Handwritten newspaper materials for Dragon Boat Festival

Handwritten newspaper materials for Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is a folk festival that integrates offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. The following is the information I carefully compiled for the Dragon Boat Festival handwritten newspaper, hoping to help you!

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan area

When it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, we can't help but mention the legend of the White Snake and Xu Xian. A mouthful of realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival caused a storm in the beautiful legend. The relationship between the origin of the legend of the White Snake and the Dragon Boat Festival cannot be said, but this beautiful story has clearly revealed some customs and habits of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan. In the past, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Suzhou and Shanghai always staged several "Legend of the White Snake". To this day, this custom is still remembered by people. In 2009, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the legend of the White Snake, staged in various forms of folk art such as Beijing, Kunming, Huaiyue and Pingtan, seemed to bring people back to that warm and simple past.

Although the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River can not be separated from the categories of eliminating disasters and diseases, totem worship and commemorating figures, compared with other festivals, the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River has some customs and legends different from those in other regions, and even Mr. Wen Yiduo concluded that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the south of the Yangtze River. Although Mr. Wen's assertion is a family statement, it helps us to spy on the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River.

People: Wu Zixu and Cao E.

Among many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, memorial figures are one of them, and the three most common figures related to the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival are Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu and Cao E, which are closely related to the history and customs of the south of the Yangtze River.

Suzhou people think that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Wu Zixu. At that time, Wu Zixu was framed by treacherous court officials for opposing peace talks with Yue, and was ordered to commit suicide by He Lv, the king of Wu. Later, He Lv ordered Wu Zixu's body to be put into a leather bag and sank into the river. This day is the fifth day of May, so in order to commemorate him, the people of Wu took May 5th as the day of death to commemorate Wu Zixu.

In Shaoxing area, there is also a saying that people think that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E. Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father failed to drown in a local activity to welcome Shen Tao Wujun (that is, Wu Zixu), and his body sank into the river. Cao E was crying by the river, feeling extremely sad, and finally threw herself into the river. Her filial piety touched the world. A few days later, Cao E's body floated out of the river with her father's body. Local officials erected a monument for her, while local people took May 5th as a memorial day to commemorate their filial daughter Cao E. ..

Although in many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, people's memorial theory is not considered as the real origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, but the memorial activities of Wu Zixu and Cao E are regarded as important activities of the Dragon Boat Festival by the people in the south of the Yangtze River, which reflects the history of the south of the Yangtze River from one side.

Customs: race, hanging mugwort and five-color silk

Today, among many customs and activities of the Dragon Boat Festival, the most influential is the Dragon Boat Race. Many historical books have described this in a very colorful way. Ten thousand oars in Qi Fei, silver waves surging, roaring dragon boat race gradually evolved into today's recreational and fitness-oriented cultural and sports activities. People usually think that the dragon boat race is to commemorate Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, Cao E and other figures.

That was not the case. Mr Wen Yiduo once pointed out that the dragon boat race originated from the dragon totem worship of the ancient Wuyue people, and inferred that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the south of the Yangtze River. However, these two views are constantly questioned by later scholars.

In Jiangnan area, people have various views on the origin of dragon boat races.

First of all, unlike the saying that Chu people commemorate Qu Yuan, the Yue people think that the race is to commemorate Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and the Wu people think that it is to commemorate Wu Zixu. Of course, these memorial sayings, just like those in The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival, are often just legends added by later generations to express their good feelings for the world. However, to explore the true origin of a festival or festival custom, the theory of commemorating people is often untenable.

At present, there is no conclusion about the true origin of dragon boat race. Some people say that it is related to "water", offering sacrifices to water gods, historical figures who died in the water, and even commemorating the heroes who slaughtered dragons in the water. Some people say it is to send evil disasters and express their desire for life and fear of death. In addition, there are sayings such as "worshipping boats", "evoking souls" and "worshiping farmers and praying for blessings", but the custom activities under various sayings are often mixed together.

