Folk activities of Dragon Boat Festival
1, eat zongzi
Zongzi was originally used as a sacrifice. In order to prevent the fish in the river from eating the body of Qu Yuan, a doctor of Chu State, Zongzi was put into the water and gradually became a traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival.
2. Dragon Boat Race
Dragon boat race is not only a folk activity, but also a formal sports event, which is very popular in many ethnic minority areas and the Yangtze River basin.
Step 3 order realgar wine
Soak realgar in wine, and then apply realgar wine on people's forehead, ears, nose, palms, etc., in order to stay away from poisonous insects, eliminate disasters and prevent diseases.
Step 4 wear a sachet
On the Dragon Boat Festival, it is a good ornament to put sachets or wallets on children to keep them away from evil spirits and plagues.
5, hanging wormwood
During the Dragon Boat Festival, people like to hang wormwood on both sides of the gate, which means eliminating diseases, driving away bad luck and bringing good luck to their families.
6. Tie colorful ropes.
In ancient times, five colors were considered as auspicious colors, so during the Dragon Boat Festival, children would tie colorful ropes on their wrists, ankles or necks, which meant avoiding disasters, staying away from diseases, being safe and living longer.
Dragon boat festival health preservation method
1, Dragon Boat Festival health dumplings should not be eaten more. Zongzi is an important food in the Dragon Boat Festival, which is delicious and makes many people linger. However, don't eat or drink more zongzi and yellow wine in summer. The reason is that it is difficult to digest, which seriously affects our intestines and stomach and is extremely unfavorable to our health.
Here, I want to tell you that there are four kinds of people who had better not eat or eat less zongzi. They are cardiovascular patients, elderly children, gastrointestinal patients and diabetic patients.
2, drink more herbal tea, the weather is very hot during the Dragon Boat Festival, we visit relatives and friends, it is inevitable that heatstroke or heatstroke will occur. At this time, we should drink more herbal tea, such as green tea, mint tea and chrysanthemum tea. Eat less greasy food, especially for the elderly and children.
3. Exercise health is still the focus. Dragon Boat Festival is the most sunny time of the year, and the weather is rather dull. If the work pressure is high, the human body's physiological qi and blood are not running smoothly, and it is easy to be agitated and depressed, palpitations and chest tightness. Emotional changes will affect the function of zang-fu organs, and also lead to mental diseases, such as happiness and sadness, anger hurting the liver, sadness and spleen. Health preservation in summer should make the spleen, stomach, heart and lungs unobstructed. In addition to medicine and diet, we should also strengthen exercise to calm our mind.
4. Get up early in the evening and wear simple and cool clothes. How to raise yang around the Dragon Boat Festival? Huangdi Neijing tells us that "you lie down at night and get up early, and you never tire of it for a hundred days". "Go to bed late and get up early" is the same as spring, but compared with spring, the sunshine time is longer and the daytime time is longer, so go to bed late and get up early in the morning. Of course, it cannot be too late. 1 1 It's not good not to sleep after that. You'd better go to bed before half past ten. If you feel sleepy, you can take a nap at noon.
The Origin of Dragon Boat Race
Dragon boat race is one of the customs of China Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also one of the most important festivals and folk activities. It widely exists in the south of China, and there are also dragon boat races in cities near rivers, lakes and seas in the north, and most of them are held in the form of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.
There are many sayings about the origin of dragon boat racing, such as offering sacrifices to Cao E, Qu Yuan, water god or dragon god, which can be traced back to the Warring States period. Dragon boat race was first introduced to Japan, Vietnam, Britain and other neighboring countries, and it was the official event of Guangzhou Asian Games in 20 10. On may 23rd, 201/year, the dragon boat race was approved by the State Council and included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu.
There are also memorial halls for Wu Zixu and Cao E. It is said that Wu Zixu was slandered by Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and ordered him to be thrown into the waves of Qiantang River and sailed to save him. "Meet Wu Jun on May 5th, swim against the waves and be submerged" (Cao Ebei). Later generations rowed dragon boats to rescue soldiers.
People in different areas have also given different meanings to dragon boat racing. Different nationalities and regions have different legends and times of dragon boat racing, but most areas near rivers, lakes and oceans hold their own dragon boat races every year.