Drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is a custom in China since ancient times. It is said that drinking realgar wine can protect you from snakes and insects. In addition, the legend of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is also related to Qu Yuan. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, an old man brought an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that it could curb the dragon and prevent it from eating Qu Yuan's body.

reason

1, avoid five poisons

It is said that there will be various pests during the Dragon Boat Festival, so you must drink realgar wine to avoid the five poisons. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will prepare realgar powder and put it in white wine or yellow wine to make realgar wine to drink. If they are children, adults will smear realgar wine on them, which can also play a role in avoiding the five poisons.

2. Fight poison with poison

In fact, realgar powder itself is poisonous, but if it is mixed with wine in a proper amount, it will not be poisoned, but it can also expel toxins from the body, thus playing the role of fighting poison with poison. Therefore, in ancient times, there was also a saying that drinking realgar wine to detoxify during the Dragon Boat Festival.

3. In memory of Qu Yuan

It is said that Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river because he lost his power and humiliated his country. An old man poisoned the dragon by pouring realgar wine into the river to protect Qu Yuan's health. So on the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone has the custom of drinking realgar wine to commemorate Qu Yuan.