"In the month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival arrives at the banks of the Hong Kong River. The drums are beating, the flags are waving, and the dragon boat races have begun! Clank, clank, clank ......"I, as a Hong Kong boy growing up in Hong Kong, have been imbued with Hong Kong's regional culture since I was a child, and we have never been sloppy about the Dragon Boat Festival.
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival customs are: Dragon Boat Rowing, Drinking Tea, Eating Rice Dumplings, Eating Zongzi, Crushing Eggs, Washing the Dragon Boat Water, The Dragon Boat Festival is the most popular festival in Hong Kong. In fact, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival and the National Spring Festival customs Spring Festival are similar, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival customs worth mentioning there are three , the following with me to see it:
? Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival customs one: rowing dragon boat?
Dragon boat paddling in Hong Kong is known as "steak dragon boat", the custom has a long history. In addition to eating rice dumplings, watching dragon boat races is the main event of the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong. The earliest recorded Dragon Boat Race in Hong Kong was held in 1919 in North Point, Eastern District, Hong Kong Island, and then evolved into an annual competition. The first dragon boat race of modern significance was held in Hong Kong in 1976.
This year's Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, the largest of its kind in Hong Kong, was held for three consecutive days in Victoria Harbour. For the first time, the race was moved to the Central waterfront, where spectators could cheer for the dragon boat racers, or go to the "San Miguel Beer Festival" near the race course to cool off with a cold beer and dance to popular singers. In the morning, Stanley Main Beach was surrounded by dragon boats, with many teams ready to start. The races officially started at 8:00 a.m., with a race every 10 minutes, and the rhythmic shouts of the competitors and the cheers of the public merged into one. Aberdeen's dragon boat competition is no less impressive, on that day *** there were 33 races, 10 large wooden dragon boats out to participate. Ms. Lee, a member of the public from a fisherman's family, came to support her relative's dragon boat team. She said the annual dragon boat races have become a regular fixture that they look forward to the most.
When most Hong Kong people think of dragon boat races, the first thing that comes to mind is not the races in Victoria Harbour, but the dragon boat races on the banks of the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin. The Shatin Shing Mun River Dragon Boat Race has been held for 20 years since 1996, and the races will be held in the section of the river between Tsui Yung Bridge and Sha Yan Bridge. Members of the public can enjoy the race along the riverbanks, and watch the drummers from a close distance as they yell and wave their drumsticks to direct the players, and the participants paddle hard. Dragon boat paddling "fast", there must be the greatest "force", up and down the heart, each member of the basic skills, consistency of movement, speed and tacit cooperation are very important.
In addition, Hong Kong's Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tai Po and other beaches also organized on the day of the dragon boat race.
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival 2018 will also be held on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour and Central waterfront, where 160 dragon boat teams are expected to come and compete. Participants come from 15 countries and regions, totaling more than 4,500. After eating the dumplings, Hong Kong people like to go to the Sha Tin River to watch the dragon boat races.
? Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Customs No. 2: Eating Rice Dumplings?
During the Dragon Boat Festival, Hong Kong has only one day of vacation, and of course, people make the most of it. Early in the morning of the holiday, the family will be one after another to Hong Kong-style teahouse "tea", to a "cup of two pieces", drink a pot of tea, with two pieces of dim sum, *** gather family. If you go out late, outside the teahouse must be crowded with people, if you do not want to wait in line outside, a waste of vacation, you can also watch TV at home, drink a cup of tea, eat rice dumplings.
The dumplings in Hong Kong come in a wide variety of flavors. They are basically divided into salted meat dumplings and sweet dumplings. Traditional salted meat dumplings, glutinous rice wrapped in a piece of fat and thin pork and egg yolk, simple and delicious. The sweet dumplings, also known as alkaline water dumplings, are eaten dipped in sugar and are delicious.
On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, my mother would prepare hot salted meat dumplings. She gently unwrapped the string and lotus leaves that wrapped the dumplings, and then used the string to cut the dumplings into pieces. My mother and I would start the day with a cup of tea with the dumplings.
In recent years, Hong Kong's teahouses and hotels have introduced more styles of rice dumplings to satisfy Hong Kong people's love of food. Some dumplings are healthier, using fiber-rich purple rice and corn; some are more luxurious, made with scallop and oyster sauce, making them a great gift.
? Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival customs of the third: wash "dragon boat water"?
"Wash Dragon Boat Water", some people in the first day of May in the lunar calendar, some in the fifth day of May, this is the custom of different places. But look into it should be "May 5th at noon", most people follow the May 5th "wash dragon boat water" custom, "Dragon Boat Wash Dragon Boat Water" Well, we have to pay attention to! The two words "Dragon Boat Festival".
Why do people love to May 5 at noon "wash dragon boat water", because the water at this time has a magical effect, people wash the "Dragon Boat Dragon Boat Water", a year (to the following year, May 5, a year) time will not be long sores, addiction, epilepsy, very good for the treatment of skin diseases. It is good for curing skin diseases. Wash Dragon Boat Water" has such benefits, why not.
In the Dragon Boat Festival, Hong Kong's holiday is only the day, the public of course, to make full use of. Early in the morning of the holiday, the family will go to Hong Kong-style teahouses one after another "tea", to a "cup of two pieces", drink a pot of tea, with two pieces of dim sum, *** gather family. If you go out late, the outside of the teahouse is bound to be crowded with people. If you do not want to wait in the queue outside and waste your vacation, you can also watch TV, have a cup of tea and eat rice dumplings at home. Through the live broadcast, I separated from the TV screen, clearly see the sweat of the participants and the river water mixed together, but also feel their blood, really want to immediately wash the "dragon boat water".
There is a popular saying in Hong Kong that if you swim in the water of a dragon boat, you will get rid of all the diseases. The Dragon Boat Festival falls in the summer, the sun is hot, the public will take advantage of the holiday in the "dragon boat water" swimming, hoping to wash away bad luck, get rid of evil, bad gas, bring good luck, and pray for good health.
Hong Kong is surrounded by the sea, and beaches with clear water and fine sand abound, and it is easy to get to the beaches from the city, most of which can be reached by bus. Some of the older members of the public will take advantage of the early morning, the first to take the lead in the water swimming. Most people spend the afternoon enjoying the sun and the beach after eating dumplings or drinking tea at home and watching the exciting dragon boat races. In the endless sandy beach sunshine, immersed in the "dragon boat water", looking at the water and sky color of the sea, lazy Dragon Boat Festival, really a good choice.
Duanwu Festival, in addition to paddling dragon boat, eat dumplings these routine customs, Hong Kong residents also in this day wash "dragon boat water", turn the windmill, the Dragon Boat Festival is a lively and unique.