Dragon boat rides, hanging sachets, moxa hanging beams, midsummer solstice, rice dumplings incense, the Dragon Boat Festival with the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture is here again.
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dragon boat tripsachetAi Xuanliang, Midsummer Solstice, Zongye Fragrant, this passion with the unique charm of Chinese traditional cultureDragon Boat FestivalThe day has come again. During the Dragon Boat Festival, parents would make dumplings, hang wormwood and calamus, drink realgar wine, and offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan.It is a blessing and a right to say “ankang on the Dragon Boat Festival” to each other among relativesgood luck‘s prayer.
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Why is the Dragon Boat Festival to be “healthy” instead of “happy”?
I believe that some attentive friends have found out why the blessings of the Dragon Boat Festival are not “Happy Dragon Boat Festival” but “Dragon Boat Festival Well-being”? For the Chinese who value traditional culture, the transformation of the two characters also contains very profound truths.
Why do we say “ankang” after the Dragon Boat Festival?
I believe that most of the Chinese people know the story of the great patriotic poet “Qu Yuan threw himself into the river”. Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River with no hope of serving the country. People heard that they all came to the river to salvage the body of Doctor Qu Yuan, in order to prevent the fish and shrimp in the river. To eat the flesh of Doctor Qu Yuan, people threw rice into the river to feed fish and shrimp. Therefore, it was derived into the origin of the custom of rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi. On such a heavy festival, it is of course inappropriate to use “happy” as greetings.
Dragon boat rides, hanging sachets, Ai hanging beams, midsummer solstice, rice dumplings incense, the Dragon Boat Festival family members say “Dragon Boat Ankang” to each other, which is a blessing and a wish for good luck.
To be correct, the Dragon Boat Festival was originally the Summer Solstice Festival, so its origin was very early. It existed long before Qu Yuan was born. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, in the eyes of the ancients, the “poisonous day” that the ancients talked about, because the weather became hot, it went down again. During the rainy season, centipedes, snakes, toads and other poisonous insects have woken up from hibernation and become active. Therefore, the ancients used to drink realgar wine and hang wormwood at this time to expel these poisons.
Because the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching the day with the most yang energy and the longest day in the year, all things will gradually turn from abundance to decline, and this month is relatively hot and humid, and it is also the season when ancient faceplate diseases frequently occur. In the early years, the ancients would pick orchids on the Dragon Boat Festival and boil them into orchid soup for bathing to cure diseases and prevent epidemics. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is not only an important day to commemorate the great patriotic poet “Qu Yuan threw himself into the river”, but also an important node for disaster prevention and epidemic prevention. It is very appropriate to greet relatives and friends with “ankang”!
Chinese culture has a long history, and some customs have experienced historical witness, which are of great reference value. Take good care of yourself, pay more attention to your health, boost your immunity, and don’t get sick. You are healthy and your family is healthy! The following are the three taboos of the Dragon Boat Festival for your reference.
Eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival is homophonic with “neutron”, which means “to be happy with your son”.
Three taboos of the Dragon Boat Festival
1. The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to worship ancestors. All happy events are not suitable for today, such as starting work, moving house, weddings and funerals, etc. It is also not appropriate to wear all kinds of jewelry on the Dragon Boat Festival. Gems, jade, and gold objects were called ritual vessels in ancient times and were symbols of royal power. It is better to keep a low profile when offering sacrifices to your ancestors.
2. May is the five poisonous month. At this time, the solar term becomes sultry, the rainfall increases, and the poisonous virus is rampant. Therefore, it is best to stay away from the grass and woods to avoid being bitten by insects and snakes. Don’t go to the beach to play or swim, because folklore says that the Dragon Boat Festival is easy to “catch and alternate” when it comes to water ghosts. From a scientific point of view, the Dragon Boat Festival happens to be the rainy season, the sea water is prone to skyrocketing, and water disasters are more likely to occur.
3. It is not advisable to kill and see blood. In ancient times, May was also a season of frequent infectious diseases. Many infectious diseases were transmitted through blood. After the ancients discovered this, they began to warn each other to prevent it. Over time, the custom of not killing or seeing blood on the Dragon Boat Festival has also been formed, so some customs are not There is no reason, it is the historical inheritance of the ancients based on experience.
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