Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival (6 general remarks)

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China. Traditionally, there is a grand festival all year round: Qingming in spring, Mid-Autumn Festival in autumn, Solstice in winter (or Laba), and Dragon Boat Festival in summer.

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival 1 year is also called Spring Festival, but it should not be a bigger celebration and leisure activity among these four festivals. For example, when we say the word "every year is a holiday", the year is independent of the holiday; Lantern Festival is not an independent festival, it is a continuation of 2008, which means that from this day on, people will end their year of celebration and leisure and start working.

Among these years and festivals, the Dragon Boat Festival is quite special, because only it is to commemorate another person. Perhaps at the earliest time, it didn't have this function, but now, commemorating this person has undoubtedly become its most important function and significance, which also shows the greatness of this person, his position in people's hearts and his long history.

Of course, this person is Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan is a household name in China because of festivals. His greatest achievement comes from literature. He founded Chu Ci, which is the most important representative of Chu Ci. But the Dragon Boat Festival mourned Qu Yuan, not because of his brilliant literary achievements, but because he was a great patriot who was concerned about the country and the people and was not tolerated by traitor kings. People are grateful, appreciate his sense of hardship, patriotic enthusiasm and sympathize with his unfortunate experience, so they take this festival to remember him.

But then one day, Qu Yuan was described as an angry youth, and he became the originator of Chinese angry youth. I haven't researched the origin of the word Fenqing, and I don't want to guess its original meaning, but now it has become a derogatory term. That is to say, after thousands of years, Qu Yuan began to be scolded by some people, and Lu Xun, also a representative of fenqing, began to be scolded again.

I don't know why these people now scold Qu Yuan, Lu Xun and their cynical descendants. I only know that they were scolded at that time because they often pointed out the mistakes of the country and the king, the shortcomings of society, the meanness of human nature and so on. So he was attacked, reviled and persecuted by some people who only knew how to flatter the king and whitewash the peace. I think the people who call them cynics today must be the same people as those who call them cynics.

Every social period, every ruler, will not be perfect, will be limited by objective conditions and subjective consciousness, and has its limitations. It is necessary for others to remind or point out their mistakes in order to improve, society to progress and develop, and personality to be sublimated. For example, Emperor Taizong said that he was a good emperor, not only because of his chastity, but also because he was enlightened and wise and could listen to cynicism. His country has also made progress because of teachability, and his personality is admired because of teachability. Instead, it oppresses cynical countries and kings, such as Chu and Qu Yuan, to die quickly. Those times when there were no cynics were the times when Li Zicheng, Chen Sheng and Guangwu came into being. So it really benefits the country and the people, even the king himself. They are really the real elites of society, so they can also be immortal and admired by the whole world.

Dragon Boat Festival. Introduction 2 introduces the Dragon Boat Festival.

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional folk festival in China-Dragon Boat Festival, which is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang. In addition, there are many nicknames for the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Magnolia Festival, Daughter's Day, Tianzhong Festival, Dila Festival, Poet's Day and Dragon Boat Festival. Although the names are different, on the whole, the customs of people everywhere are more similar than different.

Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of China people for more than two thousand years. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names are produced, but also different customs exist in different places. Its contents mainly include: daughter going back to her mother's house, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcoming the ghost boat, hiding in the afternoon, sticking leaves in the afternoon, hanging calamus and wormwood, traveling in all diseases, wearing sachets, preparing sacrificial bowls, dragon boat races, competitions, hitting the ball, swinging, drawing children with realgar, drinking realgar wine, drinking calamus wine, eating poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have made new progress, breaking through the boundaries of time and region and becoming international sports events.

Commemorating Qu Yuan

According to the historian Biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng, Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu Huaiwang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated the use of talents, empowerment, and prosperity, and advocated joint resistance to Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, was driven out of the capital and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins. During his exile, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen and Tian Wen, which have a unique style and far-reaching influence (therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the Poet's Day). In 278 BC, Qin Jun conquered Kyoto of Chu. Seeing that his motherland was invaded, Qu Yuan was heartbroken, but he was always reluctant to give up his motherland. On May 5th, after writing his masterpiece Huai Sha, he died in Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other foods prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river, saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs were full and would not bite the doctor. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds.

