Hometown folklore holds that May is an evil day. Hanging mugwort leaves like flags and flourishing cattails like swords can drive away evil spirits and filth. On the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, every household should pick the "five herbs" with dew in the early morning. Boil eggs or duck eggs with "five herbs" and "afternoon water", bathe the children with the remaining water and drink realgar wine.
"Son, the Dragon Boat Festival is here! Get up! Go and wash your face! " "Oh," I replied. Just after washing my face, I came to the kitchen to find something to eat. Unfortunately, as soon as I came to the kitchen, I helped my mother make zongzi. I didn't want to at first, but looking at these colorful materials, I still have a childlike innocence! I'll take a bamboo leaf wrapped in zongzi, put some materials in it, and tie it up with straw rope later. Finally, with my efforts, I finished my first zongzi. After dinner, I put on new clothes and watched the dragon boat race in the afternoon.
So I went to the river to watch the dragon boat race. I took the wrapped zongzi and walked while eating. A few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, they set out to fight. On both sides of Longquan Lake, red flags are fluttering and colorful flags are hunting. On the day of the game, people came from all directions to watch. On both sides of Longquan Lake, people are buzzing and very lively. There are two dragon boats moored by the river-a Huanglong and a Qinglong. Their tap is tilted and ready to go. Accompanied by the deafening sound of gongs and drums, the two dragon boats headed for the same goal at almost the same time and in the same second. The drums were blaring on the ship, and there were 30 warriors sitting on both sides of the ship. Everyone held the paddle tightly in their hands and tried their best. On the river bank, the crowd watching the battle shouted: "Come on Huanglong!" ""Come on, tsing lung! "Brave boatmen listened to this passionate cry and all raised their strength and waved their paddles, and the water behind them splashed. On the wide river, the waves are rolling, and two dragon boats gallop to the other side of the river. A riverbed 100 meters wide can cross the river in less than five or six minutes. After a game, the two sides were evenly matched. The exciting game scene is breathtaking. Nobody wants to leave after the game. Everyone stood on the shore, enjoying the endless fun brought by the yacht race. ...
Dragon boat race is a mass entertainment activity with strong folk culture color, and it is also a folk activity that is conducive to strengthening people's physique and cultivating courage and perseverance. It is said that the dragon boat race in my hometown is also to commemorate Chu doctor Qu Yuan: "Chu doctor Qu Yuan was abandoned, but he died in the Miluo River. The Chu people mourned, but they saved him with a boat." Playing in Duanyang is a legacy. "
How much joy and joy you gave me during the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown! Dragon Boat Festival dumplings are fragrant, dragon boats ring, and yes-men are double! What the Dragon Boat Festival reveals is authentic homesickness, an ancient tradition, and a admiration and praise for the patriotic spirit of the poet Qu Yuan. Eating authentic hometown zongzi and watching the wonderful hometown dragon boat race have a different taste in my heart.
I will never forget you when I spend the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown. I love you!
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In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, just as the wheat was ripe, the new wheat fragrance floated across the wilderness, and we ushered in the folk Dragon Boat Festival.
Ten miles of pastoral style, hundred miles of folk customs. Tianchang, as an ancient city with a history of 1200 years (Qian Qiu Festival was set up by Li Longji, Emperor Taizu, to commemorate his birthday, and Qian Qiu County was located side by side, which was renamed Tianchang County in the seventh year of Tianbao), has always been rich in folk culture, and the Dragon Boat Festival, like other traditional folk festivals, has its own unique cultural atmosphere. Every Dragon Boat Festival, I am deeply immersed in the sweet memories of my childhood Dragon Boat Festival.
This morning, every family in my hometown pasted moxa sticks and calamus on the lintels of windows and gates. Mothers carefully tied calamus around their children's waists and put some mugwort leaves in their pockets. It is said that this can eliminate disasters and prevent diseases, and be safe every day. For breakfast, we ate zongzi wrapped in reed leaves collected from gaoyou lake beach, and of course, duck eggs and eggs were indispensable.
