What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Lezhi County?

Tea picking: Lezhi County likes to pick tender leaves and wild vegetable leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival and steam them to make tea. People go to the suburbs of Shan Ye to collect herbs and make herbal tea.

Herb picking: This is one of the oldest customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. "Xia Zhengxiao" contains: "Store medicine this day to remove toxic gas." Volume 22 of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection quotes the lost article of Miscellaneous Medicine Collection at the Age of Jingchu: "On May 5, competing for miscellaneous medicine can cure all diseases." In the miscellaneous notes of Qi Yaomin's Book at the end of Wei Dynasty, there is a record of catching toads in May, which is also used in pharmacy.

Hanging Folium Artemisiae Argyi: Hanging Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Acorus calamus (Pujian) or Pomegranate and Garlic at the entrance of Dragon Boat Festival. Usually mugwort leaves, banyan trees and calamus are tied into a bundle with red paper and then inserted or hung on the door. Because Acorus calamus is the head of five pistils in the sky, symbolizing evil sword, because the growing season and shape are regarded as "the spirit of a hundred yin", and the leaves are sword-shaped and can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits.

Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a festival for China people to get rid of diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in Wuyue, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival for the people of China to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.