Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival
Festivals: The Dragon Boat Festival
Festival hours: Lunar May Chu Wu
Dragon Boat Festival on the origin of that there are many, the most influential of which is to commemorate Qu Yuan said. This is now the ordinary people of China have become almost common sense.
Qu Yuan (about the former 340 - about 278 before) is the state of Chu during the Warring States Period people. Warring States Period of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao Wei, Qin seven countries, Qin strongest, the total would like to gobble up other six countries, to dominate the world. Chu Chu Yuan is the doctor, is to have won the highly Chuhuai Wang. He advocated political reform Chu, the United States, the common resistance Qin. However, Qu Yuan was the idea of my colleagues in the opposition, they Chuhuai Wang and later successor, who ares Xiangwang defamation before Qu Yuan. In the drive a wedge between Jianchen, Hunyong the Chuhuai Wang gradually alienated Qu Yuan, and he was expelled from the state of Chu Ying Du. Qu Yuan to leave States, is still concerned about the fate of the motherland. Later, he was heard Chu Qin defeated the news, grief and indignation wholehearted, the Miluo River on the input end of their lives. This is a day of the Lunar New Year in 278 BC in May Chu Wu.
Qu Yuan jumped the people heard the news after Jiang's very sad, Hua Zhao boats rushed to salvage his body, it has not been found. To keep fish eat Qu Yuan, the people who put food into the feed the fish in Jiang. After each day to people in the rivers should be designated on the dragon boat races, to show mourning, and also with input Jiang Zhu Tong meters installed in his worship. Legend, someone once encountered in the riverside Qu Yuan, Yuan said: "You gave me the food was snatched from a dragon, the future can be diverted to Artemsia argyi Cypriot extinguishers, and tied with five color line, two things are most afraid Long . "From then on, people will have to make glutinous rice dumplings wrapped bamboo leaves to commemorate Qu Yuan, and the dumplings will become the traditional food of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival to eat dumplings, the dragon-boat race has been the custom handed down.

Like the poet Qu Yuan

The second Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival and the historical figures of the Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu ( «- before the 484) is the Warring States Period, Chu, because Chu Fu Xiong were killed, it took Wu, help Miss Fachu, scoring all of Chu Ying City, Chu bodies were unearthed from the tomb in, Bianshi 300. Wu and after the warring countries, Wu Zixu persuade the country's king refused to summation, but the king believed Chan Yan, thanks to Wu Zixu sword, his suicide. Wu Zixu of people said: "I died, my eyes will be dug up in the Wujing Dong hoisted above the door, to see the army Ruchengmiewu." Ziwen and then died. Fuchawenyan Danu king ordered to take the bodies of Wu Zixu installed in the leather, on May Chu Wu Jiang invested in. Legend has it the Dragon Boat Festival is also a result of the Wu Zixu the day.
Dragon Boat Festival is the third sources say that in order to commemorate the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) Xiaonv Cao'e. Cao'e Jiang's father drowned in a few days but not the bodies. Only 14-year-old Cao'e Haoku day and night along the Yangtze River, also voted in May Chu Wu Jiang himself, 5 after the body have a father. After the Memorial human Cao'e the Hau Festival, voted in Cao'e Cao'e Jiang in the construction of the temple, she is living in villages and towns renamed "Cao'e town," the father of sati is named "Cao'e River."
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is the continuation of more than 2,000 years of traditional festivals and holidays throughout the whole of the same practices, such as the dragon-boat race, eating dumplings, Perry Sachet, inserted Artemsia argyi and iris, and so on.

Selling iris grass. Li plans for Lulu

Chinese dragon-boat race is a long history of water sports activities and some regions also known as the "dragon boat is zoned" or "Dragon Boat Festival." Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival customs, prevalent in China in the area south of the Yangtze River Basin. Qing Emperor Qianlong 29 years (1736), the Dragon Boat Festival held in Taiwan, then Taiwan's Chiang Goddess Zhifu in Tainan City the match. Taiwan and Hong Kong in each of the Lunar May Chu Wu dragon boat races are held. In addition, the Dragon Boat also has spread into Japan, Vietnam and other countries. 1980, the dragon-boat race was included in China's national sports events, held every year, "Qu Yuan's Cup" Dragon Boat赛. June 16, 1991 (Lunar May Chu Wu), Qu Yuan's second home in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, held the first International Dragon Boat Festival. In previous races, held with both traditional and modern color of the "leading festival." "Leading" to Qu Zi Cinei being carried by the leading athletes to "red" (Phi red zone), who took the Jiwen Zhuji, and lead to "light" (that is, eye). Then, to participate in the festival-all the staff of bowing three times, was carrying leading to Miluo River, towards the dragon boat stadium. The participate in the competition, trade fairs and celebrate the activities of as many as 60 million people, is unprecedented.

