Dragon Boat Festival, one of the four traditional Chinese festivals, is said to have been passed down in honor of Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu during the Warring States period, and the Dragon Boat Festival has been included in the list of the world's intangible cultural heritage protection. Here are the activities and health knowledge of the Dragon Boat Festival that I have organized for you, I hope it will be helpful to you.
What are the activities of the Dragon Boat Festival
A dragon boat race
The origin of the dragon boat race can be traced back to the era of the Warring States period, the "Dragon Boat Race" has been customary during the Warring States period, people in the drums in the rush to the ferry, paddling carved with a dragon-shaped It was a half-religious, half-entertainment event. During the Qianlong period in the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan began to popularize dragon boat racing, dragon boat as a water sport, and with the Chinese diaspora all over the culture to bring in, but also in foreign countries to attract a large number of dragon boat enthusiasts, in addition to the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate the ancients and to celebrate the holiday, it also plays a certain role in communication.
Second, hanging moxa leaves calamus
In the Dragon Boat Festival, people put the insertion of moxa and calamus as one of the important content. All the families are cleaned, with calamus, moxa inserted in the door eyebrow, hanging in the hall. The stems and leaves of moxa contain volatile aromatic oils that repel mosquitoes and insects, purify the air, and can be used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, from which the unique moxibustion is derived. Anyway, either in the morning, or the day before, some aunts will be happy to pick some back as an essential part of this festival.
Third, the Dragon Boat Festival food dumplings
In China, regardless of the size of the festival, eating is an indispensable theme in the Dragon Boat Festival, dumplings are the most popular food and gifts, in the North may be more popular to eat dumplings over the holidays, but the Dragon Boat Festival food dumplings of the custom of the people of the country occupies a very high proportion of dumplings, dumplings packages and the selection of ingredients are different, glutinous rice is essential, sweet Red bean dumplings, salty meat dumplings, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also popular egg yolk dumplings, there are some white rice dumplings, red date dumplings, fruit dumplings, etc., a lot of older elders are best at the old-fashioned rice dumplings, but also the taste of the most pure, there are a lot of young people return home for the holidays when returning home, always bring some of their families hand-packed dumplings back, or to share with others, or slowly enjoy.
Fourth, wear scented bags
Scented bags, also known as scented bags, scented bags, wallets, etc., inside the integration of traditional Chinese culture, is a kind of loaded with spices, colorful or beautiful silk fabric or coarse cloth class sewing and become, Pei scented bags although it is a kind of folklore, but in ancient China is the prevention of plague, the ancients in order to ensure that the children and their families are healthy, made of traditional Chinese medicine to scented bag to be worn with the child to wear in order to be healthy, and so on. children to wear for health. The shape of the scented bag also has the shape of the pocket, diamond, round, flower and other styles, in modern times, the decorative function of the scented bag occupies most of the reasons for wearing, people can also according to their own preferences, loaded with their favorite spices, in addition to their own like to smell the smell, but also can cover some of the environment in the odor.
Fifth, bolted five-color thread
Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is pure Yang Qi is very strong, with the help of the world's pure Yang Qi, decorated with five-color thread, in line with the concept of the five elements, which is unique to China's cultural extension of the folklore, people in the Dragon Boat Festival for the children's wrists with the five-color thread in the Dragon Boat Festival, the first rain after the first rain, the thread thrown to the rain, will throw away the bad things that will bring the year! Good luck, and the five poisons do not invade. The folk song says "Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, the five poisons wake up, no peace", the five poisons refers to centipedes, snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads, therefore, some folk places have the custom of avoiding the five poisons.
Dragon Boat Festival health knowledge
Eat rice dumplings to clear the heat
Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice has a beneficial effect on the spleen, appetizers and digestion. Used to wrap the dumplings of the zongzi leaves are more elaborate, the north mostly with reed leaves, the south more bamboo leaves or lotus leaves, these leaves have good medicinal function. Such as: reed leaves can clear the heat and promote the production of fluids, in addition to annoyance and thirst; bamboo leaves can clear the heat and annoyance, diuretic detoxification; lotus leaves can clear the heat and dampness, and the stomach and tranquilize the spirit. Overall, the dumplings have to clear the heat, help the spleen and appetizing effect, especially suitable for early summer consumption.
When eating, it is important to note that the raw material for making zongzi is glutinous rice, which is sticky and easy to cause indigestion if eaten in excess, so don't be greedy.
