When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017? What taboos should we pay attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: China has been a traditional country since ancient times, so it has many deep-rooted traditional customs that have been passed down to this day, and there are also many taboos corresponding to the customs. The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the important traditional festivals. So when is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017? What taboos should we pay attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals of the year. It contains very important traditional Chinese culture. Mr. Shui Mo will tell you all aspects of the Dragon Boat Festival.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.What are the taboos to pay attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival?1. Avoid eating rice dumplings from your mother’s homeA married girl does not need to go back to her parents' home before the Dragon Boat Festival, which means she cannot celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at her parents' home, otherwise, she will bring bad luck. There is a saying that goes, "If you eat the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings from your mother's home, your whole family will die."2. Avoid swimmingIn some places, swimming is not allowed on this day, especially swimming in places where people have drowned. This is because people believe that on the Dragon Boat Festival, the "drowned ghosts" are at their most vicious and need to find a substitute to "return to life." Therefore, there is a custom of throwing zongzi into the river to let the fish share and avoid making zongzi.3. Avoid losing the sachets worn by childrenIn the north, children have the custom of wearing sachets. The sachets worn by children must not be lost. Legend has it that if a child loses the sachet he is wearing, there will be a major disaster within a year. After the Dragon Boat Festival, children are required to throw the sachets they are wearing into the water to avoid fire.4. Taboo DayAs May is an "evil month" and Double Fifth is an unlucky day, there is a custom of "hiding from Wu" on this day, that is, babies under one year old should be sent to their grandmother's house to hide to escape disasters.Summary: Through the above article, we know the specific date of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017 and the taboos that need to be paid attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival. I hope it can provide some reference for everyone. I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival holiday! |
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