Why insert moxa sticks and calamus in windows and gates? Grandpa told me that it was said that when Huang Chao led the peasant uprising army through Tianchang, all the people fled and hid. On the way, Huang Chao met a woman with a big child on her back, holding a child, which was very strange. Upon inquiry, she learned that the eldest child was entrusted by her neighbor. He was moved by this woman's kindness and told her to put moxa sticks on the windows and doors when she got home, so that soldiers wouldn't go in. One word is passed on to ten words, and every family sticks a moxa stick to keep safe. Grandma Xue, the second wife of hou zhuang, told later generations: In the early years, an emperor killed a prime minister. After the death of the Prime Minister, he became a poisonous snake and often entered the palace to hurt people. The emperor tied a bunch of calamus with a red ribbon and hung it at the palace gate. He also wrote a ballad: "On the fifth day of May, Archie summoned all the blessings. Acorus calamus kills thousands of evils, and ghosts enter the tiger's mouth. " Sure enough, the snake will be broken several times when it comes to the palace again. Therefore, people regard Acorus calamus, which looks like a long sword, as a sword to exorcise evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Acorus calamus becomes an auspicious thing.
After drinking realgar wine at noon, grandma sewed a "chicken pericardium" with reading glasses and tied it to my sister and me. The colored rope is made of seven colors of silk thread, and the "chicken heart" is made of flowered cloth, which is as big as a jujube and contains rice grains, tea leaves and garlic cloves. Hanging around the neck still means "avoiding evil spirits and eliminating disasters". Grandma hung a "chicken pericardium" for me, and specially made an egg net with colorful threads to hold duck eggs cooked by mugwort leaves and hung it around my neck. Grandma also whispered, "grandson, peel it when your stomach is empty, and grandma will wrap it for you." This is probably the old man's special love for his eldest grandson.
On the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown, every family eats mugwort leaves, eggs and garlic. Mother said: "After eating the Dragon Boat Festival jiaozi, the cotton-padded jacket will be delivered slowly." When it is hot, there are many bacteria. Both Artemisia argyi and garlic have bactericidal effects, so they can prevent diseases after eating. There are many kinds of dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival: five big and three thick dumplings with pig feet or big bones in the middle, red bean dumplings, pea dumplings, potato dumplings, jujube dumplings, ham dumplings and glutinous rice dumplings ... each with its own characteristics and tastes.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a saying in my hometown called "Toads hide from the Dragon Boat Festival". After lunch, everyone will relax and have fun at home. It is said that the wind outside is poisonous, and so is the water in the open air. Even the toad has escaped to the hole. So after lunch, everyone "hid" at home, still in front of and behind the house, sprinkling lime in the corner to get rid of pests and burning mugwort leaves to smoke mosquitoes and flies.
At that time, uncle Wang in the village often told the children the story of Qu Yuan in his spare time after the Dragon Boat Festival: When Qu Yuan's hope of saving his compatriots was dashed, he angrily threw himself into the river, and the people beat the drums to race against time for the Dragon Boat Festival, which evolved into the present Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival every year, people also throw zongzi into the river to commemorate Qu Yuan.
This story is told year after year and passed down from generation to generation. I think Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus in Dragon Boat Festival can repel insects and bacteria. The story of Qu Yuan is a good patriotic textbook for educating future generations today.
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It's the Dragon Boat Festival again, and it's time to eat zongzi in the dragon boat race. In this busy season, I miss the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown.
My hometown is a small town by the Mulan River, and the atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival is particularly strong. The Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown begins on the first day of the fifth lunar month. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown are: the first day cake, the second day zongzi, the third day snail, the fourth day Ai and the fifth day dragon boat race.
Cake is for ancestor worship. It is made by grinding flour or rice into powder and fermenting with sugar. It's loose, sweet and delicious.
I remember that every year on the second day of May, my mother would cut a palm leaf from a palm tree, tie it at the foot of a high square table, tear it into strips along the grain of the leaf, and tie the two ends together to make zongzi. The washed zongzi leaves and glutinous rice were brought, as well as spoons and chopsticks. When everything was ready, they moved to a small bench and began to make zongzi. I jumped around and kept asking me when I could eat zongzi. Watching pieces of zongzi leaves magically turn into exquisite zongzi in mom's dexterous hands. Without much effort, a string of exquisite zongzi was hung on the foot of the table and held in your hand. Just put the stems of palm leaves in a big pot like that, and it will take a long time to cook. By the time you eat zongzi, it's already afternoon. As soon as the pot opened, a strong smell of brown meat immediately came to the nose.
