Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. The leaves used to wrap zongzi are more delicate. Reed leaves are mostly used in the north, and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves are mostly used in the south. These leaves have good medicinal functions.

2, drink five plus wine-eliminating dampness and avoiding evil spirits

It is a folk custom to pick five drinks and brew five drinks on the fifth day of May. Acanthopanax senticosus is Acanthopanax senticosus skin, which smells bitter. Acanthopanax senticosus skin has a strange fragrance, which can nourish liver and kidney and strengthen bones and muscles.

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Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of China people for more than two thousand years. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names are produced, but also different customs exist in different places.

Its contents mainly include: the daughter goes back to her mother's house, hangs a statue of Zhong Kui, welcomes the ghost boat, hides in the afternoon, sticks leaves in the afternoon, hangs calamus and wormwood, travels in all diseases, wears sachets, prepares sacrificial bowls, races dragon boats, contests, hits the ball, swings, and draws realgar for children;

Drink realgar wine, calamus wine, eat poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi, seasonal fresh fruits and so on. Except superstitious activities have gradually disappeared, the rest have spread all over China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have made new progress, breaking through the boundaries of time and region and becoming international sports events.

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