Customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi

Customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi

Dragon boat race, jiaozi, wormwood hanging ... Every Dragon Boat Festival, people's familiar traditional customs will be repeated. Yesterday, people in Yangmei Ancient Town in Nanning and Leng Xia Village in Tanluo spontaneously organized grand dragon boat races and related folk activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The following is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi that I compiled. Welcome everyone to learn from it, I hope it will help you.

However, the customs of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in various parts of Guangxi have their own characteristics. Look at the old people who have lived in all parts of Guangxi and listen to them talk about how the Dragon Boat Festival was spent in memory.

Guilin Pingle

Sprinkle realgar wine in front of and behind the house at noon.

Ms. Pan, who grew up in Pingle, Guilin, came to Nanning only a few years ago to settle down. She told reporters that every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, residents in Pingle area are also busy making zongzi. However, their dumplings are different from ordinary ones. "Some are sweet and some are salty, and the materials are all taken from natural plants and herbs." Ms. Pan said that glutinous rice balls are commonly known as "grey water jiaozi" by local people. Tangyuan must be made of what locals call "golden firewood", or rice straw must be burned to ashes and soaked in water for filtration. "Only by using these two materials will the cooked zongzi appear golden yellow and strongly alkaline." As for the local salty zongzi, it is made of glutinous rice mixed with peanuts, mung beans, chestnuts and black sesame seeds, and wrapped in a rib or pork belly.

Ms. Pan said that since she was sensible, every family would hang mugwort leaves on their doors during the Dragon Boat Festival. The older generation said that mugwort leaves can ward off evil spirits; Now the younger generation thinks that Artemisia argyi has the function of expelling wind and removing dampness, which is good for health.

"In addition, at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, the old people will sprinkle some realgar wine in front of and behind the house." Ms. Pan recalled that on the eve of Dragon Boat Festival, people would buy realgar and rice wine to brew realgar wine. Because most ancestors lived in the mountains, there were many snakes and insects on the mountains. In order to prevent snakes and insects from entering the house, the local people used to spray brewed realgar wine around the house during the Dragon Boat Festival. This custom has been passed down to this day.

Tanluo Leng Xia

Put a river lantern on the overpass and party all day.

In Leng Xia Village, the custom of dragon boat race has been going on for hundreds of years. In addition, there are many unique local festivals and customs.

Aunt Lu married Leng Xia Village when she was young and lived in the village for more than 30 years. She said that to live in Leng Xia village, we must first learn the skills that every woman in Leng Xia must master, that is, making river lanterns. Every year, after the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Race, every household will take the alley as a unit and put river lanterns in the river by boat in Xian Yi, old and young. "With blue, red, blue and other colors of colored paper, folded into a four-corner river lamp, with candles in the middle. After lighting candles at night, carefully put the river lamp on the water, called the river lamp. "

Aunt Lu said that before the Dragon Boat Festival, women in every alley in the village sat together to make river lanterns, and each alley probably made two or three hundred lanterns. At night, the river is dotted with beautiful scenery. People in Leng Xia Village believe that their ancestors lived by the water, and the river lanterns can pray for them and keep them safe.

In addition, on the night of Dragon Boat Festival, people in Leng Xia Village will gather in the open space and invite road workers to practice on the pre-built "overpass", which is commonly known locally as "going to the overpass". In fact, the "overpass" is a pyramid-shaped shelf made up of some tables. The villagers beat gongs and drums around the "overpass" and were very lively.

Tancheng neighborhood

Take back "Dragon Boat Water" for cooking, boiling medicine and bathing.

An old farmer in Nanning, who lives in Bianyang Street, said that the neighborhood around Yongjiang had an impression of the Dragon Boat Festival when I was a child, that is, I went to Yongjiang to get "Dragon Boat Water" (also called "Dragon Boat Water" by some residents) in the early hours of the Dragon Boat Festival, and then used it for cooking, boiling medicine and bathing. However, few young people continue this custom today.

