1, eat rice dumplings

Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings, which is another traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi, also known as "corn", "tube dumplings". It has a long history, and there are many different patterns.

May end of the morning families eat zongzi to commemorate the Qu Yuan, generally the day before the zongzi package, cooked at night, eaten in the morning. The dumplings are mainly made of young reed leaves from the river and ponds, or bamboo leaves, collectively known as zongzi leaves. Zongzi traditional form of triangular, generally named according to the flesh, wrapped in glutinous rice called rice zongzi, rice mixed with small beans called small bean zongzi, mixed with jujube called jujube zongzi; jujube zongzi resonance for the "early in the", so eat jujube zongzi the most, meaning that the children ate in the study can be early in the Scholar. In the past, the readers to participate in the day of the imperial examinations, the morning to eat date dumplings, so far, secondary schools, university entrance examinations in the morning, parents also want to do date dumplings to candidates to eat. Cooking rice dumplings in the pot must be boiled eggs, conditions and then cook some duck eggs, goose eggs, ate sweet rice dumplings dipped in sugar, and then eat eggs dipped in salt "pressure top". It is said to eat May end of the boiled eggs in the pot of rice dumplings main summer does not give birth to sores; rice dumplings pot boiled duck eggs, goose eggs in the sun at noon and then eat, the whole summer does not have a headache.

2, Dragon Boat Race

Folk Dragon Boat Race Dragon Boat Race Dragon Boat Race is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in southern China is very popular and valued, and its earliest when it should be the ancient Yue people sacrificed to the God of the water or the God of the Dragon, a ritual activity, whose origins may have begun at the end of the primitive society. Dragon boat race is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment programs, has been passed down for more than two thousand years, mostly held in festivals, is a multi-person collective paddle race. In fact, "dragon boat racing" as early as the Warring States period. In the sound of drums in a hurry, rowing carved into the dragon canoe, do racing games, to entertain the gods and people, is the ritual of semi-religious, half-entertainment programs. Later, the dragon boat race in addition to commemorate the Qu Yuan, people around the world also paid a different meaning.

3, point andrographis wine

The andrographis soaked in wine, and then point the andrographis wine in the forehead, ears, nose, palms, etc., expect to stay away from poisonous insects, disaster prevention and disease prevention.

4, wearing a scented bag

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, the small children to wear a scented bag or purse, to send to ward off evil spirits, away from the plague meaning, in addition to a very good embellishment decorations.

5, hang the wormwood

Dragon Boat Festival, people like to hang the wormwood on both sides of the door, meaning to eliminate disease, drive away bad luck, attract blessings, so that the family's health as well as good luck.

6, tie colorful rope

Ancient thought that the five colors are auspicious colors, so in the Dragon Boat Festival with colorful rope tied to the child's wrist, ankle or neck, which means to eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties, keep away from disease, peace and longevity.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is one of the largest traditional festivals in China. The meaning of "Duan" is the same as "Chou", and "Duanwu" is also known as "Chouwu". Because of the name "Duanwu", the ancients also referred to the previous days in May as "Duan". Song chen yuan liang "time and age wide record - end five" cloud: "the capital city dust people, to the first day of May for the end of a, the second for the end of two, the number of the end of five." Five of the month of May is the month of "noon". And because of the noon for the "Yang Chen", so the end of the fifth is also called "Duan Yang". May 5, the month, and the son of a common are five, so weighing five, also known as lunch. The order of the Earth's branches projected end five festival, heavy five festival of the name in the Tang Dynasty before, because the birthday of Emperor Tang Taizong is the fifth day of August, in order to change the five for the afternoon, began to have the Dragon Boat Festival, heavy years of the festival said, in addition, the Dragon Boat Festival also has many aliases, such as the summer festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the largest folk festival in summer, it has many festivals and activities related to daylight saving, and with

Summer Solstice closer, so called. Zhou Chu, "the land and customs" cloud: "mid-summer Dragon Boat Festival is called the fifth of May also, the common weight of this day and the summer solstice with the Solanum Festival. This is the name of the end of the five Tang and Song people. WuZiMu "dream sorghum record" said: "five days heavy five festival also said solan order festival." Because of the ancient custom of bathing in orchid soup on this day, so called. Dai Dai Li Ji" said: "May 5, storage of orchids for bathing daughter festival. The old custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is that the young girl must wear a spiritual talisman and hairpin a durian flower, and the mother's family must take the daughter to return to her home to "avoid the Dragon Boat Festival", so it is called. Ming Shen list "Wan Department Miscellany" Volume 17 cloud: "May Daughter's Day, the Department of the Dragon Boat Festival, wear ai leaves, five poison talisman Wan custom from the first to the fifth day of May, decorated with a small girl, all the state of extreme beauty, out of the home of the female also return to the Ning, called the Daughter's Day Day Day in the festival. Also called "Zhu Ming". Are defined from the perspective of yin and yang magic. Ming Tian Rucheng "West Lake Tourism Zhiyu" Volume 20 cloud: "Dragon Boat Festival for the days in the festival." "Huairen County," cloud: "five days, a 'Tianzhong', the name of the Duanyang', a 'Zhu Men Di La. Taoism every year, there are "five wax" (both heavenly wax, earth wax, moral wax, civil age wax, princes and lords wax).