo leaves, and makes rice dumplings at the beginning of May every year, with an ever-greater variety of 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. Dragon Boat RacingDragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, it originated from the ancient Chu people who were reluctant to see the virtuous minister Qu Yuan commit suicide by jumping into the river, so many people rowed boats to chase him and save him. They rushed after him, but when they reached Dongting Lake, he disappeared. Since then, dragon boat races have been held every year on May 5th to commemorate this event. Dragon boat racing is used to drive away the fish in the river to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body.Dragon boat racing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions also commemorates Qiu Jin, a modern female democratic revolutionary who was born in the area. At night, the dragon boats are decorated with lights and shuttle back and forth, on the water and under the water. The scene is moving and interesting. The Miao people in Guizhou hold the "Dragon Boat Festival" from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of rice planting and wish for a good harvest. Hanging purses and tying colorful silk threadsIn ancient China, people worshipped the five colors and considered them auspicious. Therefore, on the morning of the festival, the first thing adults do after getting up is to tie five-colored threads on their children’s wrists, ankles, and necks. Children are forbidden to speak when the string is being tied. The five-colored thread cannot be broken or discarded at will and can only be thrown into the river during the first heavy rain in summer or the first bath. It is said that children wearing five-colored threads can avoid being harmed by poisonous snakes, scorpions and other insects; throwing them into the river means letting the river water wash away the plague and disease, so that the children can stay healthy.Hanging mugwort and calamusA 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. They also use calamus, mugwort, pomegranate flowers, garlic, and dragon boat flowers to make human or tiger shapes, called mugwort men and mugwort tigers; they are made into wreaths and pendants that are beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear them to drive away miasma.Artemisia, also known as Artemisia selengensis and Artemisia argyi. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. The unique fragrance it produces can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. 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. Processing mugwort leaves into "mogwort wool" is an important medicinal material for treating diseases with moxibustion. Hanging the Image of Zhong KuiZhong Kui catching ghosts is a custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Jianghuai region, every household hangs an image of Zhong Kui to ward off evil spirits. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Minghuang returned to the palace after giving a military lecture at Mount Li. He suffered from a severe malaria attack and dreamed of two ghosts, one big and one small. The small ghost wore bright red crotchless pants and they stole the sachet of Yang Guifei and the emperor's jade flute and ran around the palace. The big ghost, wearing a blue robe and a hat, caught the little ghost, dug out its eyes, and swallowed it in one gulp. The emperor asked the ghost, and the ghost replied: My surname is Zhong Kui, and I failed the martial arts examination. But I am willing to eliminate demons for your majesty. After the emperor woke up, his malaria was cured. So he ordered the painter Wu Daozi to paint a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts according to what he saw in the dream, and ordered the whole country to post it during the Dragon Boat Festival to drive away evil spirits. |
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