The famous sayings of the Dragon Boat Festival are as follows:
1. The wind and rain of the Dragon Boat Festival every year seem to be the grievances of Qu Yuan. I want to talk about things with whom I want, but the geese and doves are noisy in the south and the north. -- Song Dynasty's "Three Duanwu Poems" No. 2
2. The color of the paper is far away from the ground, and the light is far away in the sky. -- "Watching Lanterns on the Fifteenth Night"
3. The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, and the people of the Qing Dynasty grow again. -- "Dragon Boat Festival Banquet for Officials at Wucheng Hall" of the Tang Dynasty
4. Looking back suddenly, the man was there, in a dimly lit place. -- "The Sapphire Case·Yuan Xi"
5. The Zhongshan boy relies on his new makeup, while Zheng's daughter Yanji is the only one who excels. -- "Bianjing Yuanxi Festival"
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. It is a major folk festival that integrates worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and food. The Dragon Boat Festival originates from the worship of natural celestial phenomena and evolved from dragon worship in ancient times.
Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival
1. Eating Zongzi
Zongzi as a sacrificial item has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but Zongzi has been officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival Food, it was in the Jin Dynasty. During this period, in addition to glutinous rice, the raw materials for making rice dumplings were also added with the traditional Chinese medicine Yizhiren. The cooked rice dumplings were called "Yizhizong".
2. Tie five-color silk thread
In traditional Chinese culture, the five colors "green, red, white, black, and yellow" that symbolize the five directions and five elements are regarded as auspicious colors. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children should tie five-color silk threads on their wrists and ankles to protect their health.
3. Drinking realgar wine
The custom of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival was extremely popular in the Yangtze River Basin in ancient times. An old saying once said, "Drink realgar wine, and all diseases will go away."
4. Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon Boat Racing is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China. It is also one of the most important folk activities of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is common in southern China and in the north. Cities near rivers and lakes also have the custom of dragon boat racing, and most of them are in the form of dry dragon boat racing and dragon boat dancing.
5. Hanging calamus with mugwort leaves
Hanging calamus during the Dragon Boat Festival can help those snakes, insects, rats and ants to go around. Calamus is known among the people as a "little expert in repelling mosquitoes".
6. Playing polo
Polo is played while riding on a horse and holding a stick. It was called Sikju in ancient times. People in northern China do not have the custom of dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival, but they will shoot willows and play polo on the Dragon Boat Festival. This is obviously derived from the competitive customs of the nomadic people in the north. Polo is played while riding on a horse and holding a stick. It was called Juju in ancient times.