What's the name of Dragon Boat Festival
Four seas net: Dragon Boat Festival is one of the aliases of Dragon Boat Festival. As you may not know, Dragon Boat Festival is the most famous of all traditional festivals in China. Each name represents a unique understanding of Dragon Boat Festival. According to statistics, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is the most in all traditional festivals in China, up to more than 20, which can be called the festival alias. Such as Dragon Boat Festival, Duan five Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chong five Festival, Chong Wu Festival, Tian Zhong Festival, Xia Festival, May Festival, Chang Festival, Pu Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Yulan Festival, zongzi Festival and so on.
The Dragon Boat Festival, according to the records of the age of Jingchu, is held in the middle of summer. Shunyang is in the upper part. May is the middle of summer. Its first noon day is the day when the weather is good. Therefore, it is called "Dragon Boat Festival" on the fifth day of May.
The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "double noon Festival" or "double five Festival". In some places, it is also called the "May Festival".
Tianzhong Festival, the ancients believed that on May 5, the sun returned to Zhongtian, so it was called "Tianzhong Festival".
Bathing orchid festival, the Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer. It is a season of skin diseases. The ancients took bathing and decontamination of orchid soup as their custom. The Han Dynasty "Dadai Li" said: 'bathe in blue soup at noon'.
When the ancients ate brown rice on Dragon Boat Festival, there was a game to compare the length of each person's rice dumpling leaves and the elder's victory, so it was also called "Rice Dumpling Festival".
Daughter's day, Ming Shen Bang "Wanshu miscellany": "may daughter's day, Dragon Boat Festival rope, Dai Aiye, five poison talisman.". Wan is popular from the first to the fifth day of May. She acts as a little girl and looks very beautiful. Married women also return home. Call it daughter's day. According to Shen bangwan's miscellany, Yanjing's family is a beautiful little girl from May 1 to 5. The married daughter also returns to ningzan with durian flower, which is called "daughter's Day".
Acorus calamus Festival, the ancients believed that "heavy noon" was a taboo day. At this time, the five poisons were exhausted. Therefore, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival was to drive away evil spirits and avoid poisons, such as hanging Acorus calamus and mugwort leaves on the door. Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Acorus calamus Festival".