When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023?
The Dragon Boat Festival in 2023 is a three-day holiday from June 22nd to 24th, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain and it is midsummer in May. Its first afternoon is a sunny day to climb mountains in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Bathing Orchid Festival". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle.
Dragon Boat Festival is the most sunny period in a year, mostly around the day of the awning. The sun shines, the temperature rises gradually, and the weather is dull. Then there is more and more rain, especially in Jiangnan, where the rainy season is in full swing, the geographical environment is humid, the water vapor is transpiration, and the damp heat is full. Although everything is thriving, it also leads to the breeding of mosquitoes, active viruses and moths, and the plague is easy to occur and spread. Since ancient times, the fifth month of the lunar calendar has been called "poisonous month", which is a high incidence period of some infectious diseases and skin diseases.
"On May 5th, it was Duanyang. The door is full of incense. Eat zongzi and sprinkle sugar. The dragon boat is happy to go into the water. " The Dragon Boat Festival is not only a day to commemorate Qu Yuan, who is loyal and patriotic, but also a festival to drive away the plague. It is the Dragon Boat Festival in summer. It can be said that it is the earliest health and epidemic prevention festival in China, such as realgar in realgar wine, wormwood leaves and calamus hanging in front of doors and windows, and Atractylodes macrocephala and Atractylodes macrocephala in sachets when going out.
Ancient poems related to Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival Ancient Poetry 1: Dragon Boat Festival in Ji You
Northern Qiong [Yuan Dynasty]
There is always sunshine in the end, and Miluo has nowhere to hang her soul.
Liu Hua should laugh at each other and wake up alone without wine.
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During the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was gloomy, and no one on the Miluo River mourned the death of Qu Yuan.
The pomegranate flowers in full bloom seem to laugh at me, too. Even if Tao Yuanming doesn't drink, he admires Qu Yuan's outstanding sobriety.
Dragon Boat Festival Ancient Poetry 2: 3 pm
Yin Fanyao [Tang Dynasty]
Teenagers are more affectionate on holidays, but when they get older, they will feel sad.
It's useless, but just pray for wine and wine.
The silk in the sideburns is getting whiter every day, and the pomegranate is getting brighter every year.
Thousands of years of sages and fools are instantaneous, and several people are lost in several names.
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When I was a child, I always loved to give birth to many emotions in festivals. Now that I am old, who still has the mind to be filled with emotions for no reason?
I don't want to follow the custom of hanging wormwood to exorcise evil spirits. I just want to drink a cup of ordinary wine, and the world is at peace.
The white hair on the temples is increasing day by day, and pomegranate flowers are like red brocade, which should bloom every year;
In the face of years, sages and fools are fleeting passers-by. Who knows how many people are in obscurity and how many people go down in history?
Dragon Boat Festival Ancient Poetry 3: Huanxisha Dragon Boat Festival
Su Shi [Song Dynasty]
The light sweat permeates Bibi Bay, bathing in Fang Lan during the Dragon Boat Festival in the Ming Dynasty. Qingchuan is full of fragrance.
The colored thread is lightly wrapped around the red jade arm, and the fine print hangs Lv Yun obliquely. Beautiful women meet for a thousand years.
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Slightly sweaty blue muslin, you must take a blue soup bath tomorrow Dragon Boat Festival. There were a sea of participants, and the pink rouge left after washing and grooming flowed into the river with the current, covering the river.
You gently wrap the colored thread around the jade arm, and the small print hangs obliquely on the bun. I just hope that I can stay with the person I love forever and grow old together.
Ancient Poem 4 of Dragon Boat Festival: Dragon Boat Festival
Li Longji [Tang Dynasty]
The Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer, and it is longer in sunny days.
Salt plum has been used as a tripod and has been sung ever since.
The ancients left traces of things, and the years were long.
When Xuan knows that there are many flowers and flowers, he has a faint scent of water.
Living together for trillions of years, the princes are immortal.
Loyalty, if not replaced, will make Fang Kun come from behind.
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The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, and the days are getting longer and longer.
Salt and plums add flavor to the tripod, and wine has been poured into the cup.
This is a custom left by the ancients, and it has been many years now.
Only by leaning against the railing can we know that the hibiscus grows luxuriantly, and only by facing the water can we find that the reed grass is really fragrant.
The people in the world have lived a happy life for a long time, and ministers ensure the prosperity of the country.
If everyone's loyalty to the country can be consistent, this virtue will surely spread to future generations.