Drinking realgar wine is one of the customs of China Dragon Boat Festival. Realgar wine is used to repel insects and remove five poisons. Children can be cured by applying it to the head, forehead, ears, nose, hands and feet, and spreading it between walls.

The story of Legend of the White Snake, which is circulated among the people in China, is to cure the snake's poison with realgar wine, and now the white snake is showing its true colors. This custom is very popular among people in the Yangtze River valley.

Custom:

In addition to rowing dragon boats, Jiangsu Dragon Boat Festival customs mainly include zongzi, realgar wine, Huangwu banquet, etc. The festival is decorated with five poison pictures, Acorus calamus leaves, Zhong Kui statues, colorful arms, silk zongzi, five poison clothes, tiger's head shoes and sachets. There is a dragon boat show in Wujin at night. In the evening, small lanterns are hung around the dragon boat, and flutes and drums sing harmoniously. ?

The Dragon Boat Festival in Gaoyou is very special. There are customs such as tying a hundred scorpions, sticking five poisons, sticking symbols, emitting yellow smoke and eating "Twelve Red". Children hanging "duck eggs" means choosing beautiful duck eggs, putting on colorful threads and hanging them on their chests.