Folk saying: Dragon Boat Festival, hot weather; What do you mean, the five poisons are awake and there is no peace?

In fact, the Dragon Boat Festival was not originally to commemorate Qu Yuan. At the earliest time, the Dragon Boat Festival has formed a custom. Qu Yuan only threw himself into the river on this day, and the influence of the Dragon Boat Festival was magnified because Qu Yuan threw himself into the river. Dragon Boat Festival is actually a special ceremony used by people in primitive society to deal with extreme weather in May.

From the Dragon Boat Festival to the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the hot and toxic summer is coming, and the temperature is extremely harsh. This time, not only the temperature is hot and humid, but also the sun is poisonous. The hot and humid climate is easy to cause some serious diseases and even life-threatening, so the ancient people's evaluation of May is not so good. May is called poison five, which means hot summer.

So the ancients were very careful in this month. During the Dragon Boat Festival, they used some methods to perform the ceremony, because the hot and humid weather in May can easily lead to health problems, and plagues are relatively easy to appear in this season, and some poisonous insects and poisons are very active at this time. In addition, it happens to be the rainy season at this time, which is easy to cause floods, so May was regarded as a disaster by the ancients.

The earliest five poisons were also midday poisons. At first, the five poisons were a vicious climate change in May. Later, for the sake of health and peace, people performed them on the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as midday poison. Later, people gradually changed their thinking and called it the five poisons. The so-called Five Poisons Awakening was later said. What are the five poisons?

In fact, there is no clear statement, but for example, some insects or reptiles that are harmful to people are very active in the hot and humid environment in May of the lunar calendar, and these poisons can easily find a cool place to hide because they are too hot. The residence where human beings live has become the favorite activity area of these poisons, and the potential threat to people is very great, so there is a saying that the five poisons are restless.

In addition, there are many natural disasters in May, such as some extreme weather caused by strong convective weather, floods caused by rainy season, many poisons caused by hot and humid environment, and the prevalence of some infectious diseases, which often appear in May, so the ancients like to call May a restless month. At this time, people will use many methods to deal with evil spirits.