The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival: During the Warring States period, Qu Yuan failed to realize the idea of implementing political reforms, was cut off from his post and exiled, and after the fall of the Chu state, Qu Yuan suffered inwardly and threw himself into the river to kill himself on the fifth day of the fifth month; after that, on the fifth day of the fifth month of every year, there are all kinds of customs in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are as follows: dragon boat racing, hanging moxa leaves and calamus, and releasing paper kites.
1, Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon Boat Racing is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China, is also one of the most important festivals of the Dragon Boat Festival folkloric activities in the southern region of China is widespread in the north of the city near the rivers and lakes there are also Dragon Boat Racing Customs, and most of them are paddling the dry Dragon Boat Dance Dragon Boat form.
About the origin of dragon boat racing, there are a variety of claims, there are sacrifices to Cao E, sacrifices to Qu Yuan, sacrifices to the god of the water or the dragon god and other rituals, and its origin can be traced back to the era of the Warring States.
2, hanging moxa calamus
Hanging moxa calamus is a Chinese folk festival custom, in the Dragon Boat Festival to moxa leaves hanging in the hall, cut moxa leaves into the shape of a tiger or cut the color of a small tiger, pasted with moxa leaves, the women vied with the wear to seclude the evil and drive away miasma.
3, put the paper kite
Put the paper kite, that is, in the gabion and other skeleton on the paper or silk, pulling the long line tied to the top of the wind can be put up in the sky, belonging to a purely aerodynamic flying machine. In the cities around the southern part of China, kite flying is also a custom during the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival, children fly kites, which is called "letting off calamities". Kites are paper kites.
Duanwu Festival Significance
Duanwu Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan, around the talented, independent Chu state doctor Qu Yuan and the development of the spread to all parts of China, the folk culture **** to enjoy, Qu Yuan's name is known to all people, the pursuit of the Chinese nation of high and pure feelings.
Duanwu Festival, is the ancient Baiyue ancestors created for ancestor worship festival. Because of the legend of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan jumped Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth of May to kill himself, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.
Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the south of the Baiyue ancestors chose "dragon ascension" auspicious day to sacrifice to the dragon ancestor, injected into the summer seasonal "disease prevention" fashion, the Dragon Boat Festival as a "bad month and bad day! "From the northern central plains, the formation of the Dragon Boat Festival customs can be said to be the product of the fusion of the customs of the north and south.