Looking through various historical materials, we will also find that the dragon boat race in the south of the Yangtze River is not only held in the afternoon, but widely exists in the spring and summer seasons such as Qingming, cold food and thinking, and even appears in the Double Ninth Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival. This also denies the strong evidence of the character memory theory.

Up to now, the controversy over the origin of the dragon boat race has not affected its popularity among the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are many things, such as making new dragon boats, worshipping and so on. People today can't understand its original intention at all, but every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, as long as we look at the scene of gongs and drums on the Suzhou River, we can understand that Chinese culture is endless.

Compared with dragon boat racing, the origin and purpose of the custom of hanging moxa and winding five-color silk are much simpler.

Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It used to be called "Poisonous Month" and "Evil Month". As soon as this month arrives, the weather turns hot, snakes and insects take it by surprise and evil spirits accumulate. On the other hand, May 5th is an "evil day", so people have to carry out numerous custom activities to drive away evil spirits and diseases.

Because wormwood and calamus have strong fragrance and medicinal value, the ancients used them to treat diseases and ward off evil spirits. According to custom, wormwood and calamus are used at the same time, which are called "Aiqi Pujian" and "Ai Hu Pulong".

Five-color silk is a kind of five-color silk ornaments wrapped around arms, arms or ankles, also known as longevity thread, longevity thread, sword, hundred ropes and so on. The ancients believed that the five-color silk was worn on the Dragon Boat Festival because the five colors contained five magical powers, which could be used to ward off evil spirits. In Ningbo, there is also the custom of throwing ropes. When throwing away five-color silk, stick sticky rice and throw it into the roof tiles, and the birds will take it away, so that children can live a long and healthy life without illness.

Diet: Zongzi and "Huang Wu";

Zongzi is the most representative food of the Dragon Boat Festival, and every household should make zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although the legend of the origin of zongzi is different, it is also popular in Jiangnan, and the zongzi in Wufangzhai, Jiaxing is even more famous all over the world. Compared with jiaozi in the north, jiaozi in the south of the Yangtze River is less sweet and more salty. The most representative ones are fresh meat dumplings, bacon dumplings, egg yolk dumplings, ham dumplings and so on.

The representative Dragon Boat Festival diet in Jiangnan is "Huang Wu". The realgar wine that Bai Niangniang drinks is a kind of Huang Wu. The "Huang Wu" in Hangzhou customs are yellow croaker, cucumber, eel, realgar wine and realgar Buddha beans. People believe that eating Huang Wu can ward off evil spirits. Others eat cooked garlic to detoxify. Yuyao and other places in Ningbo eat "Huang Wu Six Whites", namely realgar wine, cucumber, egg yolk, eel and eel crab; Tofu, water bamboo, Chinese cabbage, striped fish, boiled chicken, boiled meat. At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, Ningbo people also have the custom of eating dragonflies and stewing eggs and toads to relieve heat and detoxify, and every family should make black steamed buns to worship their ancestors. Besides Huang Wu, Shaoxing people also eat amaranth to avoid malnutrition and poached eggs to avoid cold and rain. Nanjing people, like Shaoxing people, eat amaranth on Dragon Boat Festival. In addition, there is also the saying of "five poisons", that is, taking whitebait, shrimp, leek and black dry goods to fry, which is called "frying five poisons".

Realgar has another use in the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, drawing a "king" on the child's forehead to symbolize the tiger, and it can also protect the child from the evil of poisonous moon. This is similar to Ai Hu, that is, tigers have a strong ability to ward off evil spirits.

To sum up, we can easily find that the biggest significance of such a grand Dragon Boat Festival lies in "getting rid of diseases and preventing epidemics", so it is not an exaggeration to say that the Dragon Boat Festival is a spontaneous national health festival for China people.

