The Dragon Boat Festival customs are: dragon boat racing, wear a scented bag, stick the midday charm, tethering the five-color silk thread, paper kites and so on.

1, dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is a multi-person collective paddle race, is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, is an ancient dragon totem rituals, is a legacy. Rowing dragon boat in China's southern coastal areas are still very popular, spread abroad, loved by the people of all countries and the formation of international competitions.

2, wear scented sachets

Duanyang to four-color line arm, and wear scented sachets, small and exquisite. Scented pouches, also known as incense bags, incense bags, wallets, generally filled with spices, with five-color silk thread twisted into, or the use of colorful satin or cloth wrapped in cotton, mixed with chuanxiong, dahurica, rows of grass, scullcap grass, cloves, mountain ai, fine Xin, ganzong, dahuric acid, licorice, andrographis powder powder and other medicinal powders, and then use colorful silk embroidery and become, the lower side is also draped with a variety of red, green, blue, blue, purple thread spikes, wear the chest, the aroma of the nose.

3, sticking the midday charm

Old Guangdong some places have sticking "midday charm" custom. After lunch, every family stick "noon time charm". Charms with a width of about one inch, nearly a foot long strip of yellow paper. And in the door hanging calamus, phoenix tail, mugwort leaves, etc., and tied a bunch of garlic, coated with vermilion to avoid evil spirits.

4, tethered five-color silk thread

Five-color silk thread, also commonly known as five-color silk, five-color silk. Ancient common name is called to avoid military bindings, Zhu Suo and so on. Tied to the mosquito net, cradle on the rope is also known as the Wan Wan, Jian rope. Ancient China revered the five colors, to five colors for good luck. Thus, early in the morning of the festival, the family adults get up the first big thing is in the child's wrist, ankle, neck tie five-color line.

5, paper kites

Duanwu period, children flying kites called "put disaster". Kites, that is, paper kites. It is a toy, in the bamboo gabions and other skeleton paste on the paper or silk, pulling the long line tied to the top, taking advantage of the wind can be released into the sky, belonging to a pure use of aerodynamic flying machine.