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The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the "Records of the Years of Jingchu", because when climbing in midsummer, Shunyang is above, and May is midsummer, and its first noon is a day of good weather when climbing in Shunyang, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang". Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as "Noon Day Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bath Orchid Festival, Poet's Day", etc.

The Dragon Boat Festival has multiple names:

Dragon Boat Festival

The word "Duan" means "initial", so "Duanwu" means "the beginning of the festival". five". According to the calendar, May is the "noon" month, so "Dragon Boat Festival" gradually evolved into "Dragon Boat Festival". "Yanjing Sui Sui Ji" records: "The fifth day of the lunar month is the single fifth day of May, which is the transliteration of the word "Duan"."

Duanyang Festival

According to "Jingchu Sui Sui" "Shi Ji" records that because when climbing in midsummer, Shunyang is above, May is midsummer, and the first noon is a day when the weather is good when climbing in Shunyang, so the fifth day of May is called "Duanyang Festival". [1]?

Chongwu Festival

"Wu" belongs to the twelve earthly branches. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Wu month. Wu and Wu have the same pronunciation. Wu and Wu are the same as each other, so the Dragon Boat Festival The festival is also known as "Chongwu Festival" or "Chongwu Festival", and in some places it is also called "May Festival". [1]?

Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon boat racing is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival and is very popular in southern China, especially in Guangdong, where it is called dragon boat racing. It was originally a sacrificial activity for the Guyue people to worship the water god or dragon god, and its origin may have begun at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat racing has a long history and has been spread for more than 2,000 years. It is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment event. It is mostly held on festive festivals and is a collective paddling competition for many people. After spreading abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition. [5]?

During the Fifth Flood

In some rural areas of Shanghai, areas near the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, such as Fengxian, Nanhui and other areas, it is customary to call the Dragon Boat Festival "Dragon Boat Festival". When there are five floods.”

Tianzhong Festival

This name comes from the number of yin and yang. Tian Rucheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "History of Traveling to the West Lake, Volume 20, Joys of the Xi Dynasty": "The Dragon Boat Festival is the Tianzhong Festival because the sun reaches its highest point at noon, especially at noon, so it is called the Tianzhong Festival." . Japan regards May 5th as "Men's Day", which may also be based on Tianzhong Festival, because it is believed that only men can uphold the spirit of heaven and earth. [1]?

Bathing Orchid Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival falls in midsummer, a season when skin diseases are common. It was a custom in ancient times to bathe in orchid soup to remove dirt. "Dadaili" of the Han Dynasty says: "Bath in orchid soup at noon." [1]?

Jie Zong Festival

When the ancients ate rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, they had a game of comparing the length of the rice dumpling leaves that each person had untied. Zong Dumpling Festival". [1]?

Daughter's Day

"Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes" by Shen Bang of the Ming Dynasty: "Daughter's Day in May is tied with a Dragon Boat Festival rope, wearing mugwort leaves and five poison talismans. Wan custom has been around since the fifth lunar month From the first to the fifth day of the lunar month, the little girls are dressed up, and the married girls also return home, because it is called Daughter's Day. According to the ancient custom in the area, on the "fifth day of May" when summer comes, hanging mugwort leaves on the door and bathing with mugwort leaves to repel mosquitoes is a baptism. People believe that after being baptized, malaria can be driven away and they can safely survive the summer mosquito season.

Calamus Festival

In addition to being an ancient totem sacrificial festival, the Dragon Boat Festival is also a festival to "disease and prevent epidemics". The ancients believed that "Chongwu" was a day when taboos were violated, and the five poisons were released at this time. Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival customs were mostly to ward off evil spirits and avoid poisons, such as hanging calamus and mugwort leaves on the door, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Calamus Festival". [1]?

Various traditional folk activities:

Dragon boat racing

Before the dragon boat race, you must first invite the dragon and worship the gods. For example, the Guangdong dragon boat takes off from the water before the Dragon Boat Festival, worships the Queen of the South China Sea in the Nanhai Temple, installs the dragon head and tail, and then prepares for the race. They also bought a pair of small paper roosters and placed them on the dragon boat, thinking that they would keep the boat safe (which vaguely corresponds to the ancient bird boats). People from Fujian and Taiwan go to Mazu Temple to worship. Various sacrificial and commemorative rituals are nothing more than lighting incense and candles, burning paper money, and offering chickens, rice, meat, fruits, rice dumplings, etc. Nowadays, these bright and superstitious rituals are rare, but in the past, people worshiped the dragon temple in a very solemn atmosphere, praying for a good agricultural harvest, good weather, getting rid of evil spirits, warding off disasters, everything goes well, and for safe boating.

In people's words, "for good luck" expresses people's inner good wishes. In Zigui, Qu Yuan's hometown in Hubei, there are also rituals to worship Qu Yuan.

Hanging mugwort and calamus

The Dragon Boat Festival is the first festival after summer. As the temperature rises, it is a time when diseases are more common. Therefore, many years ago, people often hung wormwood and calamus on their doorsteps. There are several wormwood plants. Due to the special fragrance of wormwood, people use it to ward off diseases, mosquitoes and evil spirits.

In the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard planting mugwort and calamus as one of the important contents. "Ai" is also known as mugwort and mugwort. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. The peculiar aroma it produces can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants, and purify the air. In traditional Chinese medicine, moxa moxa is used as medicine to regulate qi and blood, warm the uterus, and remove cold and dampness. The moxa leaves are processed into "moxa velvet", which is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment. Calamus is a perennial aquatic herb. Its long and narrow leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a medicine that can refresh the mind, strengthen bones, eliminate stagnation, and kill insects and bacteria. It can be seen that the ancients planted mugwort and calamus to prevent diseases to a certain extent. These activities also reflect the fine traditions of the Chinese nation.

Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival

Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi is also called "corner millet", "zongzhi" and "tube rice dumpling". It has a long history and has many variations.

Picking tea and making herbal tea

In some areas in the north, people like to pick young leaves and wild vegetable leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival and steam and dry them to make tea. In the Chaozhou area of ??Guangdong, people go to the countryside to collect herbs and make herbal tea to drink. It's also good for health.

Tie five-color silk thread

In traditional Chinese culture, the five colors "green, red, white, black, and yellow" that symbolize the five directions and five elements are regarded as auspicious colors. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children should tie five-color silk threads on their wrists and ankles to protect their health. Therefore, in the early morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, the first important thing that adults do after getting up is to tie five-color threads on their children's wrists, ankles, and necks. When tying the thread, children are prohibited from speaking. The five-colored thread cannot be broken or discarded at will. It can only be thrown into the river during the first heavy rain in summer or when taking a bath for the first time.

It is said that children wearing five-colored thread can avoid harm from poisonous insects such as snakes and scorpions; throwing it into the river means that the river water will wash away plagues and diseases, so that the children can stay safe and healthy.

Wearing a sachet

Wearing a sachet is very particular. In order to prevent diseases and keep fit, the elderly generally like to wear flowers in the shape of plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, peaches, apples, lotus flowers, dolls riding fish, dolls hugging roosters, double lotuses and other shapes, which symbolize the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, all the best, love between husband and wife, and family harmony. Children like birds and animals, such as tigers and leopards; monkeys on poles, cockfights and rabbits, etc. Young people are particularly particular about wearing sachets. If they are passionate lovers, then the passionate girl will carefully make one or two unique sachets and give them to her lover before the festival. When a young man wears a sachet given by his sweetheart, it will naturally arouse comments from the men and women around him, praising the young man's ingenuity.

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