Dragon Boat Festival custom in Taicang

There are many kinds of zongzi in Taicang: triangle zongzi, pillow zongzi, sweet zongzi, salty zongzi and white zongzi. Various additional materials such as red beans, red dates, peanuts and pork are built in and wrapped in reed leaves.

2. Hang calamus and Folium Artemisiae Argyi for a bath

Taicang people usually hang wormwood and calamus at home to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches the summer solstice, the weather turns hot, the air is humid, all kinds of poisons come out, mosquitoes breed and diseases increase. Acorus calamus, wormwood, garlic, etc. are used to remove all kinds of poisons, and sometimes wormwood leaves are bathed or burned indoors.

Step 3 drink realgar wine

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people in Taicang will prepare realgar wine, and some people will write the word "Wang" on their children's foreheads with realgar wine to ward off evil spirits.

4, with sachets

May of the lunar calendar is a season of hot weather and frequent diseases. Many poisonous snake pests are active in May. Put realgar, wormwood and angelica dahurica into embroidered sachets and wear them on your body to ward off evil spirits and poison. Women at home will also use five-color embroidery thread to net beautifully shaped garlic and hang it on the child's chest.

5. Dragon Boat Race

In May, the Xujiang River is alive and the water is interesting. Suzhou is the birthplace of dragon boat races, and Taicang naturally has dragon boat races. Due to the flowing water of the local bridge in Taicang, the dragon boat could not cross bridge opening, and the locals also designed a detachable stern. Now there are also dragon boat races in Taicang every year, such as Xinliuhe Dragon Boat Race and Jincanghu Dragon Boat Race. Every year, many teams sign up, which is deeply loved by the public and adds a lot of festive colors to the Dragon Boat Festival.