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Zong Xiang Nong Qing
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"The meaning of the Dragon Boat Festival"
The ancients took heavenly stems and earthly branches as the carrier, the heavenly stems carried the way of heaven, and the earthly branches carried the way of land. heavenly stems and earthly branches was set up to contract the fate of heaven and earth, and the era was universal in heavenly stems and earthly branches.
On mid-summer afternoon, the flying dragon is in the sky. At this time, Long Xing is in the middle of the south, which is the most "right" position for Sunday operation all year round. It is both "right" and "right", which is a symbol of good luck.
Hundreds of competitive streams, Dragon Boat Festival wishes well-being.
The ancients always advocated the middle and the right way, and the "middle way" was vividly displayed here. In addition, the end also means "early", so the first noon day of the fifth month is also called the Dragon Boat Festival.
DUAN WU
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SUMMER
"Festival customs during the Dragon Boat Festival"
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Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival
Zongzi, or "Zongzi Zan", is commonly known as Zongzi. Its main materials are glutinous rice and stuffing, and it is wrapped with Indocalamus leaves (or Hiragi leaves) in various shapes, such as sharp corners and quadrangles.
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Dragon boat race
Dragon boat race is a multi-person collective rowing competition and an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is still very popular in the southern coastal areas of China. This is a form of worship of dragons in folk beliefs, which is used to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits. Dragon boat race is divided into inviting dragons, offering sacrifices to the dragon gods, Youlong and collecting dragons. Before the dragon boat race, please invite dragons and offer sacrifices to the gods. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, you should get out of the water, after the sacrifice, install the dragon head and dragon tail, and then prepare for the race.
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Drinking realgar wine at Dragon Boat Festival
The custom of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival used to be very popular in the Yangtze River valley. Realgar is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which can cure all kinds of insect poisons, insect and animal injuries. There is a folk saying that "all diseases will go away if you drink realgar wine". However, modern scientific research shows that realgar wine is acceptable for external use, but harmful for internal drinking, so it needs to be cautious.
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SUMMER
"Cultural connotation of Dragon Boat Festival"
Cultural origin:
There are many origins and legends of the Dragon Boat Festival, and the most popular one is to commemorate Qu Yuan. It is said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the Guluo River on the fifth day of May. After his death, he was trapped by the dragon, and the world mourned it. Every day, he threw five-color silk zongzi into the water to drive the dragon away. It is also said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the Guluo River, the local people immediately rowed for rescue and went all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan’s body was not found.
At that time, it was rainy, and the boats on the lake gathered together beside the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that it was to salvage the virtuous minister, Dr. Qu, they went out in the rain again and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to mourn, people rowed on rivers, and then gradually developed into dragon boat races.
Four traditional festivals in China:
Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional folk festivals in China. Since ancient times, there have been festivals such as rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi. Since 2008, Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday. In May 2006, the State Council listed it in the first national intangible cultural heritage list; In September 2009, UNESCO formally reviewed and approved the inclusion of China Dragon Boat Festival in the world intangible cultural heritage, making it the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage.
Cultural implication:
Discussion on whether to say "happiness" or "well-being" for the Dragon Boat Festival. As our traditional festival, the Dragon Boat Festival has a long history. People slowly added various legendary stories to the festival and became the Dragon Boat Festival we know today. The Dragon Boat Festival has a strong tragic color and the custom of "offering sacrifices" because of Qu Yuan’s death, and the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the beginning of summer (noon). Here, "the evil month and the evil day, and the five poisons are exhausted" is an important node in the ancient epidemic prevention, so the custom of exorcising evil spirits and eliminating disasters has been established. Because Wu Zixu voted for Qiantang River, Cao E saved his father and voted for Cao E River, and the great writer Qu Yuan voted for Miluo River, the fifth day of May is a tragic day, so it is better to say that the Dragon Boat Festival is healthy.
Original title: Dragon Boat Festival, one of the traditional festivals in China.
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