First, the origin of dragon boat rice
Dragon boat race (commonly known as? Dragon boat? ) is a traditional folk sports activity in the Pearl River Delta water town with a long history. Qu Dajun, a famous scholar in the early Qing Dynasty, described the annual dragon boat race in the Pearl River Delta and the festive scenes after the Dragon Boat Festival in his book "Guangdong New Talk". Dragon boat races in May and June. ? The organizer gave it to the winner? Are there champions Zhang and Zanhua hanging red? . Dragon boat? If you win and go back to the port, will you invite your relatives and friends to drink? . This kind of banquet is called delicious food by people in the Pearl River Delta. Dragon boat rice? .
Food? Dragon boat rice? It is a big meal for farmers in the Pearl River Delta and a continuation of the traditional social day banquet. The main sources of funds for banquet expenses are donations from factories, shops, professional households, self-employed individuals and ordinary villagers in the village, sponsorship from compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese, and the proceeds from bidding for dragon boat parts. In order to get off to a good start, the villagers fought for high prices and custody of the dragon head, dragon tail, boat drum or wooden spoke. There is also a new thank-you letter for a cruise to a nearby village when the dragon boat fell into the water. Of course, the prizes won in the competition are golden pigs, jar wine and so on. Take it from the people and use it for the people? . As for cooking, choose some amateur chefs from the villagers? Wait? Borrow cookers, vegetables, put on record boards, set up large stoves, cook big pots of rice and stir-fry big pots of vegetables.
In the evening when the sky is full of rosy clouds, all the villagers will gather in the hall (threshing floor), or sit or squat and set up a banquet. Every table has more than a dozen pots of vegetables (packed in a big pot), and you must have a dish of steamed peppers with garlic to get them out? Barbecue boy? Water and moisture on the body. In addition, there are wind chestnuts? Duck, barbecued pork, tofu fish, barbecued melon, etc. Although there is no abalone with wings and belly, it is still a big fish and meat. There are quite a few Liangshan heroes in the water margin. Drink in a big bowl and eat meat in large chunks? This pride! Triumphant? Barbecue boy? Hanging red flowers, sitting proudly on the table, happily accepting congratulations from villagers and elders. During the dinner, there were entertainment programs: rich families competed to set off firecrackers and compete with each other. At this time, the thunderous firecrackers, the sound of guessing fists and ordering food one after another, merged into a sea of joy and pushed the banquet to a climax. After the party? Everyone is drunk? .
Residents in nearby towns are unwilling to be lonely. Pack one of them all? Lee? (red envelopes), let the children take them to the countryside. Please. A bowl? Dragon boat rice? Eat when you get home, hoping that your children can be as strong as dragons.
Second, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
According to historical records? Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng? According to records, Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu Huaiwang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated the use of talents, empowerment, and prosperity, and advocated joint resistance to Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, was driven out of the capital and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins. During his exile, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen and Tian Wen, which have a unique style and far-reaching influence (therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the Poet's Day). In 278 BC, Qin Jun conquered Kyoto of Chu. Seeing that his motherland was invaded, Qu Yuan was heartbroken, but he was always reluctant to give up his motherland. On May 5th, after writing his masterpiece Huai Sha, he died in Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.
Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other food for Qu Yuan. Plop, plop? Throw it into the river, saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs are full and will not bite the doctor's body. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds.
After that, on the fifth day of May every year, there is the custom of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
Third, it comes from commemorating Wu Zixu.
The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, which spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, commemorates Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died. Zi Xu is a loyal man, who is as dead as death. Before he died, he said to his neighbor: After my death, I dug out my eyes and hung them in the east gate of Jason Wu to watch the Vietnamese army enter the city to destroy Wu. Later, Fu Cha committed suicide and died. Fu Cha was furious when he heard this. On May 5th, he put Wu Zixu's body in a suitcase and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.
Fourth, it comes from commemorating the filial daughter Cao E.
The third legend of Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E who saved her drowning father in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 23-220). Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy.
The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River.
Fifth, the totem festival originated from the ancient Yue nationality.
A large number of cultural relics unearthed in modern times and archaeological studies have confirmed that in the Neolithic age, there was a cultural relic with geometric prints and pottery ruins in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. According to experts' inference, the remaining clan is Baiyue clan, a clan that worships dragon totem in history. The decorative patterns and historical legends on unearthed pottery show that they have the custom of tattooing constantly, live in a water town and compare themselves to the descendants of dragons. Among its production tools, there are a large number of stone tools, as well as small bronzes such as shovels and chisels. As daily necessities, the printed pottery ding used for cooking food is unique to them and is one of the symbols of their ethnic group. Until the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were still more than 100 Vietnamese people, and the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival for their ancestors. During thousands of years of historical development, most Baiyue people have integrated into the Han nationality, and the rest have evolved into many ethnic minorities in the south. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival for the whole Chinese nation.