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Why can't we say happy Dragon Boat Festival? Dragon Boat Festival taboo inventory

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China. It is a very important festival to inherit Chinese culture. As we all know, the Dragon Boat Festival is set up to commemorate Qu Yuan, so every Dragon Boat Festival is the day when we mourn Qu Yuan. Can we say that the Dragon Boat Festival is happy? What are the taboos of the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's have a look.

Can we say happy Dragon Boat Festival

There is a saying that during the Dragon Boat Festival, we should not say that the Dragon Boat Festival is happy, but that the Dragon Boat Festival is healthy, but now many people do not pay attention to it, so in fact, it is OK to say that the Dragon Boat Festival is happy.

The Internet says that the Dragon Boat Festival is not suitable to say 'Happy Festival' to friends, because the Dragon Boat Festival is a sacrificial Festival and a solemn and stirring day. After this festival, you can send 'well-being', but it is not recommended to say 'happiness' to each other. Some professors also said that not all festivals can wish each other happiness, such as Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival! Can only send 'health' to each other. Approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, the reminder was forwarded by many netizens.

However, there is also a saying that 'in fact, the Dragon Boat Festival is different from the Qingming Festival. Although commemorating Qu Yuan, it also has the significance of dispelling diseases, wishing good luck and making everyone happy. " He quoted the ballad 'May 5, is the Dragon Boat Festival, the door is inserted with AI, and the hall is full of incense; The sentence "eat zongzi, sprinkle white sugar and launch the dragon boat into the water happily" refutes that there is nothing that can't be happy. Optimism and openness are also the due meaning of this festival. Don't be too rigid.

Why can't we say happy Dragon Boat Festival

The most direct reason why some people on the Internet put forward that the Dragon Boat Festival can not be said to be 'happy' is that the Dragon Boat Festival is a sacrificial and solemn day, which should not be said to be happy. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is inseparable from Qu Yuan's throwing into the river. Because of this, the Dragon Boat Festival is associated with words such as commemoration and sadness. Netizens also analyzed that according to historical records, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wu Zixu threw himself into the Qiantang River, Cao E saved his father into the Cao E River, and Qu Yuan, a great writer, into the Miluo River. In the eyes of many people, the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of sacrifice, so we can't celebrate too much. Therefore, it's inappropriate to say 'happiness' to each other.

The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is not only a day of sacrifice, but also a day of taboo, but also a solemn and stirring day. Therefore, not all festivals can wish each other happiness. For example, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival can only send each other "health". From this point of view, the Dragon Boat Festival can be described as an important node of disease elimination and epidemic prevention in ancient times. Therefore, it is obviously much more appropriate to say 'Dragon Boat Festival auspicious' and' Dragon Boat Festival well-being '.

Taboo of Dragon Boat Festival

1. Avoid swimming

Some places avoid swimming on this day, especially in places where people have drowned, because people think that the 'drowning ghost' is the most fierce on the Dragon Boat Festival, and they want to find a substitute 'Huanyang'. So there is the custom of throwing zongzi into the river to share and avoid making zongzi.

2. Do not lose the sachet worn by children

In the north, children have the custom of wearing sachets. The sachet worn by children cannot be lost. It is said that if children lose the sachet, there will be a great disaster within a year. After the Dragon Boat Festival, children should throw their sachets into the water in order to avoid fire.

3. Avoid evil day

Because may is a 'bad month' and weighs five, it is an unlucky day, so there is the custom of 'hiding lunch', that is, babies under the age of one year should be sent to grandma's house to hide to escape disasters.

4. Avoid five poisons

People think that may is the time when the five poisons (snake, centipede, scorpion, lizard and toad) come and go. The ballad says, 'it's hot on the Dragon Boat Festival,' non-toxic 'wake up and not peaceful.' The Dragon Boat Festival is intended to remind people to prevent harm and disease. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people should use various methods to prevent the harm of the five poisons. Generally, five poisons are pasted in the house, five poisons are painted on red paper, and then five needles are put on the five poisons, that is, the poisons are stabbed to death and can no longer run wild. This is a relic of exorcism. The folk embroidered five poisons on clothes and adorned them with five poisons, which all meant to expel them. In some places, people cut the five poisons into images (i.e. paper cutting) with colored paper, or paste them on doors, windows and walls. Kang, or tied to children's arms to avoid all poisons.