Next week is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a serious traditional festival in our country. Each of our traditional festivals always has its own customs and activities, and the Dragon Boat Festival is no exception. Next, let’s talk about these customs in detail

? Dragon boat racing

? Eating rice dumplings and hanging mugwort

? Wearing sachets

?Drink realgar wine

The customs mentioned today are all handed down from ancient times. Think about how difficult it is.

1. Dragon Boat Racing

There are many theories about the origin of dragon boat racing, including sacrificial activities such as worshiping Cao E, worshiping Qu Yuan, worshiping the water god, or the dragon god. In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, people in various places also attach different meanings to the dragon boat race. Before the dragon boat race, the dragon must be invited and sacrificed to the gods. For example, in Guangdong

the boat must be taken out from the water before the Dragon Boat Festival. After worshiping the Goddess of the South China Sea in the Nanhai Temple, the dragon head and tail are installed, and then preparations are made for the race. He also bought a pair of paper roosters and placed them on the dragon boat, thinking that they would protect the boat's safety. In people's words, "for good luck" expresses people's inner good wishes.

Dragon Boat Festival tips

Everyone participating in dragon boat racing must know how to swim and must wear a life jacket.

No one must swim within the waters of the dragon boat racing event, and overloading and excessive loading are strictly prohibited.

Passing ships must drive and maneuver with special caution, take effective safety measures as early as possible, use safe speeds or take effective measures such as stopping and sailing to pass through the dragon boat activity area.

2. Eating Zongzi

Zongzi was officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food in the Jin Dynasty. "Yueyang Fengtu Ji" written by Zhou Chu at the time said: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival... On the first day of the festival, sticky rice is wrapped in wild rice leaves, boiled with chestnut and date ash juice, cooked, and eaten during the festival." According to "Miscellaneous Notes of the Year", at that time There are several kinds of rice dumplings: "Duanwu rice dumplings, there are many famous brands, with different shapes. There are horn rice dumplings, cone rice dumplings, diamond rice dumplings, tube rice dumplings, weighing hammer rice dumplings, and nine-zi rice dumplings."

By the Tang Dynasty, the rice used for rice dumplings was as white as jade, and its shape appeared cone-shaped and rhombus-shaped. "Datang Zongzi" is recorded in Japanese literature. In the Song Dynasty, there was already "preserved rice dumplings", that is, rice dumplings with fruits. The poet Su Dongpo once wrote a poem: "Sometimes I see bayberry in rice dumplings."

During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the wrapping material of Zongzi changed from wild rice leaves to Ruo leaves. Later, Zongzi wrapped in reed leaves appeared, and the additional ingredients included bean paste, pork, pine nuts, dates, walnuts, etc. etc., the varieties are more colorful.

Here’s how to make zongzi:

Take a zongzi leaf, clean it, and roll one end into a cone shape.

Pour the glutinous rice into the conical tube.

Turn over the other end of the rice dumpling and place it on top of the rice dumpling until it is covered.

Fold all the rice dumpling leaves along the edges of the triangle.

Tie the rice dumplings tightly with rope.

3. Wearing a sachet

Wearing a sachet is one of the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Sachets are also called sachets, sachets and purses. The sachet is usually filled with some aromatic Chinese herbal medicine, which has the functions of refreshing fragrance, repelling insects, avoiding plague, and preventing diseases. There is a folk saying that "bring a sachet bag, you will not be afraid of five pests"

At the transition between spring and summer, the temperature rises, rains occur frequently, and the air becomes hot and humid, making it easy to suffer from heat stroke or fatigue. At the same time, various Mosquitoes, flies, and venomous insects can easily cause diseases and plagues when they enter a mass breeding period. The Chinese herbal medicine used in the sachet can emit natural aroma, which has a certain effect on repelling mosquitoes and insects.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, wear sachets containing Chinese herbal medicine on children's chests to prevent mosquito bites. Hang the sachets in front of doors and windows to use the fragrance and pharmacology of natural herbs to deodorize, repel insects and disperse turbidity. , diffuse aroma to remove sweat odor and purify indoor air. It means praying for success, peace, good fortune and health. Carry the sachet with you to pray for health, safety and protection throughout the year.

4. Hanging mugwort

One leaf of mugwort, one year old, Dragon Boat Festival. It has been a custom since ancient times to hang mugwort and calamus on the Dragon Boat Festival to repel mosquitoes, prevent diseases, ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings.

We use the most traditional production method to pray that everyone will have good luck, good luck and health!

The Dragon Boat Festival is the beginning of summer, and all kinds of diseases are easy to attack. In the eyes of the ancients, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is an "evil month". The yin and yang are divided, life and death struggle, heat, restlessness, and diseases are about to start. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, insect pests are expelled. Warding off evil is one of the most important activities. "Holding a moxa flag in your hand will attract hundreds of blessings, and hanging a pu sword on the door will kill thousands of evil spirits." Hanging mugwort and calamus on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival is like putting up a magic talisman, which can attract benefits and avoid disadvantages l

Cinnamomum camphor fruit: It means good luck and peace, and can bring good luck to the home and change the fortune

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Host Leaf: Eternal Love

Golden Ball: Eternal Happiness, Eternal Beauty

Mugwort: Meaningful blessings, exorcism, protection of the house, and prosperity Bring good luck and good health

Calamus leaves: exorcise evil spirits and miasma, protect your family

5. Drink realgar wine

Drinking realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival has been around since ancient times. In this era, five is an unlucky number. May is regarded as a poisonous month, and the fifth day is an evil day. Every year on May 5th, the five poisons appear, and epidemics occur frequently. An old saying once said, "Drink realgar wine, and all diseases will go away." Realgar is a mineral called cockscomb stone. Its main component is arsenic sulfide, which contains mercury and is toxic. Realgar can relieve temperature, repel insects and resolve five toxins. In ancient times, if there was no alcohol-iodine disinfection, realgar wine would be used to disinfect, sterilize and relieve itching.

I remember when I was a child in the countryside, a little realgar would be placed on both sides of the gate during the Dragon Boat Festival to keep away insects, ants, and poisonous snakes. In "The Legend of the White Snake", the White Snake appears in her true form after drinking realgar wine, which shows that the ancients had a basis in life when writing books.

Tips for drinking realgar wine

Look for a trustworthy winery. Some local time-honored brands have been selling realgar wine for many years. The brewing process in such places is generally safe and trustworthy. .

Do not heat it for drinking, as this will prevent the realgar in the wine from converting into arsenic.

The last and most important one: drink less! Realgar wine is definitely not as delicious as ordinary rice wine. A small sip is enough to enhance the atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Finally, some little knowledge about the Dragon Boat Festival

Qu Yuan’s surname is not Qu

Qu Yuan’s actual surname is Ban (pronounced mi), and the character “Qu” in Qu Yuan is not his. surname, but surname.

Are the zongzi sweet or salty?

Northern people like to eat sweet rice dumplings, but southern people like to eat salty rice dumplings.

What are the "five yellows" on Dragon Boat Festival?

The "five yellows" on the Dragon Boat Festival table refer to: eel, leek, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine.

The "five ends" are hung on the Dragon Boat Festival. Which "five ends" are they?

Calamus, mugwort, pomegranate flower, garlic, dragon boat flower.