The process of making Dragon Boat Festival greeting cards is as follows:

1, make dumpling leaves. Cut out a white larger round piece of paper, and then cut a smaller rice dumpling leaves, with a blue color pen to draw the leaf veins (as shown).

2. Paste the leaves. According to the previous step, and then cut out a rice dumpling leaves, and then the two rice dumpling leaves cross-pasted on the round piece of paper (as shown).

3, making dumplings. Cut out the shape of the dumplings with white paper, draw expressions, then wrap them with the prepared dumpling leaves and glue them in place (as shown).

4, paste the dumplings. According to the third step of the method, make the second dumplings, and then paste the two dumplings on the original dumpling leaves (as shown).

5, paste the word "Dragon Boat Festival". Finally, cut out the word "Dragon Boat Festival", and pasted on the two dumplings directly above, and then to the dumplings to draw the heat can be. Simple Dragon Boat Festival greeting card handmade completed.

The following is a brief introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival:

1. Origin and Legend

The Dragon Boat Festival originated in ancient times in China, and was initially a dragon festival. According to legend, on the fifth day of the fifth month, the Dragon King would come out and walk wildly because of the surging river water, so people carried out the customary dragon sacrifices to appease the Dragon King and bless the peace. Later, with the passage of time, the Dragon Boat Festival gradually evolved into a festival related to Qu Yuan, which was endowed with many cultural connotations.

2. Folk Customs

The folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are very colorful. The most representative ones include eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging moxa leaves and drinking xionghuang wine, etc. The most important ones are eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging moxa leaves and drinking xionghuang wine. Eating zongzi is one of the most important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, which symbolizes people's remembrance and nostalgia for the sacrifice of Qu Yuan.

The dragon boat race, on the other hand, originated from the story of Qu Yuan's death by jumping into the river, symbolizing the pursuit of unity and cooperation and the spirit of courage. Hanging mugwort leaves and drinking xionghuang wine are traditional ways for people to pray for health and drive away evil spirits since ancient times.

3. Cultural connotations

In addition to the above folk customs, the Dragon Boat Festival also contains many cultural connotations. For example, "eating five-color rice" represents people's respect for food and the pursuit of colorful life, which expresses people's reverence for and love of life.

"Artemisia herbaceous cart" is a way of commemorating the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan and expressing gratitude to him; and the customs and activities of the Dragon Boat Festival reflect the national spirit and aesthetic style of the Chinese people, which is characterized by unity, courage and perseverance.

4. Regional differences

While the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the national traditional festivals, the culture and customs of different places may vary due to the vastness of China's territory and the large number of nationalities. For example, in the south of the Yangtze River, the Dragon Boat Festival will use silver needle moxa leaves as a drink, while in the north, the moxa leaves will be hung at the door to ward off evil spirits and epidemics; in Fujian and Taiwan, there is the "summer solstice" festival, which is also a traditional festival similar to the Dragon Boat Festival.