1, Dragon Boat Festival, initially the ancient ancestors in the form of dragon boat racing festival to worship the dragon ancestor. Because of the legend of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan in the Dragon Boat Festival to hold the stone jump Miluo River to kill themselves, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

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Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival:

(1) Dragon Boat Racing. Before the dragon boat race, first to invite the dragon, worship God. For example, Guangdong dragon boat, before the Dragon Boat Festival, to rise from underwater, sacrificed to the gods, and then put on the dragon head, dragon tail, and then ready to race. In Fujian and Taiwan, they go to the Mazu Temple to worship. In the past, people worshipped the Dragon God Temple in a very serious atmosphere, and prayed for a good agricultural harvest, good weather, evil spirits, disasters, and good luck, and also blessed the boat. In the words of the people, "I want to have a good luck" and express the good wishes of the people in their hearts.

(2) playing the afternoon water. Dragon Boat Festival, "Wu" is positive, the ancients believe that the day of the noon of Yang Qi is the most prevalent, the Dragon Boat Festival at noon to drive away evil spirits, so the Dragon Boat Festival day to take the "Noon Water" said, used to cook rice, boil water, soup, with the effect of warding off evil spirits, purification, in addition to the obstacles.