After that, on the fifth day of May every year, there is the custom of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Commemorating Wu Zixu.

The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, which spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, commemorates Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died. Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city and destroy Wu." Then he killed himself. Fu Cha was furious after hearing this. On May 5th, he wrapped Zixu's body in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.

In memory of the dutiful daughter Cao E.

The third legend of Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E who saved her drowning father in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 23-220). Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river, and her body was not seen for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old and cried day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy.

The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River.

Totem sacrifice originated from the ancient Yue nationality.

A large number of cultural relics unearthed in modern times and archaeological studies have confirmed that in the Neolithic age, there was a cultural relic with geometric prints and pottery ruins in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. According to experts' inference, the remaining clan is Baiyue clan, a clan that worships dragon totem in history. The decorative patterns and historical legends on unearthed pottery show that they have the custom of tattooing constantly, live in a water town and compare themselves to the descendants of dragons. Among its production tools, there are a large number of stone tools, as well as small bronzes such as shovels and chisels. As daily necessities, the printed pottery ding used for cooking food is unique to them and is one of the symbols of their ethnic group. Until the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were still more than 100 Vietnamese people, and the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival for their ancestors. During thousands of years of historical development, most Baiyue people have integrated into the Han nationality, and the rest have evolved into many ethnic minorities in the south. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival for the whole Chinese nation.

Other names of Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

The word "Duan" means "the beginning", so "Duan Wu" means "the fifth day". According to the calendar, May is the noon month, so the Dragon Boat Festival has gradually evolved into the Dragon Boat Festival. The Chronicle of Yanjing Years Old records: "The fifth day is the fifth day of May, and the transliteration of the word' Duan' is also stamped."

Dragon Boat Festival

According to the records of Jingchu over the years, it is midsummer and May is midsummer, and the first afternoon is a good day to climb mountains in the sun, so it is called "Duanyang Festival".

Mid-Autumn Festival

"noon" belongs to the twelve branches. In the lunar calendar, May is noon, and five and five are homophonic, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Heavy Noon Festival" or "Heavy Five Festival", and in some places it is also called "May Festival".

Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon boat race is an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival, which is very popular in southern China, especially in Guangdong, where it is called dragon boat. It was originally a sacrificial activity of the ancient Yue people to worship the water god or the dragon god, and its origin may have started at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat races have a long history, circulating for more than 2000 years. It is a traditional folk water sports and entertainment project in China, which is mostly held on festive festivals and is a multi-person collective rowing competition. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition.

Dangwu Xun

In some rural areas of Shanghai, near the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, such as Fengxian and Nanhui, it is customary to call the Dragon Boat Festival "five o'clock in the flood season".

Noon festival

This name comes from the number of yin and yang strokes. Tian Rucheng's Travel Notes on the West Lake, a volume of Yue in the 20th Ming Dynasty, said: "The Dragon Boat Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival because the sun reaches its highest point from noon to mid-autumn." Japan designated May 5th as "Boys' Day", which may also be based on the Japan-China Festival, because Japan believes that only men inherit the universal spirit.

Yulan Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer, and it is a season with frequent skin diseases. The ancients used bluegrass soup to bathe and decontaminate. The Great Dai Li in the Han Dynasty said, "Wash blue soup in the afternoon".

Jie zongjie

When the ancients ate zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a game that was shorter than each person's leaves, and the elderly won, so it was also called "Xiezong Festival".

Women's festival

"Miscellaneous Notes of Wan Series" is in Bangbang: "May Daughter's Day is the Dragon Boat Festival, Dai Ai Ye, and the five poison spells. Ten thousand customs are decorated with little girls from the first day of May to the fifth day of May, and we do our best. Married women also go back to their hometown because it is called Daughter's Day. "

Ending etiquette

In southern Hunan, along the ancient custom, on the fifth day of May when summer comes, mugwort leaves are hung on the door and bathed to repel mosquitoes. It is believed that malaria can be driven away after baptism, and this mosquito breeding summer can be safely spent.

Acorus calamus festival

Dragon Boat Festival is not only an ancient totem festival, but also a festival of "getting rid of diseases and preventing epidemic". The ancients thought that "heavy noon" was a taboo day, when the five poisons were exhausted. Therefore, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits and avoid poison, such as hanging calamus and mugwort leaves on the door, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Acorus Festival".

