has seen a joke like this: "If you have friends from Hubei around you, please be nice to him during the Dragon Boat Festival, because a Hubei person gives you three extra days off."
Everyone knows that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan . In fact, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival were found long before Qu Yuan was born. It is a folk festival that integrates worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. It is known as China's "four major traditional festivals" together with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, covering rich cultural connotations such as ancient astrological culture, philosophy and humanistic spirit.
The original meaning of the word "duan" is "zheng", "wu" is "zhong". During the Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon star is in the middle of the south, which is the most "zhongzheng" position in the whole year of the Zhoutian. This is the time of summer and the yang energy is the most prosperous. As the saying goes, "All things in the world, those born with the sun energy, all have poisonous stings" . This is also the time when poisonous insects appear and bacteria are active. Therefore, the ancients called the Dragon Boat Festival "evil day", "toxic day", " evil moon ".
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the world is harmonious, the yang is strong and nourishes yin. is not only a festival for worshiping gods and ancestors, but also a folk day for celebrating entertainment, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits. Therefore, there are many customs and habits. The Dragon Boat Festival is called the "evil day". There are many considerations on this day, and there are 4 taboos in mind: 1. Don't say it, 2. Don't eat it, 3. Don't make it, and 4.
1 Not to mention
The ancient traditional festivals are all related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendar, humanities and nature and other cultures. There are generally many celebrations and entertainment activities, and relatives and friends will also congratulate and send blessings to each other and say a happy holiday.
However, the Dragon Boat Festival cannot be said to be "Happy Dragon Boat Festival", because the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival with the theme of commemorating old friends, worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits. Other rice dumplings, dragon boat racing , hanging mugwort and calamus are all centered around these.
So the Dragon Boat Festival cannot be said to be “happy”, it can only be said to be “healthy”.
2 Don't do
1. Don't go to bed late
Dragon Boat Festival is usually in summer. At this time, the day is long and the night is short, and the weather is hot. People will go out for a walk after dinner, so they naturally sleep late. For young people, it is a great time for nightlife. Inviting three or five friends, ordering barbecue, and ordering beer, you can sit until what time of the morning without realizing it. This is not advisable.
Summer is the easiest time for people to get sleepy . If you don’t have a good rest at night, you will lose your energy all day. This will not only affect the work the next day, but also cause harm to the body, so don’t stay up late.
2. Do not spend the night at my parents' home
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival and one of the three festivals in the folk that are called "three festivals in the year". On the Dragon Boat Festival, the daughter and son-in-law will " to send the festival " to their parents' family. The parents' family will also try to keep them for the festival, but they need to keep them for the festival. They can stay for the festival, but they cannot spend the night at their parents' home.
Because the ancients believed that girls married and were married, they should reunite with their in-laws during festivals, otherwise it would easily affect the relationship between husband and wife, so everything should be based on their in-laws.
3 Don’t eat
1. Don’t eat mother’s zongzi
e eating zongzi is a food custom of the Dragon Boat Festival and a custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will make zongzi, cook zongzi, and eat zongzi, but the daughter cannot eat zongzi when she returns to her parents’ home. In ancient times, feudal thoughts were serious, and it was believed that the married daughter was a family member of the in-laws’ family. The "duan" in the Dragon Boat Festival means to leave. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "if you eat zongzi in your parents’ family, there will be no relative left." Of course, this is without scientific basis and is an exaggerated way of writing.
2. Don’t eat overnight dishes
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Dragon Boat Festival is here, and the summer solstice is not far away. It slowly enters the hottest time of the year, which is also the time when " Five Viruses " (five Viruses refer to centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos, toads) and bacteria are most active. Leftovers are placed on the table and are easily crawled by pests and spoiled. Eating these foods is not good for the body, so you don’t eat overnight dishes. Although there is a refrigerator now, the refrigerator is not omnipotent, so it is best to eat as much as you want and stir-fry.
3. Do not eat dumplings
dumplings are traditional delicacies. Although they belong to pasta, they are "eat from north to south". They are loved by people in the north and south, especially in the north. Dumplings are inseparable from festivals. However, you cannot eat dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival because dumplings are composed of fillings and dough skins. After wrapping, they are round and bulging, symbolizing reunion. The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to commemorate old friends. It seems inappropriate to eat dumplings, so you don’t eat dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival.
4 Don’t go to
1. Don’t go to the wild
The old saying goes, “I’m not afraid of ghosts on July 15th, I’m afraid of the water of Dragon Boat Festival.” The Dragon Boat Festival is already mid-summer and the weather is relatively hot. Many people think that summer is here and it’s swimming season again, so they can’t help but go to the wild to find a place to swim. This is not advisable.
Although the Dragon Boat Festival is in summer, the water temperature is still relatively low at this time. It is easy for people to cramp their legs after getting into the water, which leads to tragedy. In addition, there is a lot of rain in summer and the water level is uncertain. This is very dangerous for unfamiliar wild environments, so don’t go swimming in the wild.
2. Do not go to dark and humid places
Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, the five poisons are coming out, and the restlessness is uneasy; on the Dragon Boat Festival, it is also the time when the yang energy is the most prosperous in the year. At this time, toads, centipedes, snakes, geckos, scorpions and various bacteria are also the most active times, and these pests often like to lurk in dark and humid places, so it is recommended not to play in dark and humid places. If it is for labor, remember to take good protection.
3. Don’t kill animals
0 Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and evil spirits. Often, many people like to release animals and pray for blessings, so this day is not suitable for killing animals. If you need any meat, you can prepare it in advance and try to avoid killing animals on the festival day to avoid destroying the festive atmosphere. It is also unlucky to get blood.
4. Don’t go far
" Siku Quanshu " says: "The world is afraid of Yang Gongji , and it is also recorded in general books. It is said that it is not suitable for traveling on the day, and it is unfavorable to commit crimes..." Yang Gongji is also called "Yang Gong's Thirteen Talks". The Thirteen Talks correspond to thirteen days, and the Dragon Boat Festival ( fifth day of the fifth month ) happens to be the fifth day of Yang Gongji.
In fact, there is a basis for not traveling far away during the Dragon Boat Festival. First, there are many storms in summer, which is inconvenient to travel far away. Second, it is strong yang energy and active poisons and bacteria, which are easy to cause harm to people. In ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival was also called " poisonous moon ", so it is better not to travel far away.
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