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Loong Boat racing is the main custom of Loong Boat Festival. It is said that it originated from the ancient Chu people who died because they couldn't bear Qu Yuan, a wise minister, to throw himself into the river. Many people rowed boats to catch up and save him. They scrambled to catch up and disappeared when they reached Dongting Lake. After that, we will row a Loong Boat on May 5 every year to commemorate it. Rid a Loong Boat to disperse the fish in the river, so as to prevent the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. The practice of racing was prevalent in Wu, Yue, and Chu.
Eating Zongzi is another traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi, also known as "corn millet", "drum dumplings". It has a long history and a wide variety of styles. From the Spring and Autumn Period to today, every year in early May, Chinese people have to soak glutinous rice, wash the leaves of zongzi, and make Zongzi, with more varieties. From the perspective of filling, Beijing jujube zongzi, which is often wrapped in small dates in the north; In the south, there are bean paste, fresh meat, ham, egg yolk and other fillings, with Zongzi in Jiaxing, Zhejiang as the representative. The custom of eating Zongzi has been popular in China for thousands of years, and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
There is a folk saying that goes, "Insert willows during Qingming Festival and mugwort during Dragon Boat Festival. Every household sweeps the courtyard, placing calamus and mugwort sticks at the doorstep and hanging them in the hall. And using calamus, mugwort leaves, pomegranate flowers, garlic, and dragon boat flowers, they are made into human or tiger shapes, called mugwort people or mugwort tigers; Made into flower garlands and accessories, beautiful and fragrant, women eagerly wear them to ward off malaria.
The rope is made of five colored silk, also known as Baisuo, Changminglu, Xuminglu, Pibingshao, Wucailu, Zhusuo, etc. It can be hung at the front of the door, worn on the neck of a child's neck, tied to the child's arm, or hung on bed curtains, cradles, etc. It is commonly believed to prevent disasters, cure diseases, bless health, and prolong life. In the Han Dynasty, Ying Shao wrote in his book "General Principles of Customs": "On the fifth day of the fifth month, five colored silk was given to prolong life, which is said to benefit people's lives." The "Annals of Jingchu" records: "Using five colored silk to tie arms is called 'Pibing', which prevents diseases and epidemics
It is the custom of painting the forehead of children with realgar on the Loong Boat Festival. It is said that it can drive away poisonous insects. The typical method is to use realgar wine to draw the character "king" on the forehead of a child. Firstly, realgar is used to drive away poison, and secondly, a fierce tiger (with a tiger like forehead pattern) is used to suppress evil spirits. From the first day of the lunar new year, at Duanyang, take realgar and sprinkle it with wine, and apply it to the neck and nose of children to avoid toxins
Xiangbao, also known as sachet, sachet, purse, etc., is made of five colored silk thread wrapped around it or sewn with shredded cloth. It contains spices (made from Chinese herbs Bai Zhi, Chuan Chuan, Qin Cao, Pai Cao, Shan Nai, Gan Song, Gao Ben) and is worn on the chest, with a strong aroma. Chen Shiliang's Suishi Guangji quoted Suishi Zaji as saying that "Duanwu is made of red and white color like a bag, with color lines running through it, and twitching it into a flower shape." These bags, which are carried around, have developed from clam powder to absorb sweat, talismans to expel evil spirits, copper coins, and realgar powder to repel insects, to sachets with spices. The production is becoming increasingly sophisticated, becoming a unique folk art of the Loong Boat Festival.
Bathing in orchid soup on the Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient custom recorded in the "Da Dai Li". The orchid at that time was not the orchid of today, but the orchid of the Asteraceae family, which had a fragrance and could be boiled in water for bathing. The poem 'Nine Songs: Lord in the Clouds' also includes the phrase' Bathing in orchid soup will bring forth fragrant flowers'. The "Jingchu Seasonal Records" states: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, it is called the Bathing Orchid Festival." The "Five Miscellaneous Zu" records that people in the Ming Dynasty took five colored herbs at noon to bathe because "orchid soup was not available." Later, it was generally customary to take baths with herbs such as fried cattails and mugwort.
Ai is a perennial herb, with a height of 45-120 centimeters. The stem is upright, round, hard in texture, woody at the base, covered with grayish white soft hairs, and branched from the middle to above. Growing on roadsides, grasslands, wilderness, and other places. There are also cultivators. In spring and summer, when the flowers are not yet blooming and the leaves are lush, pick them and dry them in the sun or shade.
Ai Ye oil has a warm characteristic that can help drive away cold and moisture. It is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for cold and damp diseases, such as joint pain, rheumatism, and cold hernia.
Chinese mugwortLeaf oil has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis in traditional Chinese medicine, which can improve blood stasis and related diseases such as blood stasis pain and menstrual disorders caused by blood stasis symptoms.
Ai Ye oil has antibacterial and insecticidal effects, and can be used for symptoms such as insect bites, parasitic infections, and intestinal parasites.
Ai Ye oil can warm the meridians and dispel cold, and has the effect of regulating female menstruation. It is often used to treat symptoms such as cold coagulation and irregular menstrual blood.
