When will the symbols posted on the Dragon Boat Festival be posted?

China has a history of more than 5,000 years, which has left us many traditional customs. Every traditional festival has its own customs, but the customs in different regions are also different. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are also differences between north and south customs. For example, in the south of Guangdong, there is a custom of "pasting the afternoon charm", while in the north, there is a custom of "wearing five poison copper coins".

When will the symbols posted on the Dragon Boat Festival be posted?

Post "noon symbol" at noon on May 5th.

During the ancient Dragon Boat Festival, people had the custom of posting noon symbols to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. The noon symbol needs yellow paper, and the words "noon book on May 5, official non-oral disease, snakes, insects, rats and ants eliminated" are written in vermilion. After lunch, every household sticks a "noon sign" on the house to ward off evil spirits. Hang calamus, phoenix tail, mugwort leaf, etc. Tie a string of garlic on the gate and coat it with vermilion to ward off evil spirits. Some people also put small couplets written in yellow paper on the door: "Aiqi welcomes all blessings, and universal health eliminates all evils." This custom was widely spread throughout the Southern Song Dynasty. Wu Meng: "The sergeant was born at noon on the Mid-Autumn Festival on May 5, and his mouth was red." "And" Luo Qing made a red tongue and a white tongue post, hanging with Ai people, thinking it was a slap "(see" Old Wulin Stories ").

Painting "Wang" on Dragon Boat Festival to repel insects.

Dragon Boat Festival is the time when five poisons (scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko and toad) appear. There is a traditional folk custom in Dragon Boat Festival to smear children's foreheads with realgar wine, so that cocoa can ward off evil spirits. The typical method is to draw the word "Wang" on the child's forehead with realgar. One is to use realgar to drive away the poison, and the other is to use the tiger's forehead (the "king" is like a tiger, and the tiger is the king of all animals, because it is replaced by a tiger) to suppress evil. In addition to the forehead, nose and ears, other places can also be painted, with the same intention. Shanxi Hequ county records: "Drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival and applying children's forehead, hands and feet can delay illness."

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

The origin of ancient traditional customs can be roughly attributed to the belief in heaven and earth or ancestors. Most of the traditional festivals in ancient times were formed in the activities of the ancients who chose auspicious day sacrifices to thank the gods of heaven and earth and the ancestors for their kindness. The early festival culture embodies the humanistic spirit of the ancients, such as advocating nature and seeking the source. A series of sacrificial activities contain profound cultural connotations, such as respecting morality, ritual and music civilization, etc. The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle improvement and popularization. The customs of ancient north and south are different, and the Dragon Boat Festival activities in the pre-Qin period are rarely recorded in the Central Plains literature, so it is impossible to directly verify the source of the existing literature. According to the written records about the Dragon Boat Festival, the word "Dragon Boat Festival" first appeared in the local customs of the Jin Dynasty, but the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival have existed for a long time, such as dragon boat racing and sacrifice.