During the Dragon Boat Festival, Wei Jiasheng wishes friends all over the country good luck and prosperity!
Time:2021-06-12 12:00:00
Do you know the Dragon Boat Festival? The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. According to "Jing Chu Sui Shi Ji" records, because midsummer ascends high, Shunyang is up, May is midsummer, and its first noon is the day of good weather ascending to Shunyang, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang". Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Wu Sun Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bath Orchid Festival" and so on.
Dragon boat racing is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China and one of the most important festival folk activities. It is widespread in southern China. There are also dragon boat races in cities near rivers and lakes in the north, and most of them are dry dragon boat dances. The form of a dragon boat. There are many theories about the origin of the dragon boat race. There are sacrificial activities such as worshiping Cao'e, worshiping Quyuan, worshiping the god of water or dragon, and its origin can be traced back to the Warring States period.
Hanging wormwood calamus is a Chinese folk festival custom. On the Dragon Boat Festival, wormwood leaves are hung in the hall, and wormwood leaves are cut in the shape of tigers or ribbons are cut into tigers. Using calamus as a sword, inserted in the door, has the magical effect of exorcising demons and cowardly ghosts. During the Dragon Boat Festival, every family uses calamus, wormwood leaves, durian flowers, garlic, and dragon boat flowers into human forms called Airen and Aihu. They are made into garlands and ornaments. They are beautiful and fragrant. Women compete to wear them to drive away the miasma. . The folk proverb says: "Put the willows in the Qingming Festival, and cut the Ai for the Dragon Boat Festival." In the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents.
Worshiping gods and worshipping ancestors is one of the important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of life." Heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of mankind, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety. According to the folk concept, one's ancestors should earnestly worship like heaven, earth, and gods. Because the "spirit in the sky" of the ancestors and ancestors is always caring and watching the descendants of future generations, the people of the world should pray and repay their protection and blessing through sacrifices.
Red bayberry, yellow apricot,
The fifth day of May is Duanyang;
Zongye fragrant, pack five grains,
Peel a zongzi and wrap it with sugar;
Wormwood, the dragon boat is busy,
Chasing happiness and making progress;
Happy life for thousands of years!
Wei Jiasheng, I wish you a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!