1, eat zongzi
After the Dragon Boat Festival, how can we lose zongzi? Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a custom that Jiangxi has followed for thousands of years. Although eating zongzi is very popular everywhere, it has its own unique flavor. Zongzi, also called "dumpling cooked" and "fried zongzi", is angular around, cooked and eaten, with glutinous rice inside. The zongzi in Jiangxi is mainly made of alkaline water, followed by red bean brown, bacon and oil and salt zongzi.
Step 2 hang calamus
"Holding Aiqi in your hand is a blessing, and hanging a sword under the door is a thousand evils." The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and almost every household hangs green calamus at the gate. Folium Artemisiae Argyi, also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, has the efficacy of expelling insects and sterilizing. People hang calamus (or tie it with mugwort) on the door, and some lean against or insert calamus and mugwort in front of the door. People will use it to ward off evil spirits.
Step 3 insert wormwood
According to tradition, during the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort leaves are inserted on the lintel of every household, which is said to ward off evil spirits and drive away the plague. Artemisia argyi should be tied up with red cloth, and someone will add a peach branch. The breeze blew and the air was full of fragrance.
4. Wear sachets
Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and plague. Sachet bags are made into different shapes and strung together, all kinds of small and lovely, and now they have become a common handicraft. In some cities in southern China, young men and women also use sachets to express their deep love.
5. Dragon Boat Race
There are dragon boat races in many places in Jiangxi, which is also the busiest time. In Nanchang, in the old days, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Nanchang held a large-scale dragon boat race and rowed a dragon boat to win the "Dragon Label". On that day, 10,000 people gathered near Shijiayao (now like the location of the lake) in the southern suburbs of Nanchang and held a huge dragon boat championship.