On the characteristics and customs of Jiangnan Dragon Boat Festival;

In addition to the above, there are other customs in Jiangnan, such as picking herbs, fighting herbs, hanging sachets and soaking orchid soup. A special custom is the custom of visiting the West Lake in Lin 'an during the Dragon Boat Festival in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is recorded in "The Old Friend of the West Lake is Prosperous". Ningbo's son-in-law will choose "Dragon Boat Festival Bear" as a gift for her parents-in-law. In Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, colored silk is used to make "healthy people" riding tigers. Suzhou's Dragon Boat Festival custom also includes realgar lotus wrapped in velvet copper coins; Choose garlic without petals, tie a net and beat it as decoration; Wear tiger hats, tiger pockets and the like for children. Nanjing has the custom of hanging portraits of Zhang Tianshi and Zhong Kui. People in the water towns around Linping and Tangqi in Hangzhou even killed toads to eat. This custom is also related to white snakes. It turns out that people there eat toads to express their hatred for Fahai monks!

What is the significance of Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival. Although the names are different, the customs of people everywhere are the same. Dragon Boat Festival is an old custom in China for more than two thousand years. On this day, every household hangs clocks and statues, hangs mugwort leaves and calamus, races dragon boats, eats zongzi, drinks realgar wine, swims all diseases, wears sachets and prepares sacrifices.

The first significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great national poet in history. Qu Yuan, Ming Ping, was a native of Chu in the Warring States Period. Born in the seventh day of the first lunar month in Wu Wang, Chu Wei, or twenty-seven years, he died in the ninth year of King Xiang of Chu.

The second meaning of Dragon Boat Festival is the anniversary of Wu Zixu's death. Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died. Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbor, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city to destroy Wu." Hearing this, Fu Cha was furious. On May 5th, he wrapped the body of Zixu in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.

The third significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Cao E, the filial daughter of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who saved her drowning father. Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy. The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River. The fourth significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qiu Jin, a modern revolutionary poetess. Qiu Jin was martyred on June 5th. Later generations admired his poems and mourned his heroic deeds. It was held to commemorate the Poets' Day, and the Poets' Day was designated as the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qiu Jin was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. When she was young, she was good at poetry and lyrics, and she liked riding and fencing. She is called Mulan and Qin Liangyu. Joining the revolution at the age of 28 had a great influence. He planned an uprising. He was arrested by the Qing soldiers at the meeting and persevered. Guangxu died heroically in Xuanhengkou, Shaoxing on June 5th, thirty-three years ago.

Various traditional folk activities:

Balongzhou

In ancient times, the Yue people took dragons as totems. In order to show their "dragon species" status, they not only have the custom of tattooing, but also hold a grand totem festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. There is a race game similar to today's, which is the origin of the race custom. Dragon boat picking is an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival, a ritual of ancient dragon totem sacrifice and a kind of heritage. According to the first excavation report of Hemudu site, as early as 7000 years ago, ancient ancestors had carved wooden boats out of single wood and rowed them with wooden paddles. The earliest "Dragon Boat Race" map in China was found in Jia Cun, Yunlong Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Dragon boat was originally carved into the shape of Jackie Chan by canoe, and later developed into a dragon boat made of wood. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, some tribes who worshipped dragon totem in Baiyue area (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south area) would hold tribal totem sacrifice in the form of dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which was the first appearance of dragon boat race on the first day of May.

Boating dragon boat has a long history, and it is a multi-person collective rowing competition. The dragon boat race is divided into several parts, such as inviting dragons, offering sacrifices to dragon gods, Youlong and collecting dragons. Before the dragon boat race, a grand sacrifice ceremony is usually held. One is to invite dragons to worship the gods. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, you should choose an auspicious day to come out of the water, and after offering sacrifices to the gods, you should install a dragon head and a dragon tail, and then prepare for the race. Fujian and Taiwan went to Mazu Tempel to worship. In the past, when people sacrificed to the dragon god, the atmosphere was very serious, praying for blessing, good weather, evil spirits and disasters, and everything went well. In Zigui, Hubei Province, Qu Yuan's hometown, there is also a dragon boat festival to worship Qu Yuan.

