1. Dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is common in southern China. Dragon boat racing is also a custom in cities near rivers and lakes in the north. Most of them It is a form of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.

There are many theories about the origin of dragon boat racing. There are various sacrificial activities such as worshiping Qu Yuan, worshiping the water god or the dragon god, etc. Its origin can be traced back to the Warring States Period. During the competition, the drums beat rapidly, the oars fly, and the canoes carved into the shape of dragons chase each other. It is not only a boat racing game, but also a semi-religious and semi-entertainment program for worshiping gods and entertaining people.

2. Eating Zongzi

Eating Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional Chinese custom. The materials and shapes of rice dumplings used in different places are different and come in many varieties. For example, those wrapped in the shape of horns are called horn rice dumplings, those filled with rice sealed and baked in bamboo tubes are called tube rice dumplings, those wrapped in a square shape are called four-corner rice dumplings, those with meat inside are called meat rice dumplings, and those with dates inside are called jujube rice dumplings... collectively called zongzi.

Zongzi was officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food in the Jin Dynasty. In addition to glutinous rice, the raw materials of rice dumplings are also rhubarb rice (sticky yellow millet), and the Chinese medicine Yizhiren is added. The cooked rice dumplings are called "Yizhizong".

3. Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus and drinking realgar wine

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard hanging mugwort and calamus and drinking realgar wine as one of the important contents. Every family uses calamus and moxa sticks inserted on the lintel of the door, under the eaves, or hung in the hall. Around the Dragon Boat Festival is the season of high incidence of infectious diseases. The wise ancients used these methods to exorcise evil spirits and avoid plague, and to protect health, which has certain health significance.

4. Eat eggs and hit eggs

Because eggs are shaped like a heart, folklore says that eating them will nourish the heart. Eating eggs will nourish the heart. Eating eggs can protect the heart and spirit from loss. . On the one hand, eating eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival is for good luck and to pray that you will not get sick for a year. On the other hand, it is to improve your life. At first, they mainly ate eggs, and later on every Dragon Boat Festival, they would boil all kinds of eggs, including chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs.

5. Hang colorful threads, gourds, horse celery, and sachets

On the Dragon Boat Festival, every family will wear colorful threads on their children’s wrists, ankles, and necks. Pray for the beautiful meaning of Najib. The five-color thread is made of blue, white, red, black, and yellow silk threads, representing wood, metal, fire, water, and earth, and also symbolizing east, west, south, north, and middle. Folks believe that it contains the divine power of the five directions. For protection, it is called "Colorful Dragon," "Longevity Line."

It can exorcise evil spirits, cure diseases and strengthen the body, bringing good luck and peace. Later, we no longer only used these five colors, but only five kinds of threads. The fresher the better, and children liked it more.