Duanwu Festival should say: well-being.
One reason to say well-being:
1. Dragon Boat Festival is to honor Qu Yuan, it can't be Happy Dragon Boat Festival, but Well-being Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to representing the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings, on this day, many friends will send each other to wish "Happy Dragon Boat Festival" wishes.
In this regard, non-heritage experts said, not all festivals can wish each other happy, such as the Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival can only send each other "Well-being", Dragon Boat Festival can say: "Dragon Boat Festival Well-being".
2, because the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of sacrifice, the day Wu Zixu was thrown into the Qiantang River, Cao E to save his father threw the Cao E River, the great writer Qu Yuan threw Miluo River. The fifth day of the fifth month is a sad day, is the day of sacrifice, so we can not wish each other happy, say blessings can be used "auspicious and well-being" and other words.
Two, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival:
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, the Festival of heavy lunch, the day in the Festival, etc., from the natural worship of the sky, evolved from the ancient times of the sacrifice of the dragon. Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong seven lodging soared to the south of the sky, is the dragon flying day of the auspicious day, that is, such as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" lines of the fifth line of the lines said: "Flying Dragon in the sky".
First originated in the ancient Baiyue region of the dragon totem worship and belief. Later, it originated from the poet Qu Yuan who jumped to Miluo River to kill himself on that day.
About the origin of this festival at first was to drive away evil spirits and prevent disease, for this in the Dragon Boat Festival on this day there is the custom of drinking xionghuang wine, and then the patriotic poet Qu Yuan in Chu jumped into the river on this day, so the Dragon Boat Festival has become a day to commemorate Qu Yuan, some areas are in order to commemorate the loyal minister Wu Zixu.
Traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival:
1, Zongzi:
"Zongzi incense, incense kitchen. Ai leaf incense, incense hall. Peach sticks are inserted on the front door, and when you go out, you can see the wheat is yellow. Here, there, everywhere." This is a popular ballad describing the Dragon Boat Festival. On the whole, people around the Dragon Boat Festival customs are similar, and Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, throughout the ages, all over China are the same.
2, tea eggs:
Nanchang area in Jiangxi Province, the Dragon Boat Festival to cook tea eggs and salt water eggs to eat. There are eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs. The eggshells are painted red and packed in colorful net bags and hung around the necks of small children, meaning that the children are blessed with good fortune and peace.
3, rice cake:
The Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival of the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is the fragrant cake. Cake, is the wormwood and glutinous rice, placed in a large wood chiseled groove, with a long-handled wooden whip made of rice cakes. This food is very ethnic characteristics, and can add to the atmosphere of the festival.