1, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

The end of the Warring States period of the Chu people Qu Yuan is a well-read poet, but also a great politician, but his power is weak and powerless to change the law, so he was twice by the people were exiled by the king of Chu was exiled, and ultimately in the south of the Yangtze River to hear the news of the defeat of Chu by the Qin Dynasty, after the casting of the rolling river.

Qu Yuan loved the people as his own, and he was loved by the people of Jiangnan, who knew that he had thrown himself into the river and went to his rescue. Some people who are good at water are rowing on the river to look for salvage, some are on the shore to pour the yellow wine into the river, because the people are afraid of the water dragon swallowed Qu Yuan's body, so will be poured into the river, in order to use the medicine will be in the water dragon water animal drug stun.

But after a long time of searching for Qu Yuan's body, and then a fainting dragon surfaced, people saw the dragon's beard only a piece of Qu Yuan's lapel, the people were angry, they will be the dragon skinned, extracted sinews, and the sinews of the dragon into a bracelet for the children to wear.

Despite all these efforts, Qu Yuan was eventually swallowed up by the river, so the people designated that day as the Dragon Boat Festival in honor of Qu Yuan.

2, Dragon Boat Festival customs

(1) eat zongzi: Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi has been y rooted in people's hearts, is a sense of ritual existence.

(2) wear scented pouches: Dragon Boat Festival children wear scented pouches, legend has it that the meaning of the evil spirits to drive away the plague, scented pouches within the cinnabar, andrographis, incense medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, fragrant, and then five-color silk string buckle into a rope for a variety of different shapes, knotted into a string.

(3) Hanging Ai: Every family should sweep the courtyard, with calamus, Ai inserted in the door eyebrow, hanging in the hall. And with calamus, moxa, durian, garlic, dragon boat flower, made in the shape of a man or a tiger, known as moxa man, moxa tiger; made of wreaths, ornaments, beautiful and fragrant, women compete to wear, to drive away miasma.

(4) Spot Xionghuang Wine: Soak Xionghuang in wine and smear it on children's ears, noses, brains, wrists, ankles, etc. It is said that this practice can keep mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, etc. away from the body.