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The Origin and History of Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

the introduction of the Dragon Boat Festival

The traditional folk festivals in China are also called Duanyang Festival, Pujie Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Dachang Festival, Mulan Festival, Daughter's Day and Children's Day. It is one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality. In addition, there are many nicknames for the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Magnolia Festival, Daughter's Day, Tianzhong Festival, Dila Festival, Poet's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Summer Festival, Chongwu Festival and Noon Festival. Although the names are different, on the whole, the customs of people everywhere are more similar than different. Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular grand festival among the people of China.

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major festivals throughout the year. May is the poison month, the fifth day is the poison day, and the noon on the fifth day is the poison time, ranking at the bottom of the three poisons. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called "the end of May". May is the beginning of the whole hot day. Five poisonous snakes are active and ghosts are rampant, which will bring disaster to people, especially to children who have no scruples and no resistance. Therefore, people call the Dragon Boat Festival in May "Children's Day" or "Baby's Day".

For more than two thousand years, the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of China people. Due to its vast territory and numerous ethnic groups, some Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, North Korea, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, She, Lahu, Shui, Naxi, Daur and Mulao. Its contents mainly include: daughter going back to her mother's house, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcoming the ghost boat, hiding in the afternoon, sticking leaves in the afternoon, hanging calamus and wormwood, traveling in all diseases, wearing sachets, preparing sacrificial bowls, dragon boat races, competitions, hitting the ball, swinging, drawing children with realgar, drinking realgar wine, drinking calamus wine, eating poisonous cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have made new progress, breaking through the boundaries of time and region and becoming international sports events.

The Dragon Boat Festival was officially applied as an intangible cultural heritage by South Korea, and it was successful, which is also a profound lesson for us in China to protect our cultural heritage.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient traditional festival, which started in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Dragon Boat Festival has many origins and legends. Here are only the following four:

[Originated in memory of Qu Yuan]

According to the historian Biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng, Qu Yuan was a minister in Chu Huaiwang during the Warring States Period. He advocated the use of talents, empowerment, and prosperity, and advocated joint resistance to Qin, which was strongly opposed by others. Qu Yuan was forced to leave his post, was driven out of the capital and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins. During his exile, he wrote immortal poems such as Li Sao, Tian Wen and Tian Wen, which have a unique style and far-reaching influence (therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called the Poet's Day). In 278 BC, Qin Jun conquered Kyoto of Chu. Seeing that his motherland was invaded, Qu Yuan was heartbroken, but he was always reluctant to give up his motherland. On May 5th, after writing his masterpiece Huai Sha, he died in Miluo River and wrote a magnificent patriotic movement with his own life.

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other foods prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river, saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs were full and would not bite the doctor. People followed suit after seeing it. An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with the idea of wrapping rice with neem leaves and then wrapping it with colored silk to make it develop into brown seeds.

After that, on the fifth day of May every year, there is the custom of dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine. In memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

[Excerpt from Commemorating Wu Zixu]

The second legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, which spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, commemorates Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Wu Zixu, a famous Chu national, and his father and brother were all killed by the King of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark and went to Wu to help Wu to attack Chu, and entered the capital city of Chu in the Five Wars. At that time, King Chu Ping was already dead. Zixu dug a grave and whipped 300 bodies to avenge his father's murder. After the death of He Lu, the king of Wu, his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. Wu Jun's morale was high and he was defeated by Yue. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, made peace, and Fu Cha agreed. Zi Xu suggested the complete elimination of Yue, but Fu Cha didn't listen. Wu was massacred and bought by the state of Yue. He was framed by slanderers. Fu Cha believed him and gave him a sword. Zi Xu died. Zixu, a loyal minister, feels like death. Before he died, he said to his neighbors, "After I die, I will gouge out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Jason Wu, watching the Vietnamese army enter the city and destroy Wu." Then he killed himself. Fu Cha was furious after hearing this. On May 5th, he wrapped Zixu's body in leather and threw it into the river. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.

Memories from the dutiful daughter Cao E.

The third legend of Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E who saved her drowning father in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 23-220). Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river and didn't see her body for several days. At that time, Cao E, the filial daughter, was only fourteen years old, crying day and night by the river. 17 days later, he also threw himself into the river on May 5, and fished out his father's body five days later. This was passed down as a myth, and then to the governor of the county government, who made it a monument for disciple Han Danchun to make a eulogy.

