1. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Health Festival" and "Five Poisons Festival" in addition to commemorating Qu Yuan and other celebrities. The so-called five poisons refer to centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads. During the Dragon Boat Festival, these five poisons are the time to breed. Ancient medical conditions were poor, and people were easily affected by these poisons. Therefore, the ancients thought that at this time, it is necessary to avoid drugs and clean up. On the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone will clean the courtyard and hang plants such as mugwort leaves and calamus at the door. I will also sprinkle some realgar wine in the yard and drink some realgar wine. In fact, it is to remove some corrupt things, sterilize and prevent diseases. Of course, on this day, you will also make a five-poison purse, which means all the poisons are locked up. Draw a map of five poisons, eat five poison cakes, etc. All these show that everyone avoids the five poisons.
There are some customs in the Dragon Boat Festival that have been passed down to this day. For example, during the Dragon Boat Festival here, some herbs are used to boil water and bathe children, which is considered to be very useful for their health for a year. Adults will drink realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival. Although it is only one meaning, this custom has been preserved together with the dietary inheritance that eating zongzi is salted duck eggs. It can also be seen that Wudu Festival plays an important role in the minds of ordinary people.
Second, different from other festivals, on the Dragon Boat Festival, we should wish each other good health. This is also because the Dragon Boat Festival is the beginning of summer, because the Dragon Boat Festival is also called noon month, and there are many weather viruses in May of the lunar calendar, which is also a month judged together, so it has always been called "evil month" by the ancients. Not only the five poisons appear as above, but also because people are prone to get sick in this season. In ancient times, due to poor medical conditions, it was easy to form a plague this month. Therefore, the main folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival include drinking realgar wine, wearing sachets, hanging calamus and wormwood ... all of these are to drive away disasters and plagues and pray for peace and health.
Sometimes the Dragon Boat Festival is an important node for everyone to get rid of illness, so in many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, it is actually for safety and health, so happiness is not as important as well-being in this festival. So on this day, each other's wishes are good health, not happiness. I think under the influence of COVID-19, everyone can appreciate the importance of happiness, so when the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, everyone must bless each other.
In fact, there is still a lot of cold knowledge about the Dragon Boat Festival, but the most important thing I know is the above two points. It can also be seen that the Dragon Boat Festival is originally a beautiful prayer for a healthy life, and these topics are out of date in any era.