Is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2017 the Dragon Boat Festival? Can I get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: Time always passes so quickly and in a flash, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is approaching in a blink of an eye. The fifth day of May is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival. As an important traditional festival, the Dragon Boat Festival has many customs. So is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2017 the Dragon Boat Festival? Can I get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is the first month of summer. The weather starts to get hotter, and good days also start to get hotter. Various major events have entered the mid-year rhythm. Mr. Shui Mo will list them for you.When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017?2017 Dragon Boat Festival Date: May 30, 2017, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Tuesday. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. According to the "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji", because people climb high places in midsummer when the sun is in the sky, and May is midsummer, its first noon is the day for climbing high places in the sky, so the fifth day of May is also called the "Dragon Boat Festival." In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Muri Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival", etc. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese cultural circle. The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a totem sacrifice festival held by tribes who worshipped the dragon totem in the ancient Baiyue region (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the area to the south). Before the Spring and Autumn Period in the Baiyue region, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan from the Chu State (now Hubei) during the Warring States Period committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River with a stone in his arms on that day, the rulers used the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan in order to establish a label of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism; some areas also use the term "Dragon Boat Festival" to commemorate Wu Zixu and Cao E. The Dragon Boat Festival is known as one of the four major traditional festivals of the Chinese folk, along with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. Since ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival has included festival activities such as dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings. Since 2008, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. In May 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; in September 2009, UNESCO formally reviewed and approved the inclusion of China's Dragon Boat Festival in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it the first Chinese festival to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage.Can I get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2017?Can I cut my hair?People have to cut their hair on Dragon Boat Festival, especially children and girls.legend: It’s almost a festival, and if you don’t get a haircut, the “ghosts” will pull out your long hair and use it as string to wrap rice dumplings. When we were little, adults always used this method to scare us who were afraid of getting a haircut. The "festival" that people in my hometown refer to is the Dragon Boat Festival. Traditional festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Double Ninth Festival are not called "festivals" in my hometown. Having a haircut during every festival shows that people in my hometown attach as much importance to the Dragon Boat Festival as the Spring Festival. No hair cuttingThere is a popular saying among the people that you should not shave your head in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, as doing so will cause your uncle to die.legend: Legend has it that one year after a violent storm, a python spirit appeared in the Yellow Mud Cave on Pagoda Mountain, ten miles east of Linmen. The spirit often transformed itself into a human and came out of the cave to do evil. People within a ten-mile radius were terrified and would close their doors and windows early every day before the sun set. Some people even fled with their children to seek refuge in other places. One evening, the python spirit transformed into a human form, went down the mountain and kidnapped a girl named Huijuan to be its fifth wife. Huijuan is not only beautiful but also smart. In order to get rid of this monster, she is submissive on the surface but looks for opportunities secretly. One day, when the python spirit was in high spirits, she sighed, "My husband, you are a god and I am a mortal. I want to live forever in the world like you. How happy I would be!" The python spirit was so happy that he forgot everything else and hugged Huijuan and whispered, "Although I am a god, I also have shortcomings. If you pull out a hair from my nephew and strangle me with it, I will die." On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year, the python spirit invited his nephew to Huangni Cave to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. After eating and drinking, he went to bed. Late at night, Huijuan pulled a hair from the python spirit's nephew's head and strangled the python spirit's neck. The spirit's head fell off and he died immediately. The next day, people from the four townships and eighteen villages were delighted to hear that the python spirit was dead! To relieve their hatred, people started a big fire and threw the python spirit's head into the fire. Unexpectedly, in the fifth month of the lunar calendar that year, for some unknown reason, every time a child had a shaved head, my uncle would fall ill and die three days later. People speculated that although the python spirit turned into ashes, May became a poisonous month. So from then on, the saying "If you don't shave your head in May, your uncle will die" spread among the people. Summary: Through the above article, we know about the haircut customs and legends of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2017. However, you should decide whether to get a haircut based on your actual situation. The fifth day of May is summer, so it’s nice to have a short haircut to spend the summer refreshingly! |
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