But many old Nanning people are still used to buying some herbs on the Dragon Boat Festival, boiling them in water at home, and then bathing with the whole family. "We have always been like this when we were young. Now that we have sons and grandchildren, I hope they can follow this custom. " An aunt in Yongning Street told reporters that it is precisely because of this custom that every Dragon Boat Festival, there will be so many vendors selling herbal medicines in various farmers' markets, vegetable markets and streets. Most of the leaves and stems they sell are fresh wormwood, calamus, honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, willow leaves, eucalyptus leaves, nine-section maple, live hemp, willow branches, wild mint, mulberry leaves and other plants. It is believed that such a "medicated bath" can relieve summer heat and relieve pain, dispel wind and clear heat, and can be used on children to remove dampness and prevent miliaria.

Bose Jingxi

On the fifth day of May, I rushed to the drug market to buy herbs.

Ms. Leng, who has lived in Nanning for many years, is from Jingxi County, Baise City. She told reporters that in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival medicinal materials market in Jingxi County has developed into a grand festival, and many people have traveled thousands of miles to buy medicinal materials.

Ms. Leng said that in her memory, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be different scenes in her hometown. Among them, the Zhuang people in Jingxi area, in addition to making "horns" to commemorate Qu Yuan, also have a very lively custom street day-going to the market to sell medicines. On this day, people from all directions gathered in Weizhen with carts of Chinese herbal medicines. In the county seat alone, drug stalls are filled with markets and nearby streets. Thousands of men, women and children flocked to the drug market, and the scene was crowded with people.

"When we were young, we often rushed to the drug market with our elders, so we could also identify many herbs." Ms. Leng said that the local custom of selling medicines at the Dragon Boat Festival has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, drug farmers in Yuanjin Village, Jingxi County, as well as folk doctors and people in Debao, Napo, Tiandong, Tian Yang, Youjiang District, Tiandeng, Daxin and even Yunnan and Vietnam will also transport all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines or medicinal animals and minerals to Jingxi for sale. In the market,

"With the changes of the times, the current drug market is no longer just buying and selling medicinal materials, but has developed into a folk medicine exchange meeting and a big stage for folk medicine exchange." Ms. Leng said.

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Yulin, Guangxi

Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is a major folk festival in a year after the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Yulin people's custom of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival is basically the same as that of the whole country, but there are also some unique places. The main customs are hanging calamus, hanging sachets, making zongzi, brewing bitter gourd and tofu, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and dragon boat racing.

"Hang calamus cattail.

Since the first day of junior high school, people have hung a bunch of calamus at all the gates, especially at the gate. In fact, three mascots, Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Peach Leaf, were wrapped in a bundle of Acorus calamus and hung until the end of the Dragon Boat Festival.

"Hang sachets.

The ancients believed that children were young and weak, and it was easy to attract evil spirits. Therefore, on the Dragon Boat Festival, they hang sachets for their children. The sachet is carefully sewn with red cloth or flowered cloth, and it contains mugwort leaves, so it is called the sachet.

"Pack zongzi.

Making zongzi is another main content of the Dragon Boat Festival. However, in the old tradition of Yulin, Zongzi has nothing to do with Qu Yuan. The local custom of Jin Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the fifth day of May." In other words, jiaozi did it at noon on the fifth day of May. Yulin Dragon Boat Festival Zongzi, like the Spring Festival Zongzi, is used to worship the gods and ancestors. The Dragon Boat Festival will not throw zongzi into the river, nor will it set up an altar to worship Qu Yuan by the river. Therefore, Yulin people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

There are two kinds of zongzi, one is "meat zongzi", which is a common ordinary rice zongzi; The other is "Grey Water jiaozi". This kind of jiaozi glutinous rice is soaked in plant ash water in advance, and the jiaozi is crystal clear, with sugar juice, sweet, smooth and delicious, which is more popular than "jiaozi with minced meat".

special

Brew bitter gourd and tofu.

