1. The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, when people in the Qing Dynasty grow again.
From: Tang Dynasty Li Longji's "Dragon Boat Festival Banquet for Officials at Wucheng Hall"
Translation: The Dragon Boat Festival was in China, and the Qing Dynasty was a long time ago.
2. The flowers of the four seasons compete for cleverness, and the nine rice dumplings compete for new ones.
From: Tang Dynasty Li Longji's "Dragon Boat Festival and Three Halls Banquet Officials Discover the Divine Word"
Translation: Flowers bloom in different seasons, and new styles of Nine-Zi Zong are constantly emerging.
3. Official clothes are also famous, and the Dragon Boat Festival is honored. The thin kudzu is soft in the wind, and the fragrant flowers are light in the snow.
From: "Giving Clothes on Dragon Boat Festival" by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty
Translation: Official clothes also have names, and they are honored and favored on Dragon Boat Festival. The cloth is made of the finest and finest Gesi, and its fragrance is as light as snowflakes stacked together.
4. Do not follow the custom of using moxa talismans, but pray for peace through wine and mugwort. The hair on the temples grows white every day, and the pomegranate brocade illuminates the eyes every year.
From: Tang Dynasty Yin Yaopan's "Dragon Boat Festival"
Translation: On the Dragon Boat Festival, I am too lazy to follow other people's habit of hanging mugwort and exorcism charms, I just pray for a cup of cattail wine *** Speak of peace in the world. The silver on the temples is getting thicker day by day, and pomegranate flowers shoot out of my eyes like red brocade and bloom every year for the festival.
5. Who said the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival at Jiepun? The eternal rumor is that it is Qu Yuan. It is laughable that the Chu River is empty and indistinct, but it cannot wash away the injustice of the direct ministers.
From: "Dragon Boat Festival" by Wenxiu of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: Who said the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiepeng? The eternal rumor is that it is Qu Yuan. It is laughable that the Chu River is empty and indistinct, but it cannot wash away the injustice of the direct ministers.