The original meaning of "Duan" in "Dragon Boat Festival" is "Zheng" and "Wu" is "Zhong". The same is true of Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of Dragon Boat Festival) and Zhongzheng. At noon this day, that's right.

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Zongzi Festival, Huangwu Festival, Mayday Festival, Duan Yi Festival, etc. , is an ancient folk festival in China. There are many legends about its origin, some in memory of Jietui, Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, Cao E and Qiu Jin, the poetess, and some that it ruined the sun and moon, bathed orchids and went to Huang Chao. ?

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According to statistics, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is the most popular among all traditional festivals in China, reaching more than 20. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names have been produced, but also different customs exist in different places. Its contents mainly include: daughter going back to her mother's house, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcoming the ghost boat, hiding in the afternoon, sticking leaves in the afternoon, hanging calamus and wormwood, traveling in all diseases, wearing sachets, preparing sacrificial bowls, dragon boat races, competitions, hitting the ball, swinging, drawing children with realgar, drinking realgar wine, drinking calamus wine, eating poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits.

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