The tomb of the filial daughter is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province today, and there is a monument made by Jin. Later, in order to commemorate Cao E's filial piety, Cao E Temple was built where Cao E threw himself into the river. The village where she lived was renamed Cao E Town, and the place where Cao E died was named Cao E River.

"Totem Sacrifice from Guyue Nationality"

A large number of cultural relics unearthed in modern times and archaeological studies have confirmed that in the Neolithic age, there was a cultural relic with geometric prints and pottery ruins in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. According to experts' inference, the remaining clan is Baiyue clan, a clan that worships dragon totem in history. The decorative patterns and historical legends on unearthed pottery show that they have the custom of tattooing constantly, live in a water town and compare themselves to the descendants of dragons. Among its production tools, there are a large number of stone tools, as well as small bronzes such as shovels and chisels. As daily necessities, the printed pottery ding used for cooking food is unique to them and is one of the symbols of their ethnic group. Until the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were still more than 100 Vietnamese people, and the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival for their ancestors. During thousands of years of historical development, most Baiyue people have integrated into the Han nationality, and the rest have evolved into many ethnic minorities in the south. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival for the whole Chinese nation.

May 5th is an evil month and an evil day.

Yuan, president of Hebei Folk Culture Association, believes that the concept of Dragon Boat Festival existed long before Qu Yuan.

Yuan said that China people have always had the concept of overlapping numbers in their thinking patterns, such as the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, the Dragon Head Festival on February 2, the Peach Blossom Party for the Queen Mother on March 3, the Qixi Festival on July 7 and the Double Ninth Festival on September 9. These festivals have their own connotations, which are closely linked with thousands of years of agricultural civilization in China. May 5th, celebrated as a festival, was formed as early as seven or eight thousand years ago.

"In China, the historical tradition holds that May 5th is an evil month and an evil day. According to the Book of Changes and other ancient records, yin evil was born in May, and May 5th was the time when the yang spirit ran to the end. On this day, many diseases and plagues raged. Therefore, on this day, people insert wormwood leaves, hang calamus, drink realgar wine and match sachets to ward off evil spirits and strengthen the body. " Yuan Xue Jun said that Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, probably to express his loyalty to the country and the nation on the Dragon Boat Festival.

Yuan believes that eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival, which has been handed down now, is a memorial way that gradually evolved after Qu Yuan jumped into the river more than 2,000 years ago. When the fish were full, people scattered rice in the river to avoid eating Qu Yuan's body. Fishing for Qu Yuan needs boats, so with more boats, there will naturally be competition, and the competition will gradually begin. As for the dragon boat, it is even later.

Dragon boat festival custom

In China, the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in a grand way and with rich activities, starting at dawn in the morning and ending at noon. The more common activities take the following forms:

1, Dragon Boat Race

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.

In fact, the "Dragon Boat Race" existed as early as the Warring States Period. Carving dragon-shaped canoes in drums and playing race games are semi-religious and semi-entertaining programs to entertain gods and people in the ceremony.

Later, people everywhere not only commemorated Qu Yuan, but also gave different meanings to dragon boat racing.

Dragon boat rowing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is of great significance to commemorate Qiu Jin, a native-born modern female democratic revolutionary. The night dragon boat is decorated with lights and shuttles, and the scene is moving and interesting. The Miao people in Guizhou hold the Dragon Boat Festival from May 25th to 28th of the lunar calendar to celebrate the success of transplanting rice and wish a bumper harvest. Yunnan Dai compatriots competed in dragon boat races at the Water-splashing Festival to commemorate the ancient hero Yan Hongwo. Different nationalities and regions have different legends about dragon boat rowing. To this day, dragon boat races with different characteristics are held every year in many areas near rivers and lakes in the south.

In the 29th year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Taiwan Province Province began to hold dragon boat races. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Fukeji Half Moon Pool in Tainan City. Now, Taiwan Province Province holds a dragon boat race on May 5th every year. In Hong Kong, races are also held.