The specialties of Yulin Dragon Boat Festival are bitter gourd and tofu. Bitter gourd is filled with pork, onion and glutinous rice. Why do you put rice? Because in the old society, poor households could not receive food in May, and last year's late rice was finished. This year's early rice is not in summer, but it is the most famine time. Turning rice into bitter gourd at noon means "there is rice in the belly of bitter gourd in May", which indicates that the poor will have rice to eat in May and their lives will be better.

"Dragon Boat"

Dragon boat race is the climax of the Dragon Boat Festival. Before the Republic of China, the Nanliu River was deep and wide, and the Dragon Boat Festival was popular.

Customs of Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi

After the Dragon Boat Festival, this custom continued in China for more than 2,000 years. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, festivals are celebrated all over the country according to their own traditional customs, and Guangxi people are no exception. When people in Guangxi celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional customs inherited in memory of Qu Yuan include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and preparing sacrifices. Before the legend of Qu Yuan was widely circulated, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival followed the taboo of bad days, focusing on health preservation and avoiding epidemics, which was mainly reflected in hanging calamus leaves and wearing sachets to ward off evil spirits, bathing in traditional Chinese medicine and soaking in medicinal liquor and realgar wine.

Dragon Boat Racing

As the most distinctive custom of Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat race has a long history. According to folklore, Chu people were reluctant to let Qu Yuan, the sage, die, so many people rowed after him to save him. They rushed to catch up with each other, and when they reached Dongting Lake, there was no trace, so they rowed a dragon boat to commemorate them every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river and prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. Nowadays, dragon boat racing has become a popular traditional competitive sport. Dragon boat races are held every year in all parts of Guangxi. At that time, the riverside will be crowded with people and full of excitement.

There are two kinds of dragon boats. The first floor is divided into upper and lower floors. There are children dressed as historical and immortal figures upstairs, and sailors who preach, beat gongs and drums and row boats on both sides downstairs. This kind of dragon boat is quite showy. The other is a little dragon boat for the competition. During the competition, the small dragon boat circled around the big dragon boat. When something was lost on the dragon boat, the sailors on the dragon boat went into the water to compete. Among them, money and ducks are the most difficult to grab, because coins sink when they enter the water, while ducks swim around to avoid them.

The dragon boat race in Nanning has been held in Yongjiang since liberation. I moved to Nanhu Park for the first time this year. The race starts at Nanhu Bridge and ends at Bihu Road, with a total length of 600 meters. On June 20th, 5 1 men's and women's fleets competed here.

eat Zongzi

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi have the custom of eating zongzi, and the practices of zongzi are also different. Aunt Chen, who has lived in Nanning for more than 7 years, is from Xiantao City, Hubei Province. She told reporters that in her hometown, every household cooks glutinous rice or steamed zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival every year. In addition to family tasting, some zongzi will be thrown into the river to offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan. In order to prevent fish from eating zongzi, people put glutinous rice in a bamboo tube and threw it into the river. Later, the bamboo tube was gradually replaced by convenient and simple zongzi leaves. Guangxi people also have the custom of making zongzi.

Hanging Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Rhizoma Acori Graminei, soaking in herbs.

Last year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, in the courtyard where the reporter lived, many people tied leaves of Chinese herbal medicines such as Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, garlic and dragon boat flowers into a bunch and hung them by the door. I didn't know until I asked. This is also one of the traditional customs of Guangxi people to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition, some people drink these Chinese herbal medicines in wine.

Herbal bath

Wei Jiachang, who lives in the South Railway Locomotive Depot in Chengbei District of Nanning, is an old Nanning native. He said that when I was a child, my mother would go to the vegetable market to buy handfuls of Chinese herbal medicines to take a bath as soon as she boiled water, saying that after washing, there would be no boils and prickly heat. Now that I have children, I wash them every year. Mr. Wei said that this "medicated bath" of the Dragon Boat Festival has been circulating in Guangxi for a long time, not only in Nanning, but also in many places.