In my hometown, there is a custom of eating snails on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that children will become smart by eating snails on this day. Snails were not expensive at that time. Five cents can buy an angel, and almost every family in the village can afford it. On the third day, snail vendors will make a hullabaloo about in the village. Children ask adults for money, buy snails and get together to eat; The children ate snails, left their shells and threw them on the roof, making old tiles rattle and having fun.
On the fourth morning, adults will let the children go to the ridge to pull out a bundle of wormwood stained with dew and put it on the door frame. Adults say it can repel mosquitoes and evil spirits. When the wormwood inserted in the door frame gradually dries, it becomes medicine. In summer, children in the village are prone to bloating. Take out a piece of dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi and boil it in a pot. Steam gives off a delicious aroma and permeates the house everywhere. After cooling, drink it by swollen children, and sometimes the swollen stomach will gradually deflate.
The fifth day is the climax of the Dragon Boat Festival. Hometown folklore holds that May is an evil day. Hanging mugwort leaves like flags and flourishing cattails like swords can drive away evil spirits and filth. During the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, every household should pick "five grasses" such as dewdrop bluegrass, honeysuckle, iron awn dustpan, guava leaves and banyan leaves in the early morning, and of course, at noon, they should go to the well to pump a bucket of sweet water. This water, all from the eye spring, has no pollution. During the Dragon Boat Festival, water is the coolest and the best to drink. Drinking this day's water can bless your health for a year. Boil duck eggs with "five herbs" and "afternoon water", bathe the children with the remaining water, put on new clothes, and watch dragon boat boating in the afternoon. It is said that there are many mosquitoes in the water town, so taking a bath with "afternoon water" can prevent bites.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, children in the village would pester their mothers or grandmothers to give them an "egg bag". "Egg bag" is a delicate net woven with five-color silk thread. Boiling duck eggs with "five herbs" will dye them yellow. Put it in the net and hang it on the button of the skirt. Clothes on the chest are usually stained with a circle of yellow stains. Take out the duck eggs as soon as you meet friends when you go out. In the case of collision, whoever breaks the eggshell first loses, so you peel the shell and eat it, which has a faint spiced inside. Children are interested in eggs, not because they especially like eating eggs, but because they especially like "beating eggs". Take some eggs and come to the classroom early. A group of them collided with the eggs on the table. Whoever breaks the egg loses. The competitive children had a good time.
Dragon boat race is a mass entertainment activity with strong folk culture color, and it is also a folk activity that is conducive to strengthening people's physique and cultivating courage and perseverance. It is said that the dragon boat race in my hometown is also to commemorate Chu doctor Qu Yuan: "Chu doctor Qu Yuan was abandoned, but he died in the Miluo River. The Chu people mourned, but they saved him with a boat." Playing in Duanyang is a legacy. "
In the afternoon of Duanyang, the children in the four townships and eight neighbors put on new clothes, "sachets" and "egg bags" and happily followed the adults to watch the dragon boat race. The shore is crowded, look ahead; The dragon boats on the stream are bright and lined up; The fleet is uniform and colorful flags are flying along the coast; With a cannon, the ship was like an arrow. The flag bearer stood at the bow, waving the flag and shouting; The gongs and drums are played by gongs and drums, and the rhythm is exciting; The rowers went into battle shirtless, and Qi Xin made concerted efforts to forge ahead against the current. After the race, the winning dragon boat put on red silk, inserted red flowers, set off firecrackers, shook its head and wagged its tail around the river to welcome the audience, as if it were a hero's triumph.
After leaving my hometown for many years, I can still smell the fragrance of palm leaves through the distant time and space. My wife and I are both from my hometown. Every Dragon Boat Festival, my wife will cook some duck eggs with "Wuweicao" and buy some snails from the market for her daughter to eat. Now, you can buy all kinds of zongzi in the supermarket, including candied dates and egg yolk paste; My wife will also wrap some zongzi, but I can't feel the feeling of my mother wrapping zongzi, nor can I feel the lively atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Twenty years later, I still miss my hometown and the people in my hometown-hardworking and kind people, simple and simple, full of life interest, and I will never forget the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown!
