The spirit of Dragon Boat Festival

1. To commemorate Qu Yuan and carry forward Qu Yuan's great patriotic spirit of loving the motherland and the people. In fact, the custom of making zongzi and rowing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival did not come from commemorating Qu Yuan. According to Wen Yiduo's "Dragon Boat Festival Examination", the Dragon Boat Festival was originally an ancient dragon boat festival, which was produced long before Qu Yuan and Huai Sha drowned themselves in the Miluo River. However, with the development of society and the improvement of people's awareness, when people's worship of nature is gradually transformed into care for local historical celebrities, this festival has been given new significance. Therefore, among the people, there are various legends to commemorate Qu Yuan, Jie Zitui, Wu Zixu, Gou Jian, Cao E and so on. But the most influential thing is to commemorate Qu Yuan. This statement is recorded in ancient books such as Follow Qi Xie, Years of Jingchu, Years of Jinling, and Xiangyang Customs. This shows that the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan planted love in people's hearts, which not only overcame people's primitive prayers and fears about dragons, but also surpassed the nostalgia and recollection of other historical figures. In this way, the Dragon Boat Festival has been given more positive content and turned into a patriotic culture. Love the people, love the motherland, and even die for the country. This great patriotic thought not only has universal value beyond all times and classes, but also is the core value of our socialism today.

Second, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival embodies the spirit of unity and enterprising. Every Dragon Boat Festival, water dragon boat races with great momentum should be held everywhere. Dragon boat race, not only needs everyone Qi Xin to work together and coordinate their actions, but also strive to be the first. The cultural connotation of this custom is also the need of our modernization. The practice of 30 years of reform and opening up has proved that unity, forging ahead and being the first are the inexhaustible motive force and spiritual guarantee for our brilliant achievements.

Thirdly, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival has the significance of enhancing family ties, strengthening interpersonal relationships and promoting harmony between man and nature. During the dragon boat race, people get together and watch the dragon boat race, even empty lanes. At this time, it is also a good opportunity for people to communicate and get closer to each other. The dragon boat race itself is a vivid manifestation of the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. This is conducive to promoting the harmony between people and between people and nature. The value orientation embodied in this cultural implication is exactly what we should do to implement Scientific Outlook on Development.

Fourthly, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival has the meaning of cultural creation and accumulation. Whether people build unique dragon boats or make all kinds of zongzi, they have formed a mechanism of cultural creation. In the dragon boat race, people can not only learn from each other the production technology of the dragon head, but also learn from each other the dragon boat race. Similarly, dumplings are the same. This forms a mechanism of cultural accumulation. Therefore, it is well-founded to say that the custom of Dragon Boat Festival contains the implication of cultural creation and accumulation, which is also necessary for us to carry out new cultural construction.

Fifth, many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival embody the meaning of caring for life, keeping fit and preventing diseases. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are customs such as inserting mugwort leaves, hanging calamus, drinking realgar wine, picking herbs, soaking orchid soup, hanging sachets and wrapping colored thread. The Dragon Boat Festival is in early summer, the weather is warm and humid, and plagues are easy to breed. Therefore, many folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are aimed at exorcising evil spirits and poisons. Therefore, when we celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, we must remember not to lose this cultural significance of preventing diseases and eliminating disasters, praying for health and expecting good luck and happiness. Pursuing health and eliminating evils and poisons will always be the theme of human life, because life is the premise and foundation of all values. Therefore, the cultural implication of the Dragon Boat Festival custom is fundamentally people-oriented. This is also the core of the cultural implication and modern value of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Sixth, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival reflects the cultural diversity. From the perspective of anthropology or ethnology, the sources of the Dragon Boat Festival are very diverse and different. Every nation and region has its own unique legend of the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, the dragon boat race in Mayang County, Hunan Province is not to commemorate Qu Yuan, but to offer sacrifices to Tiger Pan. Festival activities also vary from place to place. For example, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Yi people go into the mountains to collect herbs; Mulao people have to carry paper boats to the fields, and teachers patrol the boats to repel insects, thinking that they can ensure the growth of seedlings; Tibetan young men and women go to the wild for horse racing, singing duet, throwing handkerchiefs, grabbing hats and other activities; In some places, Miao people also have activities such as dancing encouragement, driving away Huashan Mountain, singing and traveling. These all reflect the cultural diversity of the Dragon Boat Festival. Cultural diversity is the natural result of human cultural evolution and the common wealth of all mankind. Promoting the development of world cultural diversity is not only the requirement of the healthy development of human culture, but also the cultural cornerstone of building a harmonious society and a harmonious world. This is also one of the important modern values of the Dragon Boat Festival culture.

The above aspects are mutually integrated and cannot be separated. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are rich and colorful, with profound and diverse cultural implications, and its modern value is also multifaceted. Only by fully understanding the diversity of its cultural connotation can we better protect the important heritage of the Dragon Boat Festival and carry forward our excellent cultural traditions.