What activities are there in Kunshan Dragon Boat Festival?

1, eat zongzi. Eating zongzi is one of the most important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. The family sits around making zongzi, on the one hand, to celebrate the festival and close the distance between relatives; On the other hand, we should teach this skill to the younger generation. However, with the improvement of living standards, the habit of buying jiaozi at home gradually faded, and most people bought it in the market. The varieties are salted egg yolk, fresh meat, red dates, red bean paste and so on, which are very popular.

2. Children love "Zongzi sachet". Kunshan also has the custom of making sachets and wearing sachets. According to the elders, the sachet made on the Dragon Boat Festival is called "Zongzi sachet", which is similar in shape to Zongzi. When it is made, it is made into the shape of zongzi with hard paper, and then wrapped with silk and colorful thread, embroidered with flowers, animals and other patterns. A set of sachets includes three dumplings and a villain, which means celebrating festivals, decorating, exorcising evil spirits and practicing female workers.

3. Withdraw the amount. Painting forehead is a custom of Dragon Boat Festival that spreads in Jiangnan area. In the past, Kunshan people painted a "king" on their children's foreheads with realgar dipped in wine, like the pattern on the tiger's forehead, symbolizing the strength and vitality of the tiger and pinning people's desire to exorcise evil spirits. Now Zhouzhuang and other places still retain the custom of drawing forehead. Every year, Zhouzhuang has a forehead painting part to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which is usually done on the heads of "baby heads" or visiting children.

4. Hang wormwood and calamus. In Kunshan, the custom of hanging wormwood and calamus is still popular. May of the lunar calendar is a season of hot weather and frequent diseases. In order to prevent diseases and strengthen the body, people collect medicinal materials in groups of three or five. Dragon Boat Festival is the day with the most Chinese herbal medicines in a year, which is most suitable for processing medicinal materials. Old people say that the most common herbs in Jiangnan are wormwood and calamus. Artemisia argyi has a faint fragrance, which can repel mosquitoes and insects. Acorus calamus is shaped like a sword and hung at the door to ward off evil spirits and pray for a better life.

5. From dragon boat rowing to sailing. In the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, the custom of rowing the dragon boat is the most striking. Choose an open water area, paddle and watch. The scene is grand and participatory. Kunshan is densely covered with water networks, and dragon boat rowing is extremely active during the Dragon Boat Festival. The most famous dragon boat races in the past were held in Qingyang Port, Baita Port, Zhouzhuang, Jinxi and other Kunnan areas. People in water towns use dragon boat rowing to celebrate the good year and express the joy of harvest.