The origin of many traditional festivals in China is mostly related to factors such as season, farming time and farming needs. Once recognized as a national festival, it must be attached with many customs as the basic content, and with the passage of time and different regions, many local customs will be added. Although the same thing has always been eating zongzi and dragon boat racing, it is these new customs that make the traditional festival gain new vitality< br />
1. Zongzi < br / >
It is estimated that eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival is an important reason why people like the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi, also known as "jiaoshu" and "tube zongzi", have different names and different styles in different regions, but the time to eat Zongzi has been the fifth day of may in the lunar calendar for thousands of years. It is said that eating zongzi is to commemorate Qu Yuan, but in fact, there were records about zongzi as early as the spring and Autumn period. Rice is wrapped in wild rice leaves (Zizania latifolia leaves) into ox horn shape, which is called "corns"; Packed with rice in bamboo tube, sealed and roasted, called "tube Zong". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the millet was soaked in plant ash water. Because the water contained alkali, the millet was wrapped in wild rice leaves into a quadrangular shape and cooked to become Guangdong alkaline water zongzi< br />
2. Dragon boat racing < br / >
Generally speaking, dragon boat is a water sports event in which the boat is dressed up as a dragon and then rowed by many people. As for the origin of the dragon boat, in fact, it may not come from commemorating Qu Yuan, because it existed as early as the Warring States period. Carving a dragon shaped canoe in the rush of drums and playing a race game to entertain God and people are semi religious and semi entertaining programs in the sacrifice. Slowly, it gives different meanings to the dragon boat race. Nowadays, the dragon boat race is gradually accepted by the public. In 1980, the dragon boat race was included in China's national sports events and became one of the sports events of the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010< br />
3. Realgar wine < br / >
During and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, flies and insects breed, poison gas rises, and epidemic diseases germinate. The ancients believed that people suffered from all kinds of diseases by eating Cereals, and the diseases came from the mouth. Most of them were evil and miscellaneous Qi, which was inhaled through the mouth and nose. In the long-term struggle against various diseases, the ancients found that drinking realgar wine can kill hundreds of poisons. On the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, people will pour realgar into the wine and paint realgar wine on children's ears, nose, forehead, hands and feet, especially draw a king on their forehead, hoping to protect children from snakes and insects< br />
4. Dragon Boat rain is the rain before the Dragon Boat Festival, which means that in order to facilitate people to race dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival, it will rain before the Dragon Boat Festival and make the river rise. People call this kind of rain "Dragon Boat rain". It is said that before the Dragon Boat Festival, if there is a "Dragon Boat rain", it is a good omen. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the temperature will rise significantly and the rainfall will be more abundant. It rained, followed by the soul stirring dragon boat race. In addition to homesickness, the dragon boat race was the most talked about by the ancients< br />