Mugwort and calamus to drive away poison and pestilence
The folk proverb says: "Inserting willow at Qingming, inserting mugwort at the Dragon Boat Festival." In the Dragon Boat Festival, every family should insert calamus and mugwort into the lintel and hang them in the hall. Ai leaves (also called wormwood) is a flavor of aromatic Chinese medicine, has a strong role in driving away poison and pestilence. Modern research has shown that hanging and burning mugwort leaves do have sterilization, prevention of plague epidemic effect. Ai leaves, calamus and the role of mosquito repellent, slowly burning ai leaves mosquito repellent effect is better.
Modern people have very few in front of the house hanging leaves, calamus and other herbs. For this problem, experts say, you can take the smoke and spray aerosol method to solve. Ordinary families can choose before and after the Dragon Boat Festival to close the doors and windows, and then use calamus, mugwort, andrographis combined fumigation for more than 2 to 4 hours, which can play a bactericidal effect. In addition, you can also go to the store to buy insecticidal mosquito aerosol to achieve the purpose of pest extermination
Coated with andrographis to kill pests and detoxification
Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, many areas in the south of our country have stepped into the rainy season, the weather conditions are conducive to the activities of mosquitoes and flies, pests and reproduction. Xionghuang is a detoxification, insecticidal Chinese medicine, containing toxic arsenic salts, pests smell the food will be poisoned, people coated can avoid poison. There are also many people in the Dragon Boat Festival drink Xionghuang wine, but because the main component of Xionghuang is arsenic disulfide, heat can be decomposed into a very toxic arsenic, so it is not recommended to take internally.
Sprinkling Xionghuang wine is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Dragon Boat Festival, the andrographis mixed in the wine made of andrographis wine, sprinkled in the corners of the living room and under the bed, has a strong mosquito and insecticidal effect. Because of the andrographis can be absorbed from the skin, external use should not be rubbed on a large area to prevent poisoning.
Drink five plus wine to dispel dampness and avoid evil
"The fifth of May pick five plus, brew five plus wine" is a folk custom. Wuga that is Wuga skin, gas flavor bitter, Wuga bark has a strange fragrance, can nourish the liver and kidneys, strong muscles and bones. Folk believe that drinking Wujia wine, you can take refuge from evil spirits. The medicinal use of the five plus bark is mainly for the treatment of hernia, abdominal pain, men **, urine residual leaching, women's waist and spine pain, two feet pain. Located in humid areas, it is especially suitable for drinking Wuga wine on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Hanging scented sachets to dispel wind and drive away cold
Many places in China have the custom of hanging scented sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is also a way to prevent infectious diseases. Homemade Dragon Boat Festival scented sachets used in traditional Chinese medicine are atractylodes macrocephala, patchouli, Cornus officinalis, ailanthus, cinnamon, sand nuts, dahurica, two grams of each flavor, plus 1 gram of cloves. These herbs are finely ground, then placed in a cloth bag and sewn together. It can be worn on the chest, waistline or navel, or you can hang the scent bag at the door, indoors or in the car. These herbs, according to Chinese medicine, have the function of dispersing wind and driving away cold, strengthening the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and stopping pain, and opening nine orifices, so as to play a role in preventing diseases.
Warm tips: In the modern lifestyle, some of the ancient customs of the Dragon Boat Festival has been slowly abandoned, however, it has been proved that our traditional customs contain a lot of health mysteries.
Dragon Boat Festival eat zongzi what symbolizes
Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival day is to eat zongzi, many people do not understand why the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, do not know to eat zongzi what symbolizes, in fact, is a legacy of just, every year to the Dragon Boat Festival must eat the food is zongzi.
Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the Qu Yuan festival, rumors, Qu Yuan is in the Dragon Boat Festival on the day of suicide, the people do not want to let the Qu Yuan harmed, to the river to throw zongzi and other food, do not let the river fish to eat him, so the descendants in order to commemorate the Qu Yuan, the fifth of May every year, there is to eat zongzi, the custom of the Dragon Boat Race.
Not only to commemorate Qu Yuan, but also the meaning of family reunion, after all, the Dragon Boat Festival is now a legal holiday, every Dragon Boat Festival travelers around the world will go home to reunite with their families. There is another layer of symbolism, that is, "seeking children", dumplings have a harmonic "in the son" meaning, has been rumored to eat the dumplings will be able to get the son of the custom, the meaning of prosperity, in short, the Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings is a good idea, be sure to remember to eat rice dumplings.