2. Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu Ci in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping on the Miluo River at the Dragon Boat Festival, and later took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; In some places, there are sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui.
Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the totem sacrifice of Baiyue in the south. It originated from the "bad month and bad day" in the north, and injected the seasonal fashion of "getting rid of diseases and epidemic prevention" in summer, and attached to commemorating Qu Yuan's suicide by jumping into the river, which finally formed the cultural connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The word "Duan" means "early", so "Dragon Boat Festival" is the "fifth day". According to the calendar, May is the "noon" month, so the "Dragon Boat Festival" has gradually evolved into the current "Dragon Boat Festival". The Chronicle of Yanjing records: "The fifth day of May is the fifth day of May, and the transliteration of the word is also covered."
In Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan, the Dragon Boat Festival is divided into big Dragon Boat Festival and small Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon's Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and the Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifteenth of the fifth lunar month.
6. In ancient times, in the land of Baiyue, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to dragon ancestors in the form of races in the afternoon of the sun. Today, dragon boat rowing is still an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival.
7. The earliest recorded food of the Dragon Boat Festival belongs to the "owl soup" of the Western Han Dynasty. Quote Records of the Historian and the Book of Filial Piety: "The Han Dynasty sent owls to Dong Jun to cook soup for the owls on May 5th. Eat it because of bad birds. " Filing is the protagonist of the Dragon Boat Festival-Zongzi, which appeared after the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was not until the Jin Dynasty that zongzi became the festival food of the Dragon Boat Festival.
8. Drink Pu wine, realgar cinnabar wine and spray wine. Feng Ming Yingjing's Generalized Moon Order: "On the fifth day, cinnabar wine was used to ward off evil spirits and detoxify, and the forehead, chest, hands and feet were dyed with wine, so there was no danger of poisonous snakes (poisonous snakes mentioned in ancient books). Sprinkle walls, doors and windows to avoid poisonous insects. " This custom is widely circulated.
9. Hang wormwood, calamus and banyan. 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 head of five pistils in the sky, symbolizing evil sword, because the growing season and shape are regarded as "the spirit of a hundred yin", and the leaves are sword-shaped and can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits.
10, sachet, also known as sachet, sachet, wallet, etc. Made of five-color silk thread and rags. Perfume (made from Chinese herbal medicines, such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Cao Qin, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song, and Radix Alpiniae) is put on the chest, and the smell is fragrant.
1 1, hiding from the Dragon Boat Festival, is the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, which refers to taking the newly married or married daughter home for the New Year. Short for "hiding in the afternoon", it is also called "hiding out". It is customary to take May and May 5th as evil months and days, and it is necessary to ward off evil spirits in everything, because there is a custom of taking women home to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival.