202 1 June 14 Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival 202 1 September 2 1 August 15th of the lunar calendar. Then there is the Double Ninth Festival, 202 1 year,1month, 14, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated for?
Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet in history. Qu Yuan, Ming Ping, a Chu native in the Warring States Period, was an immortal patriotic poet and politician. He became an official around the age of 20, worked as a doctor in San Lv, and was left-handed at the age of 25. He is responsible for formulating the internal and external policies of Chu.
According to documents, the earliest connection between Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival is the wonderful book Continued Harmony written by Wu Yun of Southern Liang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At this time, Qu Yuan has been dead for more than 750 years. It can be seen from the lost articles of Customs Tong copied in the Tang Dynasty that Qu Yuan appeared in the folklore of the Dragon Boat Festival as early as Xu Dong, the Emperor Gaozu, but it was more than 400 years since Qu Yuan died. The theory of commemorating Qu Yuan has the widest and deepest influence and occupies the mainstream position. In the field of folk culture, China people associate dragon boat racing and eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival with commemorating Qu Yuan.
The significance of Dragon Boat Festival
From the beginning to the present, the Dragon Boat Festival has been constantly changing the content and spiritual connotation of holiday customs, not only enriching the life content of people of all ethnic groups in the country, but also gradually brewing and accumulating deep national feelings and a United spiritual world, which will undoubtedly become a rich spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation.
Looking around the world today, there has never been a unified modernization model. Similarly, there is no unified modern value system in globalization. On the issue of modernization and modernity, the phenomenon of pluralism is related to the national culture of various countries at the cultural level.
The development of modernization and modernity of a country has always been based on the inherent spiritual culture of the nation. Therefore, different modernization and modernity always have corresponding national ideological and cultural foundations. Through their respective national cultural foundations, they are used to unite and condense the strength of their own members, so as to give full play to the enthusiasm of social members in building modernization.
Therefore, modernization and modernity are always closely linked with cultural diversity. The national spirit of the Dragon Boat Festival should be an important spiritual force in China's modernization drive, and it is an important responsibility that our future generations cannot avoid and shirk.
What's the name of Dragon Boat Festival?
The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Bathing Orchid Festival.
Dragon Boat Festival, originally founded by ancient ancestors, is a festival to worship the ancestors of dragons and pray for evil spirits. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, jumped into the Miluo River on May 5th and committed suicide. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson push.
Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient ancestors' choice of "flying dragons over the sky" as an auspicious day to worship their ancestors and pray for evil spirits, and injected the seasonal fashion of "eliminating diseases and preventing epidemics" into summer. The Dragon Boat Festival, regarded as "bad month and bad day", began in the northern part of the Central Plains and was attached to commemorate Qu Yuan and other historical figures.
Traditional folk customs:
Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. This is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names have been produced, but also different customs have been observed in different places.
The Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer is an auspicious day for Feilong. Dragon Boat Festival in the form of dragon boat race is an important theme of Dragon Boat Festival, which is still popular in the southern coastal areas of China. In addition, a series of Dragon Boat Festival customs are derived from numbers of yin and yang and seasons. According to the number of yin and yang, noon is yang, and heavy noon is the most yang.
The ancients regarded three o'clock in the afternoon and three o'clock in the afternoon as the most important time to eliminate evil spirits. The ancients also regarded the Dragon Boat Festival as an auspicious year, which coincided with the summer solstice, and called it "Dragon Boat Festival", which is said to be "once in a blue moon".
Summer is a season of struggle between yin and yang. Yang goes up and Yin is forced down. In the afternoon, the yang is healthy and the yin is afraid of evil. Summer is also the season to drive away the plague. In midsummer, the Dragon Boat Festival is full of yang, and everything is thriving at this time. It is the strongest day of Chinese herbal medicine in a year. Herbs collected during the Dragon Boat Festival are the most effective in eliminating diseases and preventing diseases.
Brief introduction of double ninth festival
The introduction of the Double Ninth Festival is as follows:
Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China, which is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine. Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day.
In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing mountains to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwood, drinking alcohol to worship ancestors and praying for longevity. So far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, feasting on the day of Chongyang, and being grateful for respecting the elderly. Climbing mountains and enjoying autumn and giving thanks and respecting the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival.
Ancient poems about the Double Ninth Festival;
Du Fu's Ascension in Tang Dynasty
The wind is fast and high, the ape cries sadly, and the birds are circling in the white sand.
The endless trees are rustling leaves, and the Yangtze River is rolling unpredictably.
Li in the sad autumn scenery, a wanderer all the year round, lives alone on the high platform in today's illness.
After all the hardships and hatred, the white hair is full, and the wine glasses are damaged.
Translation:
It is very sad that there are birds hovering on the river with clear water and white sand. The endless trees are rustling leaves, and the Yangtze River is rolling in and rushing. Sad to autumn, I feel that Wan Li has been wandering all the year round and has been sick all his life. Today, he is alone on the high platform. After a lot of hardships, white hair is full of temples, and the cup is hanging.
What do people celebrate on Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Tianzhong Festival, originated from the worship of natural phenomena in ancient times and evolved from Dragon Boat Festival. On the Mid-Summer Dragon Boat Festival, the black dragon soared for seven nights in the south of the sky, which is the most "right" position in a year, that is, as the fifth divination in the Book of Changes said, "the flying dragon is in the sky". Its origin covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations. In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are integrated, and the festival customs are rich in content. Rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi are two major customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been circulating in China since ancient times and have never stopped.
The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival
1, eat zongzi
Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is also an important custom. Zongzi is also called "tube Zongzi" and "corner millet". Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and wrap zongzi. Zongzi in different places have different tastes and fillings. Zongzi was originally used to worship ancestors and gods, but the day Quyuan threw himself into the river was also the fifth day of May. People couldn't bear to eat Qu Yuan's body with the fish and shrimp in the river, so they threw zongzi into the fish and shrimp in the river. Zongzi originated much earlier than Qu Yuan. Later generations insisted on eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival in memory of Qu Yuan, and this custom gradually formed. The custom of eating zongzi is very popular all over China, and it is also a memorial to the great poet Qu Yuan.
2. tie five-color silk thread
Traditionally, thick red, green, yellow, white and black silk threads are twisted into colorful ropes and tied around children's arms or necks. From May 5th, it was not until Qi's birthday on Qixi that they were untied and burned with Jin Jun ... There is also a saying that on the first rainy day after Dragon Boat Festival, cutting colorful threads and throwing them in the rain means that the river will wash away plagues and diseases, which means that it can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck for a year.
3. Wear sachets
The custom of children wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and drive away epidemics. In the south, young men and women also express their love through sachets. Sachet bags are colorful, small and lovely, but they are not just decorations. The sachet usually contains Chinese herbal medicine, fragrant medicine, cinnabar, realgar and so on. It has the effect of expelling worms and preventing diseases. The outside is wrapped with silk, then wrapped and fixed with colored silk thread, and finally embroidered with colored silk thread. Colorful sachets are very dazzling.
Step 4 drink realgar wine
Realgar wine has the effect of expelling worms and detoxicating, and drinking more can also make beauty beauty. Drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is to drive away diseases. People soak in wine, and then dip it in corners, doors and windows, under beds and so on. Then apply wine to the child's ears, nose and navel to drive away poisonous insects. From a health point of view, these activities are still scientific and reasonable. Realgar mixed with water and wine can be disinfected indoors, and drinking general sprinkling is also quite beneficial.
5. hanging mugwort leaves
There is a folk proverb that says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival and Ai is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a medicinal plant. Its leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, which can repel mosquitoes and refresh. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will clean their rooms and put mugwort leaves on the lintel. Folium Artemisiae Argyi represents a blessing, which can make people healthy and play a role in preventing and treating diseases. There is a custom of hanging mugwort leaves on the Dragon Boat Festival in both north and south, but the difference is different. In the south, wormwood leaves are used to eliminate pathogens and diseases, while in the north, drugs are avoided to eliminate pathogens. Their pharmacology is similar, playing the role of sterilization and disease prevention. This is also the national tradition of China.
6. Dragon Boat Race
Dragon boat race is a major custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. As for where the custom of dragon boat racing comes from, it still comes from historical allusions. According to ancient legend, after Qu Yuan was wronged and thrown into the river, the Chu people were very sad. They believed that Chu Yuan was a loyal monarch, so they rowed to save Qu Yuan. However, when they struggled to reach Dongting Lake, there was no trace of Qu Yuan. They were worried that the fish in the lake would eat Qu Yuan's body, so they rowed dragon boats to disperse the fish in the lake. Later, there were dragon boat races every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the custom of dragon boat races prevailed in Wu Yuechu at that time. After that, people race dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival to pray for good weather.
What are the taboos of Dragon Boat Festival?
1, evil day, children "hide in the afternoon"
May is called "bad month" in geomantic custom, and it is an unlucky month. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, also called "the fifth day", is the most unlucky day in May. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of "hiding in the afternoon".
2. The most taboo day
There is a common activity on the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, ancestor worship. On this day, it is a custom in many places to throw zongzi into the river. People in some places think that you should not be in a bad mood or depressed during the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise it will have a bad influence on yourself. Some festive activities, such as moving, taking office and starting work. Neither is suitable for this day, but it is best for family reunion.
3. Avoid wearing bright red and purple jewelry.
Ruby is often very festive, so it is not timely to remember our ancestors during the Dragon Boat Festival. Try not to wear red jade jewelry such as tourmaline, ruby, garnet, red stone and south agate. In the tradition of China, purple is a very noble color, which has always been regarded as the emperor's spirit, and can frighten all directions. From this point of view, usually wearing energy is high, and it is best not to wear purple jewelry during the Dragon Boat Festival sacrifice.
Children's sachets should not be lost.
In northern China, children in some places have the custom of wearing sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival. For children, if you wear a sachet, you can't lose this day. There is a folk saying that if the child's sachet disappears that day, this year may be a disaster. After the Dragon Boat Festival, children can throw sachets directly into the river, which can avoid disaster.