As a senior foodie in the Great Tiantian Dynasty, when I think of the Dragon Boat Festival, I inevitably immediately think of rice dumplings.

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and the annual battle between sweet and salty is about to kick off.

Wait, is it that only delicious rice dumplings have been passed down since 5000 years?

Of course not, there is a lot left behind ~

In fact, at the beginning, the ancients did not like May, where the Dragon Boat Festival was located. Due to the harsh living environment at that time, and the frequent epidemics in May, insects and beasts from all walks of life gradually increased, May was considered unlucky and called "Evil Moon". Even many children born in May are considered unknown.

In May, the government holds sacrificial activities, and the people also do some activities to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, which gave rise to some customs during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Drink calamus wine

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the ancients also drank calamus wine and realgar wine. It is also believed that these two kinds of wines can repel insects and prevent diseases, so drinking Changmu wine and realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival is very common among the people. Do you still remember how the identity of the White Lady was discovered by Xu Xian? It was just a bowl of realgar wine?

Yulan hanging mugwort

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the ancients would bathe with orchid grass soaked in water to ward off evil spirits and eliminate diseases. This is also the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival being also called the "Orchid Bath Festival".

But during the Dragon Boat Festival, we need not only to use orchid grass, but also to use wormwood. The ancients would hang wormwood on the door, believing that it could repel insects and ward off evil spirits, and also drive away the evil qi. In addition, it will also be made into sachet, etc., for easy wearing.

Equipped with "recruiting soldiers"

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the ancients would weave five-color silk ropes symbolizing gold, wood, water, fire and earth into a bracelet and tie them around their wrists, called "Pibing Soldiers", to pray for peace and avoid evil spirits.

The habit of shooting willows

Shooting willows was originally an old custom in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It was a ritual of worshipping heaven and praying for rain, and later became a custom during the Dragon Boat Festival.

"Shuyuan Miscellaneous Notes" records that every Dragon Boat Festival, the court will give officials some festival rewards and also hold some programs for entertainment. Willow shooting is among them. Compared with this kind of recreational willow shooting, local willow shooting activities are not very entertaining, but pay more attention to martial arts. This is a time when we focus on strengthening our body.

After the development and evolution of several dynasties, willow shooting at the Dragon Boat Festival has become a large-scale national entertainment activity.

Gift fan

The Dragon Boat Festival is at the juncture of spring and summer. As an indispensable frequent visitor in summer, fans have become the super-existent protagonist of the Dragon Boat Festival gifts.

In "Tang Yao Hui", Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty personally wrote a fan's face and presented it to important ministers Zhangsun Wuji and Yang Shidao. The fan was written on it,"To move the breeze." It seems that the custom of giving fan has already existed at this time.

Later, the Dragon Boat Festival fan donation was given the meaning of "evil spirits and cooling down" in folk customs, and the custom of giving fans became more widely spread.

Dragon Boat Festival Fighting Grass

Fighting grass is a very interesting game during the Dragon Boat Festival. In ancient times, fighting grass was divided into martial arts and martial arts.

Fighting is to compare who picks better flowers and plants and has more flowers and plants, and whoever picks flowers and plants will win; or if you use a flower and plant hook to pull a fight, whoever loses. This is the kind I played with when I was a child. The grass I chose has always been the most successful general among my friends.

In ancient times, literary battles generally required a thorough study of literary skills. According to the cultural connotation of flowers and plants, poems related to flowers and plants, etc. can be called a poetry conference about flowers and plants.

Speaking of which, is everyone interested? Do you want to experience the ancient Dragon Boat Festival?

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During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, why don't you come to Shiyan Lake to play? Hand a small fan and play with your friends in fighting hundreds of grass. You can hang a small fragrant sachet of wormwood on your waist. After bathing with orchids, you can go to Tianjie to buy a cup of calamus wine, eat rice dumplings and drink alcohol, and watch the dragon boat at the ferry. Wouldn't it be beautiful?