The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, is a folk festival that combines worship of gods and ancestors, praying for good fortune and evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating.
On the Origin of Dragon Boat Festival
Memorial to Qu Yuan
During the Warring States period, Qu Yuan's idea of implementing political reform failed to be realized. He was demoted and exiled. After the demise of the Chu State, Qu Yuan felt painful and threw himself into the river on the fifth day of May; In the future, on the fifth day of May every year, there will be various customs to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
2. Memorial to Wu Zixu
During the Spring and Autumn period, Wu Zixu's son Fu Chai, a native of the State of Chu, succeeded to the throne after the death of King Helu of Wu, and defeated the State of Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, invited him to join him. Wu Zixu suggested that the State of Yue should be completely destroyed. Fu Chai refused to listen. The governor of the State of Wu slandered Wu Zixu and framed him. Fu Chai believed it. He gave Wu Zixu a sword and Wu Zixu died with it. Later, he ordered Wu Zixu's body to be put in leather and put into Dajiang on May 5, so it is said that Dragon Boat Festival is also the day to commemorate Wu Zixu.
Dragon Boat Festival
（1） Custom activities
1. Dragon Boat Race
Dragon boat racing is one of the customs of China's Dragon Boat Festival, and also one of the most important folk activities of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is common in southern China, and some cities near rivers and lakes in the north also have dragon boat racing customs, most of which are in the form of dragon boat riding and dragon boat dancing.
2. Hanging mugwort and calamus
It is a Chinese folk festival custom to hang calamus with wormwood leaves. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the wormwood leaves are hung in the hall. The wormwood leaves are cut into the shape of a tiger or the ribbon is cut into a tiger, and pasted with wormwood leaves. Women rush to wear them to drive away evil. Using calamus as a sword, inserted on the door couch, has the magical effect of dispelling demons and ghosts.
3. Five color silk thread
Five colored silk thread, a festival custom of the Han nationality, is usually worn on Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits. The traditional custom is to twist red, green, yellow, white and black thick silk threads into colorful silk ornaments, which are tied to the children's arms or necks. They are tied from May 5 to the birthday of Qixi "Qiniang Mother", and then they are untied and burned together with Jinchu. Another said that on the rainy day after the Dragon Boat Festival, cutting the multicolored thread and throwing it in the rain would bring good luck for a year. The Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some regions and regions around the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
（2） Festival Food
1. Zongzi
Zongzi, commonly known as Zongzi, is mainly made of glutinous rice and stuffing, wrapped with indocalamus leaves (or new leaves, bougainvillea bougainvillea, etc.), and has various shapes, mainly angular and quadrangular. Zongzi has a long history. It was originally used as a tribute to ancestors and gods. The names in the north and south are different. In the north, millet is produced and used to make zongzi, which is shaped like a horn. In ancient times, it was called "horn millet" in the north. Due to the different eating habits in different places, Zongzi has formed a northern and southern flavor; In terms of taste, Zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.
There are many kinds of Zongzi. From the filling, there are Beijing jujube zongzi wrapped with dates in the north; In the south, there are mung beans, streaky pork, bean paste, babao, ham, mushrooms, egg yolk and other fillings, with Guangdong salty meat dumplings and Zhejiang Jiaxing Zongzi as representatives.
2. Garlic Eggs
Rural areas in Henan, Zhejiang, and other regions should eat garlic eggs on Dragon Boat Festival, which can ward off the "Five Poisons".
3. Bean paste cake
The main raw materials of Bean paste cake are boiled mung bean flour, steamed potato flour (or wheat flour, pea flour), vegetable oil (Sesame oil), cooked lard, soft white sugar, sugar rose, black jujube meat, osmanthus sugar, etc. The taste is sweet and cold, non-toxic, and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling heat and thirst, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and improving eyesight and reducing haze. It has the characteristics of standardized and neat shape, light yellow color, fine and tight organization, and a fragrant, soft and non sticky taste.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival is in the middle of the summer, when the days of the Qing Dynasty grow longer, one year after the Dragon Boat Festival, and one year after the Dragon Boat Festival, one year after the Dragon Boat Festival. May everyone 'zongzi' have love, ride the wind and waves, be healthy and happy, not just during the Dragon Boat Festival.
