Eating zongzi is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "millet" and "Zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns. To this day, at the beginning of May every year, people in China have to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and wrap zongzi, with more varieties of colors. From the perspective of stuffing, there are many dates in the north, such as jiaozi; There are many kinds of fillings in the south, such as red bean paste, fresh meat, ham and egg yolk, among which Zhejiang Jiaxing Zongzi is the representative.
3, wearing sachets, it is said that it has the meaning of avoiding evil spirits and driving away epidemics, but it is actually used for the decoration of the head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, all kinds of exquisite and lovely.
4. Hanging wormwood and calamus, the folk proverb says: "Insert willow in Qingming Festival and wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the court, puts calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hangs them in the class. Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liu Hua, Garlic and Dragon Boat Flower are made into human or tiger shapes, which are called Ai Ren and Ai Hu. It is made into garlands and decorations, beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear it to ward off evil spirits. The ancients inserted wormwood leaves and calamus to prevent diseases. Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang mugwort leaves, hang calamus, sprinkle realgar wine, drink realgar wine, stir up turbidity, remove rot, sterilize and prevent diseases.
It is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival to hang a clock to catch ghosts. In the Jianghuai area, bells and statues are hung in every household to ward off evil spirits.
6. Hang a purse and tie a five-color silk thread. In ancient China, five colors were worshipped and used as auspicious colors. It is said that children wearing five-color thread can avoid the harm of snakes and scorpions; Throwing it into the river is to let the river wash away plagues and diseases and make children safe and healthy.
Drinking realgar wine is very popular among people in the Yangtze River valley.