Hanging wormwood and calamus

On the Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of flowers and plants that can drive away evil spirits and diseases have long been arranged. People regard wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival. Such as wormwood hanging on the door, Jingchu Chronicle: "Collecting wormwood is like hanging a door with poison gas." This is because mugwort is an important medicinal plant, and it can also be used for treating diseases, moxibustion at acupoints and expelling insects. Folium Artemisiae Argyi contains the most oil in May (it is in the vigorous period of warm growth at this time), so the effect is the best, and people are scrambling to pick folium Artemisiae Argyi. Several mugwort plants are often hung at home. Because of its special fragrance, people use it to ward off evil spirits, prevent mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits.

"Ai", also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, contains volatile aromatic oil in its stems and leaves, and its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. The leaves of Acorus calamus also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a medicine for refreshing the brain, inducing resuscitation, strengthening bones, dispersing stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing. The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because it has the function of medicine. For example, Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu said: "When the chickens are not crowing, those who pick wormwood look like people, take it and get it. Moxibustion is very effective. It is the day when Ai Cai became a human and hung on the door, which can poison gas. "

Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.

Zongzi, or "Zongzi Zan", is commonly known as Zongzi. Its main materials are glutinous rice and stuffing, and it is wrapped with Indocalamus leaves (or Hiragi leaves) into various shapes, such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. After being introduced to the north, it is made of millet (produced in the north), which is called "corn millet". Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and it has become one of the most influential and extensive folk food customs of the Chinese nation, and spread to North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

fly a kite

A kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk to a bamboo frame and pulls a long line on it. It can be put into the sky under the action of wind, and it belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. In southern China, children flying kites during the Dragon Boat Festival is called "flying disaster".

Herbal cleaning water

Herbal water, that is, Mulan soup recorded in ancient books, washing herbal water at noon can cure skin diseases and eliminate evil spirits. Noon is the day with the most Chinese herbal medicines in a year, and there are medicines everywhere. During the Dragon Boat Festival, many places in China have the custom of collecting herbs, boiling herbs and soaking in water, and the medicinal properties of the Dragon Boat Festival herbs play a vital role in it. Volume 22 of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection quotes the lost article of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection at the Age of Jingchu: "On May 5, competing for miscellaneous medicine can cure all diseases." The existing written records about the custom of washing medicine and water were first found in the book Da Dai Li at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, but the orchids mentioned in this paper are not orchids, but flying grasses or compositae herbs, which have fragrance and can be decocted and bathed in water. This custom still exists today and is widely popular. In Guangdong, children use wormwood wheat medicine or wormwood, cattail, impatiens, magnolia and other flowers to boil and wash, while teenagers and adult men take a bath on the river and beach, which is called dragon boat washing water to wash away bad luck and bring good luck. In Hunan, Guangxi and other places, cypress leaves, anemone roots, wormwood, calamus, peach leaves, etc. are boiled into liquid medicine for bathing, regardless of gender, age and family.

Tie five-color silk thread

In the traditional culture of China, the five colors "blue, red, white, black and yellow" symbolizing the five elements are regarded as auspicious colors. It was once a popular holiday custom to tie one's arm with colored silk thread during the Dragon Boat Festival. Passed on to future generations, it developed into many beautiful decorations, such as longevity wisps, longevity locks, sachets and so on. Its production has become increasingly exquisite and has become a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, children should tie colorful silk threads on their wrists and ankles to ward off evil spirits. Traditionally, thick red, green, yellow, white and black silk threads are twisted into colorful ropes and tied around children's arms or necks. From May 5th, it was not until Qi's birthday on Qixi that they were untied and burned with Jin Jun ... There is also a saying that on the first rainy day after Dragon Boat Festival, cutting colorful threads and throwing them in the rain means that the river will wash away plagues and diseases, which means that it can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck for a year.