Stories and legends of Dragon Boat Festival

In fact, there have always been different opinions about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people think this is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who voted for the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. Some people say that in ancient times, this festival was a day to disinfect and avoid epidemics.

According to the records in the literature and many Dragon Boat Festival customs handed down from generation to generation, May is regarded as "poisonous month" and "evil month", and the fifth day of May is the first of the nine poisons, so there are many special customs circulating on this day to exorcise evil spirits, disinfect and avoid epidemics, such as inserting Ge Ye, drinking realgar wine and offering sacrifices to the messengers of the five plagues.

Later, the meaning of the Dragon Boat Festival changed. In order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit and lofty personality, people forget the original intention of the Dragon Boat Festival, and associate some customs such as rowing dragon boats and making zongzi with him, which are not necessarily to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Now most people only remember that the Dragon Boat Festival is related to Qu Yuan, but in fact, some young people of a new generation have little impression of Qu Yuan's story. All they know is that this is a festival to eat zongzi, that's all.

As for the Dragon Boat Festival, it is actually not the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival now, and dragon boat races are everywhere. From exorcising evil spirits and avoiding epidemics to commemorating Qu Yuan, the significance of the Dragon Boat Festival has changed greatly.

The original intention of this festival has been gradually "eroded" in the social changes year after year.

Today, this festival has become a festival of China cuisine. From the production of corn and zongzi in the past to the colorful jiaozi today. Many places have incorporated their own local food characteristics into zongzi.

In fact, the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is dragon boat racing. As for the dragon boat race, the written record began 500 years ago with "He Xu" written by Wu Jun of Liang Dynasty. Later, written records about dragon boat races can be found in many records. Among thousands of local chronicles in China, * * * has 227 records of dragon boat races.

There is a saying about rowing and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival that "the masses set out by boat and rushed to save Qu Yuan." And "a loud cry of drum music scared away the dragon." . These are all reminiscent of Qu Yuan.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese people in the north and south of China and Nanyang also hold dragon boat races to advocate the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival Customs of Zhuang Nationality in Guangxi

Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Zhuang people in most areas celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, Zhuang people wrap all kinds of zongzi with glutinous rice, cook them and eat them themselves. Some places throw some into the river to show their respect for the poet Qu Yuan. In some places, there are various regulations, such as: no meat on this day, only cold zongzi to show filial piety to Qu Yuan; In some places, they didn't shave their heads that month as a sign of filial piety. Some spray realgar wine around the house, saying it can ward off evil spirits; Others drink realgar wine, or take a bath with realgar wine, indicating disaster relief; In some areas, wormwood, maple leaves or thatch are inserted at the door, saying that it can exorcise evil spirits and so on. The Zhuang people by the river hold a dragon boat race. They use long bamboo rafts to make dragon boats and compete on the river.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, some Zhuang people living in Wenshan, like their ancestors, killed chickens, ducks and fish to pay homage to the great doctor Qu. This custom has lasted for more than two thousand years. Until now, the Zhuang people still deeply miss Dr. Qu who sacrificed for the country and the nation.

According to Sima Qian's Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng, Qu Yuan was a minister in Chu Huaiwang during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He advocated training talents, empowering Qiang Bing to become a rich country, and urged him to unite with Qian Qin. However, he was strongly opposed by Zi Lan, a noble of Chu, and was expelled from the capital and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang river basins. During his exile, he wrote Li Sao, worrying about the country and the people.

What is the relationship between Dragon Boat Festival and Zhuang nationality? We must start with Qiao Zhuang. First of all, Qu Yuan and Zhuang Qiang are both Baiyue people, that is, the ancestors of Zhuang people today. In 299 BC, Zhuang Zao was ruled by the land because he didn't cede the eastern land to Qi State. Qu Yuan was regarded as an accomplice of Zhuang Zao because he opposed Chu's ceding the eastern land to Qi State, which angered the king of Chu and was exiled by resignation. Although there is no direct connection between Zhuang Qiang and Qu Yuan in historical materials, it can be seen from his acceptance of Qing Xiang, the king of Chu, after Qu Yuan's death that Zhuang Qiang was influenced by Qu Yuan's thought. In the twenty-first year of King Xiang of Chu (278 BC), Kyoto, the State of Chu, was captured by the State of Qin, and Qu Yuan threw himself into the river with grief and indignation. It was also because of Qu Yuan's patriotism that Zhuang Qiang decided to return to Chu. He was willing to accept the favor of King Xiang of Chu and vowed to defend Chu.

