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Do you know why the Dragon Boat Festival is dedicated to God?
Jiaxing Wufangzhai Zongzi Wholesale official website: Everyone knows to eat Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. Do you know about this? Today, official website, a rice dumpling from Wufangzhai, will tell you why the Dragon Boat Festival is dedicated to the gods. Dragon Boat Festival is a festival for offering sacrifices to gods, including Qu Yuan, Cao E, the silkworm god, the agricultural god, Zhang Tianshi and Zhong Kui. Cao E is one of the gods who sacrificed on May 5th in Zhejiang, and the related historical legends are still circulated among the people. Because she is a model of filial piety and advocated by the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty, she is publicized and associated with the dragon boat. Jiande, Zhejiang believes that the white snake stole the fairy grass and saved Xu Xian and the people, so the local people offered sacrifices to the white snake on the Dragon Boat Festival. Another evil spirit of Dragon Boat Festival is Zhong Kui. On that day, every family bought a map of Zhong Kui and hung it on the door to exorcise ghosts. Every family was proud of painting Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui can not only play ghosts, but also drive away epidemics. Zhong Kui was superstitious in early ancient times, such as the patterns on bronze mirrors. Zhang Tianshi and Zhong Kui are both historical figures of Taoism. Taoism is good at exorcising demons, and the fifth day of May is a poisonous month, so it will naturally bring Taoist immortals to the festival, so this is a belief that rose later. Quzhou, Zhejiang Province takes May 5th as the birthday of Shennong, the drug king, and uses this day to predict the quality and quality of medicinal materials. Dragon Boat Festival has a long history and is very popular all over the country. In addition, in Fuzhou, the god of plague is called the Great, and people build temples to worship him. In May, the Dragon Boat Festival held the emperor's birthday, offering sacrifices to animals and singing operas. Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province celebrated the festival of thanking the silkworm god. Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Do you have this belief? Why don't you take advantage of this three-day holiday to visit? Pray for yourself and hope everyone will have a meaningful Dragon Boat Festival. The above content is composed of