1, the folk proverb of hanging wormwood leaves and calamus has the saying that "willow is inserted in Qingming Festival and wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus is a folk festival custom in China. On the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort leaves are hung in the hall, cut into the shape of a tiger or cut into the shape of a tiger to cut the ribbon, and pasted with mugwort leaves. Women compete to wear them to drive away evil spirits. Using calamus as a sword and inserting it on the couch has the magical effect of exorcising ghosts.
2, drinking realgar wine Dragon Boat Festival drinking realgar wine has been around since ancient times. It is said that drinking realgar wine can sterilize, repel insects and relieve five poisons. There is a saying in the classic film and television work "The Legend of the New White Snake" that drinking realgar wine can solve the five poisons and avoid all evils.
Why drink realgar wine? The wine brewed with realgar has a special smell, which can drive away snakes, insects, rats, ants and other poisons. Therefore, adults will drink realgar wine, but children can't drink it, so they will apply it on their bodies to avoid the "five poisons."
3. Bathing in blue soup at noon is an ancient custom recorded in Da Dai Li. But the so-called orchids here are not orchids, but flying grasses of Compositae, which are fragrant and can be boiled and drunk and bathed. "Nine Songs in the Cloud" also has the sentence "Bathing orchid soup will make you fragrant".
Therefore, the most primitive Dragon Boat Festival in ancient times is also called "Bathing Orchid Festival". Wormwood, cattail, impatiens and magnolia are commonly used in Guangdong. In Hunan, Guangxi and other places, cypress leaves, anemone roots, wormwood, cattail leaves and peach leaves are boiled into liquid medicine to take a bath, and the whole family washes them regardless of gender. This custom still exists today, and it is said that it can treat skin diseases and eliminate evil spirits.
4. Hanging the bell statue is a Confucian scholar Kui in Tang Dynasty. Because of his ugly appearance, he was deleted from the list of emperors. In a rage, Zhong Kui ran into the steps of the palace and died. After Zhong Kui possessed himself, he became the ghost king who specialized in catching ghosts, and became the keeper who people hung up at the end of the year. Because the plague in May is easy to spread and there are many dead people, people think of Zhong Kui, which specializes in catching ghosts, so they hang up Zhong Kui on the Dragon Boat Festival and pass it down. Nowadays, in the Jianghuai area, bells and statues are hung in every household to ward off evil spirits.
There are several opinions about the origin of dragon boat race. The one we are most familiar with is in memory of Qu Yuan. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May, the local people immediately rowed over to rescue him, and all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was not found. It was raining that day, and the boats on the lake gathered beside the pavilion on the shore. After others knew it, they all came in the rain and rowed to Dongting Lake. Later, in order to pin everyone's grief over Qu Yuan, it gradually developed into a dragon boat race. Dragon Boat Festival every year, dragon boat racing is an annual feast that can't be missed. The "yo yo" sound of Qi Xin rowing inspired the players and the people watching the battle on the shore.
The above is my understanding of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. What else do you know, my friend?