Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals in China. The four major traditional festivals in China include the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved the inclusion of the Dragon Boat Festival on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, making it the first Chinese festival to be recognized as a world intangible cultural heritage.
About the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
Different places have different opinions on the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival: some say it is to commemorate Qu Yuan, some say it is to welcome Wu Zixu, and some say that "May 5th" is an "evil day", so everyone drinks realgar wine and hangs mugwort to avoid the epidemic. So, how many opinions are there about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's summarize them together today:
The first opinion: Some people think that the Dragon Boat Festival is a "Dragon Festival". Mr. Wen Yiduo proposed in "Dragon Boat Festival Examination" and "Historical Education of Dragon Boat Festival" that the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival for totem sacrifices held by the ancient Wu and Yue people. The Dragon Boat Festival is a "Dragon Festival".
The second theory: Some people believe that the Dragon Boat Festival is a commemoration of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan of the Chu State. After Qu Yuan jumped into the river, the people of the Chu State were extremely sad. In order to prevent the fish and shrimp in the water from eating Qu Yuan's body, they took a boat to drift along the river and threw rice balls into the water. Later, it evolved into the custom of eating zongzi and dragon boat racing.
The third theory: According to the "Book of Rites", the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the Zhou Dynasty's orchid bathing.
The fourth theory: According to Cai Yong's "Qin Cao" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the sage Jie Zitui.
The fifth theory: Gao Cheng of the Song Dynasty published an article in "Shiwu Jiyuan" stating that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from King Goujian of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period.
The sixth theory: Liang Zongjing's "Jingzhou Sui Shi Ji" relayed that the Dragon Boat Festival is to welcome the "Wave God" Wu Zixu. Every Dragon Boat Festival, the people in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas would go upstream and hold various ceremonies to mourn Wu Zixu.
The seventh theory: According to the book "Hui Ji Dian Lu", the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the filial daughter Cao E. It is said that Cao E was from Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father drowned in the river for several days, and his body was not found. At that time, Cao E was only fourteen years old. She cried along the river day and night. After seventeen days, she threw herself into the river on May 5th and carried her father out of the house five days later.
The eighth theory: It is recorded in the "Tao Shu" that the fifth day of May is the day to worship ancestors.
The ninth theory: People in the Han Dynasty believed that May 5th was an evil month and an evil day. Babies born on May 5th, whether male or female, could not be raised to adulthood. Once raised, boys would harm their fathers, and girls would harm their mothers. Therefore, people planted mugwort leaves and drank realgar wine on this day to "ward off evil spirits".
The tenth theory: There is a folk legend that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from Mianyang, Hubei. Four heroes specialized in robbing the rich and helping the poor. Later, they were surrounded and suppressed by local officers and soldiers. They had no choice but to throw themselves into the river and die on May 5th. In order to commemorate them, the local poor people set May 5 as the "Dragon Boat Festival".
Dragon Boat Festival customs
Dragon Boat Festival customs are rich and varied. Due to different regional cultures, there are some small differences in details. For example:
• Dragon Boat Race: Dragon Boat Race is the most common Dragon Boat Festival custom. The atmosphere is warm, and the momentum is huge. It is a large-scale event that people love to see.
• Playing Polo: Polo is riding on a horse and hitting the ball with a stick. It was called Jiju in ancient times. It is one of the main entertainment activities of the Dragon Boat Festival in the north. Tang Xuanzong and others like this activity very much.
• Fighting Grass: This kind of fighting grass, which determines the winner by the strength of the pulling force of the person and the pulling force of the grass, is called "fighting with force". In addition to "fighting with force", there is also "fighting with literature". "Fighting with literature" is the name of flowers and plants. This plot also appeared in "Dream of Red Mansions".
• Write talismans and chant spells: In addition to using mugwort, calamus, and garlic, the "three friends of the Dragon Boat Festival" to drive away ghosts, there is another important way to drive away ghosts, which is to hang talismans indoors to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts. The talismans must be written at sunrise or noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, and the writing material must be raw red.
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