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

row dragon boats

The word "dragon boat" first appeared in the pre-Qin ancient book "Mu Zhuan", Volume 5: "Take a bird boat and the dragon boat floats in the marsh." In "Nine Songs to the King", scholars also think that "flying dragon" refers to the dragon boat.

Before the dragon boat race, please invite dragons to offer sacrifices to the gods. For example, before the Dragon Boat Festival in Guangdong, you should go out of the water, worship the Nanhai God in the Nanhai Temple, install the dragon head and tail, and then prepare for the race. And buy a pair of paper cocks and put them on the dragon boat, thinking that they can keep the boat safe (vaguely corresponding to the ancient bird boat). Fujian and Taiwan went to Mazu Tempel to worship. All kinds of sacrificial ceremonies and commemorative ceremonies are nothing more than burning incense and burning money for roast chicken, cooking rice, burning meat, offering fruit, zongzi and so on. Nowadays, these superstitious ceremonies are rare, but in the past, when people went to the Dragon Palace to offer sacrifices, the atmosphere was very serious, praying for a bumper harvest in agriculture, good weather, evil spirits and all the best, and wishing boating safety. In people's words, "to be auspicious" expresses people's inner good wishes. In Zigui, Hubei, Qu Yuan's hometown, there is also a ceremony to worship Qu Yuan.

Hanging wormwood and calamus

Dragon Boat Festival is the first festival after summer, and the temperature is rising, which is a period of frequent diseases. Therefore, many years ago, people often hung several mugwort plants at their doorsteps. Because of its special fragrance, people use it to drive away diseases, prevent mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits.

There is a folk proverb that says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival, and Ai is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. "Ai" is also known as mugwort and mugwort. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. Its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. Chinese medicine uses wormwood as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming uterus and dispelling cold and dampness. Processing Artemisia argyi leaves into "moxa wool" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment. Acorus calamus is a perennial aquatic herb, and its long and narrow leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a good medicine for refreshing, strengthening bones, eliminating stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing. It can be seen that the ancients planted Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus to a certain extent, and these activities also reflected the fine tradition of the Chinese nation.

"Holding Aiqi in your hand is a blessing, and hanging a sword under the door is a thousand evils." Hanging wormwood and calamus at the entrance of the Dragon Boat Festival is like putting a spell on it, which can benefit and avoid harm. During the Dragon Boat Festival, wormwood is usually tied into a bunch and inserted on the lintel, or one wormwood is inserted at each end of the lintel.

Wormwood represents a hundred blessings, and inserting it at the door represents a hundred blessings, which can make the owner healthy. Wormwood is also a kind of herbal medicine that can cure diseases. It has been a medicinal plant since ancient times in China. Moxibustion method in acupuncture is to use wormwood as the main component and burn it at acupoints to treat diseases. The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because of its medical function.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a traditional Chinese medicine which is blindly fragrant and turbid, and has a strong detoxification and epidemic elimination effect. Hanging and burning mugwort leaves can sterilize and prevent the epidemic of plague. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of warming channels to stop bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Clinically, it is mostly for external use, such as moxibustion and decoction, but there are few prescription drugs, such as "Jiao Tang Ai" in Treatise on Febrile Diseases.

There are reasons for hanging wormwood, calamus (Pujian), pomegranate and garlic at the entrance of Dragon Boat Festival. Usually mugwort leaves, banyan trees 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. Therefore, the alchemist called it "water sword", and later the custom extended to "general sword", which can cut off all evil. In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Tieqing recorded in Jia Qinglu that "chopping Pu as a sword, chopping Peng as a whip, and hanging peach stalks and garlic on the bed are all used to exorcise ghosts".

However, in the local chronicles of the Jin Dynasty, there is "mourning for the tiger, or cutting the ribbon for the tiger, with mourning attached to the leaves, and the wife fighting to cut it." In the future, it will be calamus, or human form, or Xiao Jian shape, called Pujian, to drive away evil spirits and ghosts. "

The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because it has the function of medicine. For example, Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu records that "when chickens are not crowing, those who pick wormwood look like people, take it and collect it with moxibustion, which is very effective." On this day, Ai Cai became a human figure, hung on the door, and could cast poison gas. "

Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "millet" and "Zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns.