Drink water at noon

The water at noon is the water pumped from the well at noon on Sunday. Drinking water at noon on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom prevailing in the southern coastal areas. At noon, the sun rises above the sun, so "midday water" is called "extremely sunny water", "Long Mu water" and "zhengyang water". The ancients regarded afternoon water as good luck water. On this day, the sunshine is the most abundant at noon, and the effect of exorcism is the best at noon, which has the effect of exorcising evil spirits, purifying the body and removing obstacles. It is said that the water used to make tea and wine at noon is particularly mellow, and drinking raw water even has a miraculous effect on treating diseases. There is a proverb: "Washing your eyes at noon is as bright as a stork", and it is said that "it is better to take a sip of water at noon to make up for three years".

Zhuyangxiang

In Lun Heng, written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the etiquette and custom of "casting the year of Yang" during the Dragon Boat Festival were recorded: "The year of Yang takes fire from the sky, and at noon in May, five stones are melted and cast into vessels, which makes them glow with excitement. When they rise to the sun, fire will come, which is also the way to get real fire. " The ancients thought that there were three fires at noon, when the sun was shining. At this time, it is the best time to melt gold and cast mirrors, and the cast bronze mirrors have incredible power. The custom of using mirrors to ward off evil spirits is widely used and passed down in the southern coastal areas. It is common for children who are born soon to wear silver mirrors and other accessories. This kind of small silver mirror is used by children to ward off evil spirits. Newly built temples and Taoist temples are often decorated with bronze mirrors in the middle of the roof. Even above the doors and windows of new buildings in modern residential areas, you can often find hanging mirrors, which are used to ward off evil spirits. This shows that the cultural belief that mirrors ward off evil spirits is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Soak in dragon boat water

Dragon boat water occurs from childhood to summer solstice. In the traditional culture of China, rain and dragons are linked. The dragon is not only an auspicious thing, but also the master of weathering rain. Dragonflies are flying in the sky and clouds are scattering rain. From the natural phenomenon, in midsummer, it is just the time when the black dragon flies south of the sky for seven nights. In the Book of Changes, Gangua says, "The flying dragon is in the sky." Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, the warm and humid airflow in southern China is active, and when it meets the cold air from north to south in southern China, there will often be continuous and large-scale heavy precipitation. When the heavy precipitation comes during the Dragon Boat Festival, the water level of the river rises rapidly, providing a good venue for dragon boat fishing. Soaking dragon boat water is a popular traditional custom in southern China. Because dragon boat water means good luck, people think that dragon boat water and the water that dragon boat glides through are "great luck water". According to tradition, soaking in dragon boat water means good luck and all the best.

Pei Douniang

In the old days, women's headdresses with five knots were common in Jiangnan. Some areas are also called healthy people. This thing originated from ancient walking and is a different form of Ai people. Jia Qinglu quoted the legacy of Tang and Song Dynasties as saying: "It is ingenious to win the first prize in five days in the north and south of the river. ... covered with a treasure, embroidered with countless tassels, bells, bells, or strung together, called damselfly, can't beat it. "

Post the noon symbol

In the old days, some places in Guangdong had the custom of posting "noon symbols". After lunch, everyone posted the "noon symbol". The operator uses a piece of yellow paper about an inch wide and nearly a foot long. With vermilion, the words "at noon on May 5, the official disease is not oral disease, and snakes, insects, rats and ants are eliminated" are written on it. Hang calamus, phoenix tail, mugwort leaf, etc. Tie a string of garlic on the gate and coat it with vermilion to ward off evil spirits. Some people also put small couplets written in yellow paper on the door: "Aiqi welcomes all blessings, and universal health eliminates all evils."

