What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival?

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Dragon Boat Racing

Diaozhong statue

Hanging wormwood

Five-color silk thread for hanging wallets and bolts

Point realgar wine

Festival introduction

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. Also known as "Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival" and so on. ? Dragon Boat Festival, which originated in China, is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping off the Miluo River with a huge stone that day. In order to establish the label of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, the rulers took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Traditional dietary customs

(1) Eating Zongzi: Now glutinous rice is generally wrapped in glutinous rice shells everywhere, but the color contained in it depends on local specialties and customs. The more famous ones are Longan Zongzi, Salted Egg Zongzi, Crystal Zongzi, Lotus Seed Zongzi, Sauerkraut Zongzi, Preserved Zongzi, Chestnut Zongzi, Meat Zongzi, Spicy Zongzi, Ham Zongzi and so on.

(2) Drink realgar wine: Realgar wine has the efficacy of sterilization, insect repellent and detoxification, and Chinese medicine is also used to treat skin diseases. In ancient times, when there was no disinfectant such as iodine, soaking in realgar could detoxify and relieve itching.

(3) Eating "Huang Wu": The custom of eating "Huang Wu" in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Huang Wu refers to cucumber, yellow croaker, salted duck egg yolk, realgar wine, eel and so on.