1, Dragon Boat Festival is the oldest folk festival of the Chinese nation. It was originally a totem festival held by the tribes who worshipped the dragon totem in Baiyue in ancient times. In Baiyue, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to the dragon ancestors in the form of dragon boat races in ancient times.

2. Qu Yuan, a Chu poet in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping off the Miluo River in the Dragon Boat Festival, and later took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; In some places, there are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui.

3. Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the totem sacrifice of Baiyue in the south. It started in the north as a "bad month and bad day", and it was infused with the seasonal fashion of "getting rid of diseases and preventing epidemics" in summer, and attached commemorative contents such as Qu Yuan's suicide by jumping into the river, and finally formed the cultural connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival.

4. The word "Duan" has the meaning of "initial", so "Duanwu" is the "fifth day". According to the calendar, May is the "noon" month, so "Duanwu" has gradually evolved into the current "Dragon Boat Festival". "Yanjing's Chronicle of the Year" records: "The fifth day of the fifth month is the fifth day of May, and the transliteration of the word is also covered."

5. In Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan, the Dragon Boat Festival is divided into big Dragon Boat Festival and small Dragon Boat Festival. The Little Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and the Big Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month.

Second, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival

1, In ancient times, there was a custom in Baiyue Land to sacrifice to the Dragon Ancestors in the form of a race on the afternoon of the afternoon when the sun was full of vitality. Today, dragon boat-raking is still an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. The earliest recorded food during the Dragon Boat Festival belongs to the "owl soup" of the Western Han Dynasty. "Historical Records" and "The History of Filial Piety" are quoted as saying: "The Han Dynasty sent an owl to Dongjun, and on May 5th, it was a soup for the owl to give a hundred officials. Eat it because of the evil bird. " Filing is the protagonist of the Dragon Boat Festival-Zongzi, which appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty later. It was not until the Jin Dynasty that zongzi became a festival food for the Dragon Boat Festival.

3, drink Pu wine, realgar, cinnabar wine, and spray with wine. Ming Feng Yingjing's "The Broad Sense of the Moon Order": "On the fifth day, use cinnabar wine to ward off evil spirits and detoxify, and use wine to dye the forehead, chest, hands and feet, so there is no danger of snakes (a poisonous snake mentioned in ancient books). Sprinkle walls and doors and windows to avoid poisonous insects. " This custom is widely spread.

4. Hang wormwood, calamus and Ficus microcarpa. On the Dragon Boat Festival, wormwood, calamus (Pujian), pomegranate and garlic are hung at the door. Usually, wormwood, banyan and calamus are tied into a bundle with red paper and then inserted or hung on the door. Because Acorus calamus is the first of the five Rui in the sky, it symbolizes the evil sword, because the growing season and shape are regarded as "the breath of a hundred yin", and the leaves are sword-shaped, which can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits.

5, sachets, also known as sachets, sachets, purses, etc., are made of colored silk threads and sewn with rags, and are filled with spices (made from Chinese herbal medicines such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Scutellariae, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song, and Gaobeng), which are worn on the chest and have a fragrant smell.

6, hiding from the Dragon Boat Festival, when the Dragon Boat Festival custom, refers to the newly married or married daughter to go home for the festival. Referred to as "hiding in the afternoon", it is also called "hiding from the end". It is customary to take May and May 5th as evil months and days, and all things need to be avoided, because there is a custom of taking women home to hide from the Dragon Boat Festival.

Extended data

According to statistics, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is called the most in all traditional festivals in China, reaching more than 20, which is the most alias of festivals. For example, there are Duanwu Festival, Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Midday Festival, Summer Festival, May Festival, Chang Festival, Pujie Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Quyuan Day, Bathing Orchid Festival, Noon Day, Daughter's Day, Dila Festival, Poet's Day, Dragon Day, Noon Day, Lantern Festival and Five Eggs Festival.