Worship gods and ancestors

Sacrificing to God and ancestors is one of the important customs of Dragon Boat Festival. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " Heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of life, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety. Through sacrifice, we pray and return their shelter and blessings.

Draw the forehead

The custom of daubing children's foreheads with realgar during the Dragon Boat Festival. Clouds can drive away poisonous insects. The typical method is to draw the word "Wang" on the child's forehead with realgar. One is to use realgar to drive away the poison, and the other is to use the tiger's forehead (the "king" is like a tiger, and the tiger is the king of all animals, because it is replaced by a tiger) to suppress evil. In addition to the forehead, nose and ears, other places can also be painted, with the same intention. Shanxi Hequ county records: "Drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival and applying children's forehead, hands and feet ... can prolong the illness."

Smoked atractylodes rhizome

Smoking Atractylodes lancea is one of the traditional activities of Dragon Boat Festival. In the folk, Atractylodes lancea is used to disinfect the air, that is, to bind the natural Atractylodes lancea together. The fine smoke produced after burning will not only give off fragrance, but also drive away mosquitoes, which is refreshing.

Carry a dragon boat festival pole

According to the old custom in Ningbo, the hairy-footed son-in-law will pick the "Dragon Boat Festival Bear" on the Dragon Boat Festival and send it to the woman's house. "Dragon Boat Festival", at least four colors, at most eight colors, yellow croaker should be paired.

Hide from the Dragon Boat Festival

Hiding from the Dragon Boat Festival, referred to as "hiding in the afternoon" or "hiding at the end of five days", is a local folk custom, which spread in the Central Plains of northern China in the old days. In ancient northern customs, May and May 5th are evil months and days, so many things need to be avoided, because there is a custom of taking women home to escape during the Dragon Boat Festival. "Jiajing Longqing Zhi" also records a cloud: "Marry a woman and call her home for the holidays". Luan Zhou Zhi: "A woman bride welcomes the moon back, which is called" hiding from the Dragon Boat Festival ".

Avoid five poisons

Dragon Boat Festival is a poisonous day and an evil day in the eyes of ancient northerners, but it has been handed down from the people, so there are various customs of seeking peace and avoiding the five poisons. In fact, this is because the summer weather in the north is hot and dry, people are easy to get sick and the plague is easy to spread; In addition, snakes and insects are easy to breed and bite people, which forms this habit. People think that May is the time when the five poisons (scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko and toad) appear, and various methods should be used to prevent the harm of the five poisons. Generally, a map of five poisons is posted in the house, five poisons are printed on red paper, and then five needles are stuck on the five poisons, that is, the poisons are stabbed to death, and they can no longer be rampant. Folk people also embroider five poisons on clothes and decorate five poisons on cakes, all of which mean expulsion.

Collecting herbs and making herbal tea

Collecting herbs is one of the oldest customs in the Dragon Boat Festival. According to folklore, the Dragon Boat Festival is full of yang, which is the most vigorous day of herbal medicine in a year. The Dragon Boat Festival is full of herbs. Herb picking is because the stems and leaves of herbs are mature and have good medicinal properties around the Dragon Boat Festival, and this custom was formed on this day. It has a long history to collect herbs and put all kinds of flowers and plants to exorcise evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. This custom had a wide influence in the Han Dynasty, and then it gradually affected East Asian countries. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, "Li Jixia Zheng Xiao" contained: "Store medicine this day to disinfect the gas." Volume 22 of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection quotes the lost article of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection at the Age of Jingchu: "On May 5, competing for miscellaneous medicine can cure all diseases." People in China still generally believe that the medicine taken during the Dragon Boat Festival is the most effective. The principle supporting this folk belief is naturally based on a cosmological explanation: on the Dragon Boat Festival or at noon on this day, due to the change of seasons, the sun is shining, but at the same time, all kinds of herbs grow most luxuriantly, so the herbs collected on this day are the most effective.

