When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2022? Is it free?
The 2022 Dragon Boat Festival is June 3rd, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Friday, and the expressway is not free.The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc., originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice of dragons in ancient times.In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are mixed together, and the festival customs are rich in content.
Introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Dragon Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from dragon sacrifices in ancient times.On the Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong Qisu flew to the south of Zhongtian, which is an auspicious day for Long Feitian, that is, as the fifth line of "Book of Changes Qian Gua" said:"Flying dragon is in the sky".The Dragon Star on the Dragon Boat Festival is both "in the middle" and "in the right", which is a sign of great auspiciousness.Its origin covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations; in the inheritance and development, it is mixed with a variety of folk customs, and the content of festival customs is rich.Picking up dragon boats and eating rice dumplings are the two major customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.These two customs have been passed down in China since ancient times and have not stopped until now.
What are the customs and habits of the Dragon Boat Festival
1.Picking up the dragon boat
Picking up the dragon boat is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is the ritual of the ancient dragon totem sacrifice.It is also a legacy.According to the "First Phase Excavation Report of the Hemudu Site", as early as 7,000 years ago, the ancient ancestors used canoes to make canoes and rowed with wooden oars.
2.Hanging wormwood
People take wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival.Such as hanging mugwort on the door, "Jingchu Suiji Ji":"picking mugwort as a human being, hanging it on the door, with poisonous gas."
3.Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings
, that is "zongzi", commonly known as zongzi, the main materials are glutinous rice, stuffing, wrapped with scorpion leaves (or hibiscus leaves), and have various shapes, such as sharp corners and quadrangular shapes.Zongzi has a long history and was originally used as a tribute to the ancestors and gods.After it was introduced to the north, millet (millet produced in the north) was used to make rice dumplings, called "Jiao Mi".
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