Dragon Boat Festival can bless "well-being", but it is not recommended to say "happiness". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, with a long history, which is considered to have the meaning of ward off evil spirits. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, we should maintain a serious and respectful attitude and avoid using words that are inconsistent with the festive atmosphere.
Although "Ankang" and "Happiness" both express their wishes for each other's health and happiness, in order to avoid disputes and misunderstandings, the word "Ankang" is recommended for the Dragon Boat Festival. In the specific use, we can choose the appropriate expression according to the relationship between the two parties and the occasion. In short, during the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, we should respect traditional customs and culture and express our blessings and respects in an appropriate way.
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Tianzhong Festival. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is a folk festival that combines offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena and evolved from the ancient Dragon Boat Festival.
On the midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the Black Dragon spent seven nights in Nanzhong, which is the most "positive" position in the whole year, just like the fifth poem in the Book of Changes: "The flying dragon is in the sky". Dragon Boat Festival is an auspicious day when dragons fly in the sky. Dragon and dragon boat culture have been running through the inheritance history of Dragon Boat Festival.
Historical origin:
The origin of ancient traditional festivals is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. Most of the ancient festivals were formed in the activities that the ancients chose auspicious days to offer sacrifices to thank the gods of heaven and earth and the ancestors for their kindness.
The early festival culture embodies the humanistic spirit of the ancients, such as advocating nature and seeking the source. A series of sacrificial activities contain profound cultural connotations, such as respecting morality, ritual and music civilization, etc. The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle improvement and popularization.