Drink Pu wine, realgar wine and cinnabar wine.

Drink Pu wine, realgar cinnabar wine and spray wine. Jingchu Chronicle: "Use calamus, carve or waste it, and use cold wine." Pu wine is fragrant and refreshing. Later, realgar and vermilion were added to the wine. Feng Ming Yingjing's Generalized Moon Order: "On the fifth day, cinnabar wine was used to ward off evil spirits and detoxify, and the forehead, chest, hands and feet were dyed with wine, so there was no danger of poisonous snakes (poisonous snakes mentioned in ancient books). Sprinkle walls, doors and windows to avoid poisonous insects. " This custom is widely circulated.

Medicinal materials include Realgar, Zhu Lei, Semen Platycladi, Semen Persicae, pulp, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, etc. After soaking in wine, people dip Acorus calamus and Artemisia argyi in walls, doors, windows, beds and other corners. Then apply wine to the child's ears, nose and navel to drive away poisonous insects. From a health point of view, these activities are still scientific and reasonable. Realgar mixed with water and wine can be disinfected indoors, and drinking general sprinkling is also quite beneficial.

It rains on Dragon Boat Festival.

It rains on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called Dragon Boat Water and Duanyang Water in the south. Washing dragon boats can drive away bad luck and bring good luck. The north thinks that there is no rain in Duanyang, which is a good year. When it rains at noon, ghosts cause man-made disasters. The whistle sounded on May 5, and people were exposed to drugs. At the age of five, there was no disaster; Rain exposes ghosts and poisons, making people sick; This popular belief has long existed; Chen's Chronicle of Years Old quoted the Summary as saying: "On May 5th, people were poisoned, and at the age of eighteen, there was no disaster. It rains, ghosts expose drugs, and people are sick. " Also, Xu Yueqing's "Two Rhymes Shu People Li Shizhou Dragon Boat Festival" notes: "Linchuan people say that it rains in the afternoon and ghosts are happy; The self-annotation of Zhao Huaiyu's poems in Qing Dynasty also quoted the proverb "No rain in Duanyang is a good year".

Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui Dance: A folk dance, also known as "Zhong Kui Opera". It is reported that Zhong Kui Dance, which originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, is a traditional folk performance left over from ancient Huizhou. It has many contents, such as "going on patrol", "getting married" and "getting rid of the five poisons", which reflects the people's good wishes of advocating Zhong Kui's integrity and praying for eliminating disasters and reducing happiness. In the folk, "Zhong Kui" is a symbol of avoiding evil and strengthening the body. Dancing in Zhong Kui during the Dragon Boat Festival means eliminating the five poisons, keeping the seasons safe and prolonging life. In the Qing Dynasty, most residents in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces south of the Yangtze River hung photos of Zhong Kui at the gate or hall in May of the lunar calendar to drive away evil and attract good luck.

Bean grass

Fighting grass is a folk game originated from collecting herbs. When you go out at noon, you can find some exotic flowers and plants to compete with each other, and the novelty or variety will win. Its origin is unknown, and it is generally believed to be related to the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine. Before the Han Dynasty, there was no grass fighting drama (Textual Research on Popular Events in Past Dynasties, Shang Dynasty). Fighting grass reports the names of flowers and grass to each other in the form of confrontation, which is both interesting in plant knowledge and literary knowledge. Children hook, pinch and pull each other with petioles. If you break it, you lose, and then change a leaf to fight. According to a story written by Zong Yi, a person from the Liang Dynasty, "On May 5, four people stepped on a hundred herbs and had a scene of fighting grass."

play polo

Polo is riding a horse and hitting with a stick. In ancient times, it was called bowing. There is no custom of dragon boat race in northern China, but they will shoot willows and play polo during the Dragon Boat Festival, which obviously comes from the competitive legacy of nomadic people in the north. Polo is riding a horse and hitting with a stick. In ancient times, it was called bowing.

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