In addition, dragon boat racing was first introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Britain. From 65438 to 0980, the dragon boat race was included in the national sports competition in China, and the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race was held every year. 1991June 16 (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), the first international dragon boat festival was held in Yueyang, China, Qu Yuan's second hometown. Holding the "Dragon Head Festival" before the competition not only retains the traditional ceremony, but also injects new modern factors. The "dragon head" was carried into Quzi Temple. After the athletes painted the dragon head red (tied with a red ribbon), the priest read out the sacrificial ceremony and "lit up" the dragon head. Then, all the people who took part in the Dragon Boat Festival bowed three times, carried the dragon head to the Guluo River and hurried to the dragon boat race. More than 600,000 people participated in competitions, expositions and evening activities, which is unprecedented. Since then, Hunan has regularly held the International Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat races will be widely spread all over the world.

2. Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "millet" and "Zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns.

According to records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, millet was wrapped into horns by leaves of zinia latifolia, which was called "horny millet". Rice packed in bamboo tubes is sealed and baked, which is called "tube zongzi". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, millet soaked in plant ash water. Because the water contains alkali, the millet is wrapped in leaves into a quadrilateral, and when cooked, it becomes Guangdong sour rice dumplings.

In Jin Dynasty, Zongzi was officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. At this time, in addition to glutinous rice, jiaozi also added Alpinia oxyphylla, and the boiled jiaozi was called "Yizhi jiaozi". According to the "Yueyang Local Records" written by Zhou people, "It is customary to wrap the millet with leaves, cook it and cook it thoroughly. From May 5 to the summer solstice, one is Zongzi and the other is Xiaomi. " During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, miscellaneous zongzi appeared. Rice is mixed with animal meat, chestnuts, red dates, red beans and so on. And there are more and more varieties. Zongzi is also used as a gift for communication.

In the Tang Dynasty, the rice used for zongzi was "white as jade", and its shape appeared conical and rhombic. There is a record of "Da Tang Zongzi" in Japanese literature. In the Song Dynasty, there was already a "candied jiaozi", that is, fruits entered jiaozi. The poet Su Dongpo has a poem "See Yangmei in Zongzi". At this time, there were also advertisements for building pavilions and wooden chariots and horses with zongzi, indicating that eating zongzi was very fashionable in the Song Dynasty. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the wrapping material of zongzi changed from leaves to leaves. Later, zongzi wrapped in reed leaves appeared, and additional materials such as bean paste, pork, pine nuts, dates and walnuts appeared, and the varieties were more colorful.

On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, every family eats zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Zongzi is usually wrapped the day before, cooked at night and eaten in the morning. Zongzi is mainly made of tender reed leaves and bamboo leaves, collectively called Zongzi leaves. The traditional form of zongzi is a triangle, which is generally named after the inner pulp. Glutinous rice is called rice zongzi, red bean zongzi is called red bean zongzi, and jujube zongzi is called jujube zongzi. Jujube jiaozi homophones "junior high school", so it eats the most. Children who plan to study can win the championship early. In the past, Jinshi ate jujube jiaozi on the morning of taking the imperial examination. Up to now, on the morning of the entrance examination day in middle schools and universities, parents have to make jujube jiaozi for the candidates.

You must cook eggs in the pot where zongzi is cooked, and if possible, cook some duck eggs and goose eggs. After eating sweet zongzi dipped in sugar, eat eggs dipped in salt. It is said that eating boiled eggs in zongzi pot at the end of May will not cause sores in summer; At noon, put the duck eggs and goose eggs cooked in the zongzi pot in the sun for a while before eating, so that you won't have a headache all summer.

To this day, at the beginning of May every year, people in China have to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and wrap zongzi, with more varieties of colors. From the perspective of stuffing, there are many dates in the north, such as jiaozi; There are many kinds of fillings in the south, such as red bean paste, fresh meat, ham and egg yolk, among which Zhejiang Jiaxing Zongzi is the representative. The custom of eating zongzi has been popular in China for thousands of years and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

3. Wear sachets

Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and plague. Actually, it is used to decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, all kinds of exquisite and lovely. In some cities in southern China, young men and women also use sachets to express their love.

Step 4 hang calamus

There is a folk proverb that says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival, and Ai is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the court, puts calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hangs them in the class. Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liu Hua, Garlic and Dragon Boat Flower are made into human or tiger shapes, which are called Ai Ren and Ai Hu. It is made into garlands and decorations, beautiful and fragrant, and women compete to wear it to ward off evil spirits.

