Whether the Dragon Boat Festival is healthy and happy depends on the Dragon Boat Festival -JD. Computer output microfilm

The Dragon Boat Festival should be said to be healthy.

1. The origin of Dragon Boat Festival

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 Han people in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some areas, Wu Zixu and Cao E are also commemorated.

2. Where did the Dragon Boat Festival come from?

Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival today, which first appeared as an "evil day". Since the Tang Dynasty, people have gradually regarded the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival, with three o'clock in the afternoon and the summer solstice approaching. At this time, the yang is strong, and pests such as mosquitoes appear. When it comes to "heavy five", it means "extremely yang", five is the number of yang, and five is heavy.

China's traditional culture pays attention to the harmony between Yin and Yang, and festivals with high yang are generally considered unlucky, and diseases and epidemics are often rampant, thus forming the custom of "hiding in the afternoon (Friday)". Later, it was rumored to be the Dragon Boat Festival. Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a grand national folk custom and folk culture festival for China people.

For thousands of years, many historical cultures have merged into one furnace, and the connotation of each festival is diverse. Like the Dragon Boat Festival, there are legends of totem worship and Qu Yuan, and they are also related to Wu Zixu, Jiezitui, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and Cao E, the filial daughter of Wu. In recent years, some serious people have forwarded warnings that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the taboo of bad days and should bless each other, not happiness.

3. Can Dragon Boat Festival bless happiness?

Objectively speaking, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival has tragic factors. It makes sense to say "happiness" instead of "well-being". It seems that it should be associated with words such as commemoration and sadness. "I wish each other happiness" really seems out of place.

But the Dragon Boat Festival can also have a "happy" side besides offering sacrifices. There is no contradiction between blessing "happiness" and commemorating Qu Yuan and Wu Zixu. Chasing ancestors is to review history and cherish the present. Those ancestors must also hope that future generations will be "yellow-haired and happy".

In this sense, the Dragon Boat Festival is right to say "well-being" and "happiness". What kind of greetings are said in the festival depends on the needs of this festival. It is necessary to say "well-being" instead of "happiness", which is a stripping of the modern connotation of festivals and some nitpicking.