According to records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, millet was wrapped into horns by leaves of zinia latifolia, which was called "horny millet". Rice packed in bamboo tubes is sealed and baked, which is called "tube zongzi". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, millet soaked in plant ash water. Because the water contains alkali, the millet is wrapped in leaves into a quadrilateral, and when cooked, it becomes Guangdong sour rice dumplings.

In Jin Dynasty, Zongzi was officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. At that time, jiaozi was made of glutinous rice and Alpinia oxyphylla, and the boiled jiaozi was called "educational zongzi". According to the "Yueyang Local Records" written by Zhou people, "It is customary to wrap the millet with leaves, cook it and cook it thoroughly. From May 5 to the summer solstice, one is Zongzi and the other is Xiaomi. " During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, miscellaneous zongzi appeared. Rice is mixed with animal meat, chestnuts, red dates, red beans and so on. And there are more and more varieties. Zongzi is also used as a gift for communication.

In the Tang Dynasty, the rice used for zongzi was "white as jade", and its shape appeared conical and rhombic. There is a record of "Da Tang Zongzi" in Japanese literature. There was a kind of "candied zongzi" in the Song Dynasty, that is, fruit was put into zongzi. The poet Su Dongpo has a poem "See Yangmei in Zongzi". At this time, there were also advertisements for building pavilions and wooden chariots and horses with zongzi, indicating that eating zongzi was very fashionable in the Song Dynasty. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the wrapping material of zongzi changed from leaves to leaves. Later, zongzi wrapped in reed leaves appeared, and additional materials such as bean paste, pork, pine nuts, dates and walnuts appeared, and the varieties were more colorful.

Until now, at the beginning of May every year, every household in China has to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and wrap zongzi, with more varieties of colors. From the perspective of stuffing, there are many dates in the north, such as jiaozi; There are many kinds of fillings in the south, such as red bean paste, fresh meat, ham and egg yolk, among which Zhejiang Jiaxing Zongzi is the representative. The custom of eating zongzi has been popular in China for thousands of years and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival 3 Today is May 28th. Children, can you guess what festival it is today? Of course, today is the Dragon Boat Festival. So do you know how this festival came about? I'll tell you a story told by my grandfather: Once upon a time, there was a patriotic poet named Qu Yuan. He comes from the state of Chu. When the country was in danger of aggression, it presented a plan to the court, but it was driven out of the court. Qu Yuan was heartbroken, swallowed his anger and jumped into the Miluo River to kill himself. After the local people learned about it, the fishermen immediately set sail to salvage the body. Some people throw rice into the river to satisfy the fish, not to bite Qu Yuan's body.

Later, people designated the fifth day of the fifth lunar month as the Dragon Boat Festival. People celebrate festivals to remind everyone of the story of Qu Yuan, carry forward the spirit of patriotism, and defend and build the motherland.

On this day, some people race dragon boats, some eat zongzi, some put mugwort leaves at home, and some hold commemorative meetings. Commemorative activities are colorful.

Our family eats zongzi and listens to grandpa telling stories. We are very happy. Eager to love the great motherland. I will definitely serve my country when I grow up. Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a traditional festival in memory of the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

On Dragon Boat Festival, my mother got up early, took out duck eggs and zongzi and cooked them in a pot. I stood by the stove and looked at the duck eggs in the pot, turquoise and jade white, so cute. After a while, I smelled the fragrance of Zongye. I can't wait to ask, "Are you ready?" Mother replied, "All right, all right!" So, my mother took out a cooked zongzi and peeled its leaves for me. The water chestnut-shaped zongzi is white and fat, soft and sticky, and tastes good.

After eating zongzi, my mother and I went to Confucius Temple to buy sachets and colored ropes. Exquisite sachets are fragrant and beautiful. I like it very much. I asked my mother to tie beautiful colored ropes on my hands and feet. My mother told me that children wearing sachets and colored ropes can get rid of diseases.

On my way home, I asked my mother to buy some wormwood. Back home, we planted wormwood on both sides of the house. The smell of wormwood can drive away mosquitoes!

