1, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

On the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many sayings. Such as: commemorate Qu Yuan said; commemorate Wu Zixu said; commemorate Cao E said; from the three generations of the summer solstice festival said; the evil month and the evil day to drive to avoid said, Wu Yue national totem festival said and so on.

2, Dragon Boat Festival customs

(1) Dragon Boat Festival children wear scented sachets, the legend of the meaning of the evil spirits to drive away the plague, in fact, is used for lapel head embellishment decoration. The scented capsule inside the cinnabar, andrographis, incense medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, fragrant, and then the five-color silk string buckle into a rope, for a variety of different shapes, knotted into a string, colorful, small and lovely.

(2) Hanging Ai, folk proverb: "Qingming willow, Dragon Boat Festival Ai". In the Dragon Boat Festival, people take the insertion of moxa and calamus as one of the important contents. The Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" passed down from ancient times, people on this day to clean the courtyard, hang moxa sticks, hanging calamus, sprinkle xionghuang water, drink xionghuang wine, stirring up turbidity in addition to corrosion, sterilization and prevention of disease. These activities also reflect the fine tradition of the Chinese nation.

(3) Drinking Xionghuang wine, Xionghuang is also a kind of medicinal herbs, which is said to be able to kill all kinds of poison. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Shaanxi people will soak andrographis in wine and smear it on children's ears, noses, heads, wrists and ankles, etc. It is said that this practice can keep mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos and spiders away from their bodies.