After the battle of hanging sand, Zhuang jumped to the east to oppose the autonomy of Chu State and become an enemy of Chu State. Qu Yuan, a Chu native, misses the former unification situation very much. The battle of hanging sand has torn Chu apart, which is the last thing Qu Yuan wants to see. Therefore, Qu Yuan did not write about the autonomy of Zhuang and Chu because of his "taboo". In his later years, Qu Yuan drifted from place to place in the Yuanxiang Valley, devoted himself to serving the country. But in the end, the country was torn apart and ruined. Qu Yuan's patriotism deeply touched Zhuang Zhao's patriotism and saving the country. This is why Qiao Zhuang accepted the invitation of Qing Xiang, the king of Chu, after the death of Qu Yuan.

According to historical records, in the middle and late Warring States Period, in the 19th year of Qing Xiang, King of Chu (276 BC), Zhuang and Qiang arrived in Dianchi Lake. When Zhuang Qiang and Qin competed for Chuba and Qianzhong County, the road was cut off by Qin State, and he had to lead his people back to their hometown in Dianchi Lake to destroy Yelang State. Then Wang Dian established Dian State and began his history of ruling Dianchi Lake.

In the second year of Liang Wudi Yuanfeng (BC 109), Liang Wudi conquered Yunnan and established Yizhou County. Later, the last king of Yunnan was killed because of many civil strife. After the victory of Dian, most Dian people became trophies or prisoners of war and were forced to move south. Some of them arrived in western Guangxi and some in Wenshan, Yunnan, where they merged or lived with local aborigines and became ancestors of Zhuang people.

Now the Dragon Boat Festival has been included in the world intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations. As the descendants of Baiyue nationality, while we are gratified, we have a heavier responsibility to carry forward and inherit the Dragon Boat Festival culture and Baiyue culture, so that the descendants of Zhuang nationality can remember everything left by our ancestors!

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Nanning, Guangxi

As early as the Biography of Historical Records of Meng Changjun, it was recorded that in the Warring States Period at the latest, the Northern Central Plains regarded May 5th as an "evil day". There are also some sayings in the lost articles of Customs Yi Tong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as "Building a house in May makes people bald" and "Arriving in May, staying at night". Although most of the records in these documents about the fifth day of the fifth lunar month are fragmented, if we put these fragments together and study them carefully, we can see the taboo information behind the Dragon Boat Festival.

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the midsummer season. The ancients believed that this was the point where Yin Qi began to sink and Yang Qi began to rise in a year. During this period, the temperature rises, snakes and insects breed, and diseases and plagues are high, so people call it "bad month". The custom of Dragon Boat Festival, which has spread for thousands of years, is closely related to the purpose of "exorcism" and "blessing".

Realgar wine sachet drugs market

In order to drive away the damp heat in the body and avoid ants and flies in the house, many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival handed down from the people are related to Chinese herbal medicines. One of the most famous is the custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival, which is widely known for the touching love legend between Xu Xian and White Snake Girl. Realgar's biggest function is to drive away snakes and insects in midsummer.

However, the custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is mainly popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In Guangxi, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people all over the country will wrap Chinese herbal medicines such as Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus into swords or figures in red paper and hang them at home to ward off evil spirits.

In addition, adults also like to make colorful sachets with herbs such as Atractylodes lancea, Pogostemon cablin and Cornus officinalis. And buckle it on the child's chest, or boil water with eucalyptus leaves, wild mint, honeysuckle and other herbs. Everyone has a good wish to pray for the health of the younger generation.

Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, Nanning citizens can buy these related herbs in the vegetable market, or hang them at home or take a bath with boiling water. This custom is one of the common customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi.

The "Dragon" Culture of Rice-growing Nationalities

As the most important traditional custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat race is an inevitable content when people talk about the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, this custom originated from the death of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of the ancient Chu State, and people spontaneously rowed to save him. Finally, people who couldn't save Qu Yuan began to row dragon boats on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Legends belong to legends, and historical records still have their testability. The custom of dragon boat racing was formed as early as the Warring States Period. At that time, the ancients rowed canoes carved into dragons to entertain the gods and people. This is a half-religious and half-entertaining program in the sacrificial ceremony. Dragon boat racing was invented by southerners who are familiar with water, and then it was gradually introduced to the north.

Legend has it that the dragon is a god who can call the wind and rain, and it is the cultural worship totem of the southern rice-growing people. When people pray for good weather, they usually pray for dragons. In the rural fields of Guangxi, some small waterwheels are called dragon carts, and water snakes are also called dragon snakes. The life of rice-growing people is closely related to the meaning of dragon. Therefore, the development of dragon boat race today is no longer a simple competitive sport, with people's wishes for a better life and the cultural connotation of unity and cooperation.

Another custom of Nanning people's Dragon Boat Festival is to take a bath with "Dragon Boat Flower", that is, collect Artemisia annua, Acorus calamus, citronella and other herbs to boil water for a bath. In the past, Nanning people would go to Yongjiang to get "Dragon Boat Water" in the early morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called "Dragon Boat Water", which was used for cooking and decocting medicine.

Dragon boat festival on the tip of her tongue

Glutinous rice is regarded as the top grade of rice, which was mostly used for sacrificial activities in ancient times. Zongzi has been handed down as a sacrifice and is highly valued in the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Nanning people's favorite zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a kind of zongzi called "cold zongzi" or "alkaline zongzi".

People in Nanning pay great attention to making cold dumplings. For example, it is required that the bamboo leaves wrapped in jiaozi are wide and hairless, fragrant and cool, and the shape of cold jiaozi will generally be wrapped into a slender or triangular shape. There are even some customs, which burn straw into ashes and soak it in water, and then use this to soak glutinous rice and make dumplings. When eating cold zongzi, people like to dip in honey or sugar, mainly sweet.

Wang Zengqi once introduced in the article "Eating Duck Eggs on Dragon Boat Festival" that "Twelve Red" should be eaten for lunch on Dragon Boat Festival, and salted duck eggs are one of them. On the one hand, this red dish can pray for future prosperity, on the other hand, people think that red items can ward off evil spirits and avoid summer.

It can be seen that the folk customs handed down from traditional festivals have their own opinions, and no matter what their meanings are, they are full of people's expectations and yearning for a better life in the future.

The custom of Dragon Boat Festival in Guilin, Guangxi

Guilin Dragon Boat Festival Customs 1: Dragon Boat Race

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, colorful gates were erected at the Lijiang Wharf, and dragons played with pearls. Seven colored balls of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple are flying in the air, and the river is full of joy. Dragon Boat Festival is held on the Lijiang River.

Guilin has had the custom of dragon boat race since ancient times, with ten years as the oldest and five years as the youngest. In the past, dragon boat rowing was not only to commemorate Qu Yuan, but also to wish a good year and overcome disasters. The Dragon Boat Festival, which is held every five years, is still on the first day of the first month, and every village and street has to hold a "drum-beating" ceremony. On the day of "drum opening", young people gathered in front of temples in our village and street, and began to fire guns, play rowing drums, ring rowing gongs and sing dragon boat songs. The lively voice attracted men, women and children from neighboring villages to visit and congratulate. Playing gongs and drums is a signal to row a dragon boat, and all dragon boat brothers also congratulate each other and enhance friendship.

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