On May 5, it was Duanyang, and the door was full of incense. Eat zongzi, sprinkle sugar, row a dragon boat into the water ... Dragon Boat Festival.

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival 4 Today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and the annual Dragon Boat Festival has arrived. Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it is also a day to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan.

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Magnolia Festival and Tianzhong Festival. , is a traditional folk festival in China. Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional folk festivals in China.

Eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. There are many sayings about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, among which the one commemorating Qu Yuan is the most extensive. Qu Yuan was a minister in Chu Huaiwang during the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, Qu Yuan advocated enriching Qiang Bing and uniting with a group of people to attack the State of Qin, but it was strongly opposed by nobles and others. Qu Yuan was deposed, driven out of the city and exiled to the fields of Yuan and Xiang. In 278 BC, Qin Jun invaded Kyoto, Chu, and the patriotic Qu Yuan felt like a knife. Finally, he threw himself into the Guluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life. When people heard the news, they immediately rowed for help. They were afraid that fish in the river would eat Qu Yuan's body, so they took rice balls from home and threw them into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan's body. Since then, there has been the custom of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats.

Hanging wormwood is also one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival. People use it to ward off evil spirits, prevent mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits.

This is the Dragon Boat Festival in my eyes, a beautiful traditional festival.

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival 5 "On May 5th, it was Duanyang. Insert wormwood leaves, wear sachets, eat zongzi and sprinkle sugar, and the dragon boat will be happy. " Whenever I hear this song, I feel that the Dragon Boat Festival is coming.

The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Double Five Festival and the Duanyang Festival. Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the legend of Dragon Boat Festival is the most widely commemorated for Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a doctor of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because the king of Chu listened to the treacherous court official, Qu Yuan was exiled. During his exile, Qu Yuan heard that the capital of Chu was occupied by the enemy. Because his patriotic ideal failed, he threw himself into the Miluo River. After his death, people were afraid that his body would be eaten by fish, jiaozi and shrimp, so they threw zongzi at the Miluo River. People also designate this day as Dragon Boat Festival.

Speaking of Dragon Boat Festival, its customs are colorful! There are jiaozi, Dragon Boat Race and Longevity Rope ... Our custom here is to eat jiaozi the most. Two days before Dragon Boat Festival, grandma bought reed leaves, prepared many materials: candied dates, red beans, and my favorite egg yolk and meat, and then began to make zongzi! Grandma picked three or four reed leaves from the basin, held one end of the leaves with her left hand, and held the other end of the leaves with her right hand with three fingers, and gently rolled them into a cone shape. After rolling, she scooped up a spoonful of glutinous rice, put some materials in it, and finally tied the zongzi firmly with cotton thread, thus making a beautiful zongzi, which is like a four-boat baby. We put the wrapped zongzi into the water to swim. The pot came out, and as soon as we opened the cooked zongzi, the whole room smelled of zongzi. It smells really good! I can't wait to take a bite of a zongzi. The lips and teeth are fragrant and memorable!

In addition to making zongzi, people also put mugwort leaves in the Dragon Boat Festival ... The Dragon Boat Festival is really a colorful festival!

Introduction to Dragon Boat Festival 6 "On the fifth day of May, it is Duanyang and wormwood sachet. Eat zongzi and sprinkle sugar. The dragon boat went into the water happily. " Do you know what festival this nursery rhyme describes? Yes, it is the Dragon Boat Festival! The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is also called Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Poet's Day and Children's Day. ...

There are different opinions about the legend of Dragon Boat Festival. Some people say it's in memory of Wu Zixu, some people say it's in memory of Cao E, some people say it's the Dragon Boat Festival ... The most famous one is in memory of Qu Yuan. According to legend, Qu Yuan was a native of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. The king of Chu listened to the slanderers of traitors and exiled Qu Yuan. Soon, Qu Yuan heard that Chu had been captured by the enemy. On the fifth day of May, he committed suicide by throwing a big stone into the river.

There are many customs related to the number "five" in the Dragon Boat Festival. People tie them together in five colors: red, yellow, blue, white and black, and wrap them around the child's neck and wrist, which is called a long-lived rope. Each family should insert "five heads" and eat "Huang Wu" during the Dragon Boat Festival in the south.

Is our traditional culture in China profound and colorful?

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