Artemisia argyi, also known as Artemisia argyi and Artemisia argyi. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. Its unique fragrance can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. Chinese medicine uses wormwood as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming uterus and dispelling cold and dampness. Processing Artemisia argyi leaves into "moxa wool" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion treatment.

Acorus calamus is a perennial aquatic herb, and its long and narrow leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a good medicine for refreshing, strengthening bones, eliminating stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing.

It can be seen that the ancients inserted wormwood leaves and calamus to have a certain disease prevention effect. Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang mugwort leaves, hang calamus, sprinkle realgar wine, drink realgar wine, stir up turbidity, remove rot, sterilize and prevent diseases. These activities also reflect the fine traditions of the Chinese nation. It is a common custom for all countries and ethnic groups in China to collect herbs on the Dragon Boat Festival.

5. Bell statue

It is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival for Zhong Kui to catch ghosts. In the Jianghuai area, bells and statues are hung in every household to ward off evil spirits. Emperor Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty returned to the palace after lecturing in Lishan, and malaria was rampant. He dreamed that two ghosts, one big and one small, were running around the temple wearing red crotch pants and stealing Yang Guifei's sachet and the jade emperor of the Ming Dynasty. GREAT GHOST, wearing a blue robe and a blue hat, caught the child, gouged out his eyes and swallowed it in one gulp. When asked by the Ming emperor, GREAT GHOST said: My surname is Zhong Kui, that is to say, I am the best martial artist. I am willing to exorcise evil spirits for your majesty. When the Ming emperor woke up, malaria was cured. So I asked Wu Daozi, the painter, to draw a portrait of Zhong Kui catching ghosts according to what I saw in my dream, and ordered all the people to post it on the Dragon Boat Festival to exorcise evil spirits.

According to legend, Zhong Kui of the Tang Dynasty won the first prize in the Chang 'an exam. He was abolished because of his ugly appearance and died because he touched the steps of the temple. Later, I gave a dream to Tang, determined to destroy the demons in the world. At that time, the palace was haunted, and Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty asked Wu Daozi, a great painter, to draw "Doors Catch Ghosts" based on what he saw in his dream. Hanging this painting, the door was slaughtered to exorcise evil spirits, and the palace was peaceful. Emperor Tang Ming named Zhong Kui as the "exorcist", so the statue of Zhong Kui traveled all over the world, cut off ghosts and made great contributions, and later myths and legends were named "exorcist" by the Jade Emperor. People hang a statue of Zhong Kui on Duanyang Festival to ward off ghosts and evil spirits, hoping for family safety.

6. Hang a wallet and tie a five-color silk thread

Ying Shao's "Customs Pass" records: "On May 5, people tied their arms with colorful silks, which were called Longevity Silk, one who continued life, one who made soldiers fight, one who made five-color silks, and one who made soldiers fight ghosts, so that people would not get sick."

In ancient China, five colors were worshipped, which were auspicious colors. Therefore, in the early morning of the festival, the first important thing for adults after getting up is to tie five-color lines on their wrists, ankles and necks. Children are not allowed to talk when tying the thread. The five-color line cannot be broken or discarded at will, and can only be thrown into the river during the first heavy rain in summer or the first bath. It is said that children wearing five-color thread can avoid the harm of snakes and scorpions; Throwing it into the river is to let the river wash away plagues and diseases and make children safe and healthy.

The eighth volume of Meng's Dream of China in Tokyo records: Dragon Boat Festival artifacts, hundred ropes, mugwort flowers, silver drums, beautifully painted fans, fragrant candy, small dumplings and white balls. Perilla frutescens, Acorus calamus and Papaya are all chopped, mixed with incense and medicine, and wrapped in a plum-red box. From May 1 day, the day before Dragon Boat Festival, peaches, willows, sunflowers, leaves of Pu Ye, Buddha, Taoism and wormwood are sold. The next day, every household was spread out at the door and fed with five-color water polo and tea wine. He also nailed Ai Ren to the door, and the scholars handed him a banquet.