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The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chung Noon Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival. Although the names are different, the customs of people everywhere are the same. Dragon Boat Festival is an old custom in China for more than two thousand years. On this day, every household hangs bells, hangs mugwort leaves and calamus, races dragon boats, eats zongzi, drinks realgar wine, travels in all diseases and wears sachets.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Do you know the origin of Dragon Boat Festival? ! I don't know! Then I'll tell you! Do you remember Qu Yuan, the patriotic general of Chu State? Let me talk about him!
Qu Yuan, who went abroad during the Warring States Period, was very knowledgeable. He is an official around the king of Chu, and his image makes his country rich and strong. The bad king Chu listened to the traitor and exiled Qu Yuan. When Qu Yuan was in exile, he heard that the capital of Chu was occupied by the enemy, and the people suffered greatly. On the fifth day of May, he came to the Miluo River and jumped into it with a stone in his arms. People who go abroad are very sad to hear that Qu Yuan jumped into the river. They rowed the boat with tears in their eyes to salvage Qu Yuan and threw zongzi into the river to feed the fish, hoping that the fish would not hurt Qu Yuan's body. This is the origin of making zongzi in Duanyang in May.
Let me talk about the origin of dragon boat racing! At that time, Chu people didn't want to let their sage Qu Yuan die, so many people rowed boats to catch up and save him. They rushed to catch up, but when they arrived at Dongting Lake, there was no trace, because that was the origin of dragon boat racing, and then they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu. Dragon Boat Race started in Taiwan Province Province in the 29th year of Qing Qianlong. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Hexi Half Moon Pool in Tainan City. Now, Taiwan Province Province holds a dragon boat race on May 5th every year.
Children must hang sachets. Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which not only means to ward off evil spirits, but also has the style of decorating with their heads. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, exquisite and eye-catching
There is also the habit of hanging mugwort leaves and calamus on the Dragon Boat Festival: On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household uses calamus leaves, mugwort leaves, pomegranate flowers, garlic and dragon boat flowers to make human figures, which are called Ai people. Hanging mugwort leaves in the hall, cutting them into tiger shapes or ribbons, and sticking mugwort leaves on them, women compete to wear them to ward off evil spirits. Using calamus as a sword and inserting it on the lintel has the magical effect of exorcising ghosts.
There are many activities on the Dragon Boat Festival.
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Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and the red pomegranate flowers are full of mountain villages.
The poet ate two dumplings, and the executive was on the mugwort.
The old customs store medicine, and winning the body also refers to the boat.
After this, it was time for the sun to set, and the family was ready to eat and drink. He drank the wine happily.
This poem describes the living habits of Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, during the Dragon Boat Festival. The author ate zongzi, inserted moxa sticks, stored medicine and made a prescription, praying that nothing would happen this year. It also reflects the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan.
Dragon Boat Festival culture, as one of the ancient cultural festivals in China, is a household name both in the north and south of the great river and inside and outside the Great Wall. I didn't know anything about the Dragon Boat Festival before, but I don't know why. It was not until I read the book Our Festival during the winter vacation that I realized that the Dragon Boat Festival has profound cultural connotations. From this book, we know that the Dragon Boat Festival is the most famous festival in China: Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang Festival, Ai Festival, Pu Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, May Festival, Poets' Day and so on. There are many sources of the Dragon Boat Festival, including more than 20 kinds to commemorate Qu Yuan, Long and Wu Yuan.
Among them, the most popular one is to commemorate Qu Yuan. It is said that in 278 BC, Qin Jun attacked Kyoto of Chu. Seeing that his country was invaded, Qu Yuan threw a stone into the Miluo River and died. After the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu were very sad and flocked to the river every year to pay their respects to Qu Yuan. Therefore, on the fifth day of May every year, there are customs of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine and hanging wormwood. Among them, the dragon boat race is the most distinctive and fierce scene, like Qu Yuan's strong patriotic spirit, which has inspired us for thousands of years.
Due to this profound cultural heritage, Dragon Boat Festival has now become one of the main traditional festivals of our Chinese nation. Today, she still has a strong vitality. In Deqing, on this day, calamus and wormwood are hung at the door of every household, which is said to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Jiaozi is naturally indispensable to every household. Jiaozi with fragrant bamboo leaves is our children's favorite. Jujube brown, ham brown and red bean brown are all mouth watering! In some places, people still wear sachets, and girls use these colorful sachets as decorations, which not only make the fragrance curl, but also make themselves more beautiful and moving. Walking in the street will naturally attract many boys' lingering eyes.
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