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"Dragon Boat Festival"
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The Dragon Boat Festival combines various folk customs such as avoiding evil and preventing epidemics. Therefore, later generations believe that the Dragon Boat Festival originated from a festival established by the ancients to "avoid evil and prevent epidemics." Chinese culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, and ancient festivals are important carriers of traditional culture. The formation of ancient festivals contains profound and rich cultural connotations. Ancient festivals attach great importance to the belief in ancestors and gods and sacrificial activities. The belief in ancestors and gods is the core of ancient traditional festivals. It is not just about picking one. The day of avoiding evil and preventing epidemics has become a major folk festival that has been passed down through the ages; the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the ancient saying of "avoiding evil and preventing epidemics", which is a misunderstanding of the cultural connotation of ancient festivals by later generations. Worshiping ancestors not only covers all ancient traditional festivals in China, but is also the eternal theme of Chinese folk festivals. Regarding the blessings of the Dragon Boat Festival, most folklorists believe that it was after the Dragon Boat Festival first existed that the commemoration of legendary historical figures was attached to the festival, giving the festival other meanings, but these meanings are only part of the Dragon Boat Festival. Many ancient poems describe the joyful festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival has been a festive day for eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing since ancient times. The lively dragon boat performances and joyful food banquets during the ancient Dragon Boat Festival are all manifestations of celebrating the festival. The Dragon Boat Festival Happiness is tradition. The Dragon Boat Festival is a good day. According to "Jingchu Years' Records": Because when climbing in midsummer, Shunyang is above. May is midsummer, and its first noon is a day when the weather is good when climbing in Shunyang.
Among traditional festivals, in terms of the variety and complexity of folk customs, only the Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival can compare. Both festivals have ritual themes such as praying for blessings and eliminating disasters, which express people's desire to welcome good fortune and receive good fortune, and to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. The Dragon Boat Festival has blended a variety of folk customs into one during its historical development and evolution. There are many Dragon Boat Festival customs, with various forms, rich content, and lively and festive celebrations. There are differences in custom content or details across the country due to different regional cultures. The main Dragon Boat Festival customs include riding dragon boats, worshiping dragons, gathering herbs, hanging mugwort and calamus, worshiping gods and ancestors, washing herbal water, drinking water at noon, soaking dragon boats in water, eating rice dumplings, flying paper kites, watching dragon boats, tying five-color silk threads, and smoking smoke. Atractylodes, sachet and so on. The dragon boat racing activity is very popular along the southern coast of China. After spreading abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has been popular throughout China since ancient times and has become one of the most influential and widespread folk dietary customs in the Chinese nation. During the Dragon Boat Festival, traditional folk activities and performances can not only enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses, but also inherit and promote traditional culture. As an important part of traditional Chinese culture, Dragon Boat Festival culture reflects the long history, breadth and profoundness of Chinese culture. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
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