Chen Shijing's Chronicle of Years Old quotes miscellaneous notes that "the Dragon Boat Festival is made of red and white, colored thread, or tied or nailed to the door to make it red and white, which is also called Qian Chu", while another kind of "mussel powder bell" says: "On the fifth day, mussel powder is placed in silk, decorated with cotton, if it is a few beads. Let the children take it to absorb sweat. " The contents of these carry-on bags have changed several times, from sweat-absorbing mussel powder, exorcism symbols, copper coins, and realgar powder to sachets filled with spices, and they have become increasingly exquisite and become a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Similarly, drinking realgar wine: this custom is very popular among people in the Yangtze River valley. Wandering all diseases: This custom prevails in the Dragon Boat Festival custom in Guizhou.

7. Zang Wu

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the heat is approaching, and plague and poisonous insects breed. In ancient times, May was called "evil month". And think that the fifth day of May is an unlucky day. On this day, parents should take their children under one year old to grandma's house to hide, so as to avoid bad luck.

8. Delivery time

On the occasion of Duanyang Festival in the Central Plains, the bride's family should send straw hats, rain fans, mats and other things to the man before or during the festival to prevent heatstroke and rain, so Duanyang Festival is also called "sending the season".

9, drive five poisons

Five poisons refer to five poisonous insects: scorpions, centipedes, poisonous snakes, shrimps and geckos. "Duanyang Festival, the weather is hot;" The five poisons wake you up and make you restless. "Therefore, on the day of Duanyang Festival, people will put pictures of scissors and five poisons on their doors to avoid their poison. In some places, another needle should be stuck in the head of the five poisons map, indicating that it should be nailed and removed. Eliminating the five poisons reflects people's good desire to eliminate pests and prevent diseases.

10, eat chicken, duck and goose eggs.

It is very popular all over the country. On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, in the northeast, the old man rolled the cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on the child's stomach and peeled them for the child to eat. It is said that this can avoid children's stomachache, but it is actually a fun game in festivals. In other areas, cooking is the main food. It is said that Qu Yuan threw fish and shrimp into the river to save his life in order to prevent them from hurting his bones, and later it became a souvenir for cooking.

1 1, boiled garlic

Garlic is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is pungent and sweet, can kill viruses, sterilize, remove gastrointestinal toxins and dredge blood vessels when cooked. On the morning of Duanyang Festival, it is a custom in most parts of the country to cook fresh garlic to dredge blood vessels and disinfect.

12, broken eye

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu. On that day, put a proper amount of realgar in a bowl of clear water and put in two copper coins, and the whole family washed their eyes with this water. It is said that realgar can prevent eye glass, has the effect of sterilization and detoxification, and has certain benefits.

13, travel is full of diseases

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Guizhou. On the Duanyang Festival, men, women and children should put on new clothes, take food to play outside for a day, pick wild flowers and herbs in Shan Ye, and bring them back to take a bath with boiling water at night. Locals call this move "cure all diseases" or "wash all diseases", thinking that Geely will be safe within one year.

14, ribbon-cutting gourd

Cut it into gourd shape with colored paper and stick it upside down on the door at Duanyang Festival in order to pour out the poison gas.

15, drink realgar wine

Realgar is a Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese medicine books say that realgar can cure all kinds of insect poison, insect injury and animal injury. Therefore, there are some folk sayings, such as "drinking realgar wine will cure all diseases", "drinking realgar calamus wine will cure all diseases" and "taking realgar into the mountains is not afraid of snakes". Before the invention of iodine, people in China used realgar and alum mixed liquor to smear poisonous insect bites and mosquito bites. The well-known Legend of the White Snake once described: On Duanyang Festival, Xu Xian listened to Fahai's words and let the white lady drink realgar wine, showing her true colors. Nowadays, many places spray realgar water inside and outside the house on Duanyang Festival, and daub realgar on children's ears, nose and forehead. However, according to modern scientific analysis, realgar is toxic and should not be taken orally.

Selected poems of Dragon Boat Festival

1, Dragon Boat Festival

(Tang) Wen Xiu

The festival is divided into Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to be Qu Yuan.

I can laugh at the emptiness of the Chu River, but I can't wash it straight.

2. Seven-rhythm Dragon Boat Festival

Yin (Tang)

Teenagers are more affectionate on holidays, but when they are old, they will feel sad;

It's useless, but just pray for wine and wine.

The temples add white heads every day, and pomegranates bloom every year;

Thousands of years of sages and fools are instantaneous, and several people are lost in several names.