Hong Kong's dragon-boat race activities

Dragon Boat Festival to eat dumplings, which the Chinese people is another important traditions and customs. Dumplings a long time, many tricks. According to records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period dumplings on a prototype that used Zizania latifolia of the (water-oat leaf) into a horn-shaped packages Shumi, "Kok millet"; Zhutong loaded with rice sealed Kaoshu, "tube rice dumplings."

Dumplings

Zongye

Jin Dynasty (265-420), was formally set dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival food. Northern and Southern Dynasties period, a hybrid rice dumplings, rice doping in the meat, chestnut, red dates, Chidou, more varieties. At the same time dumplings also used as gifts friends and relatives for gifts. To the Tang Dynasty, the rice dumplings have been "Bai Ying Ru Yu", the shape of a cone-shaped, diamond-shaped. Japan has documented in the literature on the "Datang dumplings." Song, has been "preserves rice dumplings," that is, fruit-rice dumplings, the poet Su Dongpo also "see Yangmei in rice dumplings," the poem. Yuan (1279-1368), Ming period, the dumplings wrapped in leaves Zizania latifolia expected from the changes to Ruo leaves, then used a reed of the package of dumplings, bean paste has emerged accessories, pork, pine nut kernels, Zaozai, walnuts, etc., Variety more colorful.
Even today, the annual May Chu Wu, many people they have to Baptist glutinous rice, washing Zongye, Bao dumplings. Around the dumplings taste different from the topping, multi north of Beijing for the package jujube jujube rice dumplings; South are bean paste, fresh meat, ham, egg yolk, and other topping, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang dumplings as the representative. The custom of eating dumplings popular in China Millennium without failure, but also spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia.
Min Yan said: "Ching Ming Liu inserted, into Ai Dano." Folk belief that in May for the drug, the epidemic disease easily. The Dragon Boat Festival, one of the iris into wormwood and practices as an important one. The families are Sasaotingchu, iris, wormwood into the lintels cast Xuan Yu Tong, for the sickness, driving away evil by the epidemic. Wormwood, player Ai, Artemisia argyi, its stems, leaves contain volatile aromatic oil. It has the unique aroma, flooding Wen Ying, Chong Yi, to purify the air. Iris is a long aquatic herbs, strip the leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, is refreshing Tongqiao, bone Xiaozhi, killing sterilization of drugs. Clearly, the ancients into AI and iris is the role of a certain disease prevention. Legend has it the ancient Dragon Boat Festival is the "Health Day."
Zhong Kui Zhuogui Dragon Boat Festival is the unique customs. In the Jianghuai region, every family is like hanging Zhong Kui, home to the town of sickness, driving away evil. On the origins of Zhong Kui, is said to be like this: suffering from malaria Tang Xuanzong (712-755 reign) had dreamed size of the ghost in Dianshang chase. Little devil wearing Hongyi, Yang stole the emperor's Sachet and Yudi, and running around the palace. The ghosts are wearing Lanpao and caps, I caught little devil, Wadiao their eyes, a swallow.
Xuanzonghewen, the ghost Koushou replied: "surnamed Zhong Kui-chen, Wu did not give the first and is willing to His Majesty the exception devil." Wake up after the emperor, malaria cure, so the painting for Wu Daozi seen as a dream painted a portrait of Zhong Kui Zhuogui , Orders in the Dragon Boat Festival, the world will be posted to sickness, driving away evil demons.

New Year's pictures, 《Zhong Kui》

Xiong Huangjiu drink in the custom of the people in the Yangtze River Basin is very popular. Xiong Huangjiu, is to add a drug realgar wine, realgar is a component containing arsenic sulfide minerals, the role of detoxification insecticide. So far the spread of civil story, "White Snake" out of White Snake Snake Lady Dragon Boat Festival and drink Xiong Huangjiu Xianchuyuanxing plot, which is that civil Yixie centipede, such as by Xiong Huangjiu Duchong can crack, Dragon Boat Festival holiday drink Xiong Huangjiu detoxification can sickness, driving away evil, to protect the body Health.

Wudu plans. Li Lulu for the plans.

Perry Sachet Dragon Boat Festival is also available in the customs, legends have Bixie flooding plague of Italy, and is actually used for decorative embellishment on the clothes. Sachet with cinnabar, realgar, incense and other drugs, outsourcing to silk, Si Yi Hsiang, and colored silk thread to string a deduction claim, a claim on a variety of different shapes on the Sachet, forming a string, Delicate lovely.

A wide range of Sachet

Today, Dragon Boat Festival has become a very popular in China's grand festivals, folk tales and ancient myths and legends and more to its heritage Millennium vitality.