Poems of Dragon Boat Festival
Fight lightly, fight lightly, flowers roll in the snow. The sky and the glass are 30 thousand hectares, which is worth seeing a few Wu Fang. -"Xiaoxiang God"
Chu people are greedy for children's play, and the river wins gold medals every year. -"Dragon Boat Festival"
The light sweat slightly penetrated Bi Wan, and the Ming Dynasty Dragon Boat Festival bathed Fang Lan. -"Huanxisha Dragon Boat Festival"
Old customs spread to Jingchu. In Zhengjiang, the plum blossom blooms in summer, making it a heavy noon. -"He Xinlang"
Why is Qu Yuan sad? He is sad when he leaves his feelings. Although know life is carefree, he is too hasty to return. Sigh comes from it, and tears come down with your heart. -"Send Lu Yiyang Jing Xuan Poetry"
Small balls wrapped in ice and sugar, with transparent horns and millet seeds. -"Dragon Boat Festival"
Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, is a folk festival that integrates worship of gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena and evolved from dragon festival in ancient times. On the Mid-Summer Dragon Boat Festival, black dragon spent seven nights in the center of the south, which was the most "upright" position in the whole year, just like the fifth poem in the Book of Changes: "Flying dragons are in the sky". Dragon Boat Festival is an auspicious day of "flying dragons in the sky", and dragon and dragon boat culture have always run through the inheritance history of Dragon Boat Festival. ? The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May, and later generations also regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu Cao E and meson tui. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations. In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are mixed, and there are differences in customs content or details due to different regional cultures. Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. The Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon boat festival custom
1. Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient state of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of Qu Yuan, a sage, and many people rowed to catch up and save. They scrambled to catch up with each other and disappeared when they reached Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Dispel the fish in the river by rowing dragon boats, so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of racing is prevalent in Wu, Yue and Chu.
Eating zongzi is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "horn millet" and "tube zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, families eat zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Generally, they wrap zongzi the day before, cook them at night and eat them in the morning. Dumplings are mainly made of tender reed leaves which are abundant along the river pond, and bamboo leaves are also useful in some areas, collectively called zongye. The traditional form of zongzi is triangle, which is generally named after the inner pulp. The glutinous rice dumplings are called rice dumplings, the ones mixed with adzuki beans are called adzuki dumplings, and the ones mixed with red dates are called jujube dumplings, which are collectively called glutinous rice dumplings. Jujube dumplings are homophonic for "early middle school", so they are eaten the most, and children who intend to study can win the championship early. In the past, scholars used to eat jujube dumplings in the morning on the day of taking the imperial examination. Up to now, parents have to make jujube dumplings for candidates on the morning of the entrance examination day for middle schools and universities.