3. Competition songs (excerpts)

(Tang) Zhang Jianfeng

On May 5, the sun was shining, and Huayang sang Xiaoying by the river.

Before the monarch left the county, he heard the harmony on the river early;

The monarch came out, and the horse was led by the red flag;

The clothes on both sides of the strait smell fragrant, and the silver hairpin shines on the frost blade;

The drums sounded three times and the red flag opened, and two dragons jumped out of the water;

Shadow waves fly to Wan Jian, and the drums sound like thunder;

The drums are getting closer and closer, and the eyes of the two dragons are like an instant;

The people on the slope thundered and the rainbow on the pole was dizzy;

The front boat won the bid to launch, and the rear boat lost momentum and waved.

4. Competition songs

(Tang) Liu Yuxi

In May, the Yuanjiang River flows horizontally on the embankment, and people in the city will float colorful boats.

The spirit sang for a long time, and the lamentation shook from then on.

Young fork strikes thunder, thunder, turbulence and sound collapse.

The dragon trembled in the rain. Drink the river together.

The secretariat is in a state of change. It is revealed that nobles are divided into men and women.

First, Yu Yong fought for encouragement, but the color of the champion did not fall.

Yum has its own early stage, and there is no fixed place to fly.

Customs are as heavy as madness. At this time, we can see the beauty of clouds and rivers.

Colorful flags are planted on the shore to illuminate the dumplings, and Luo Wa and Ling Bo are playing in the water.

At the end of the song, people are scattered and worried about dusk.

5. Five Poems by Yi Mao

(Song) Lu You

Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and the red pomegranate flowers are full of mountain villages.

The poet ate two dumplings, and the executive was on the mugwort.

I'm still busy taking medicine and prescriptions, trying to get sick safely this year.

After this, it was time for the sun to set, and the family was ready to eat and drink. He drank the wine happily.

6. Jielingmen Duanyang

(Qing) Li Jingshan

Cherry mulberry and calamus, and buy a pot of realgar wine.

There is yellow paper hanging outside the door, but I suspect that the account owner is afraid of spells.

7. The Seven Laws. Dragon Boat Festival

Lao She

The Dragon Boat Festival is full of storms, and the children in the village are still wearing old clothes;

Invited to bring a hat, dare to love the thatched cottage for the mud;

Guests who are related by flesh and blood and have no money to buy wine for sale;

At that time, the fish was three feet, not as delicious as the beans today.

8. This is the Dragon Boat Festival.

Beiqiong

There is always sunshine in the end, and Miluo has nowhere to hang her soul.

Liu Hua should laugh at each other and wake up alone without wine.

Dragon boat festival couplets

1, Millennium evokes the soul and mourns Chu Shi.

Ten thousand people sigh, ten thousand people sigh.

2, in addition to evil, thousands of households in front of the tiger Ai.

Respect the sages, cling to the remnants, and ten thousand people drink the dragon boat on the riverbank.

3, Miluo sank first-class hate

Xiangchu has a long history of shame.

4. Rare Love Two Exiled Li Sao Fu Poems

Only by taking righteousness as courage can I serve my country when my luck is bad.

5. It is difficult to report the exile of the motherland.

Love is only about Jingchu mountains and rivers.

6. jiaozi, a state banquet to gather friends and relatives,

Dragon boat race, drinking and singing poems to comfort the sages

7. I cried for him and fell into the water.

He ascended to heaven for our generation.

8. Not afraid of the deep Miluo River

Ride the wind and waves in the East China Sea

9. Think about children during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Every time I see a dragon boat, I want to giggle.

10, you should hang a tiger and dragon boat race to eat zongzi.

Don't be idle in poetry, vent your grievances and sigh for the public.

1 1, serving the country in exile 2, infatuation does not change nine chapters.

Miluo is full of tears, and Li Sao flows through the ages.

12, I miss my old friend and make zongzi for every family.

Celebrate festivals, beat gongs and drums, and race dragon boats.

Cao Fangren's beautiful music 13

Poems by Dr. Bin Yu Xinjie

14, Sailong won the golden drum to make the athletes excited;

On the day of the end, I made waves and defeated Hao's team.

15, fragrant leaves, a taste of eternal things;

Dragon boats chase water, and hundreds of miles draw four seasons.