4hw.com.cn: Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. We all like this kind of national legal holiday, but I don't know if you have thought about it during the Dragon Boat Festival. How do the two words come from? Why is it called Dragon Boat Festival?
How did the word "Dragon Boat Festival" come from
About the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiao Bian has three opinions. Let me share with you:
1. In ancient Chinese, the meaning of "Duan" is the same as "Chu". To call "Duan five" is just like "Chu five". The word "Duan five" is connected with "Wu". According to the order of branches, may is exactly the month of "Wu". And because the noon is "Yang Chen", end five is also called "Dragon Boat Festival". Moreover, May 5, the month and the day are all five, so it is called heavy five, also known as heavy noon.
2. The lunar calendar takes the dizhi period as the month, the first month as Jianyin, the second month as Mao, and the next month as Wu, so it is called Wu Yue, and the fifth day of May is called Dragon Boat Festival. In history, the word "Dragon Boat Festival" was first seen in the book of wind and earth in Zhou of Jin Dynasty, where "Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer and millet are cooked". The official name of "Dragon Boat Festival" was in the period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Because it was born on August 5, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty changed the name of "Duan five" to "Dragon Boat Festival" in order to avoid the word taboo of "Five".
3. The noon on May 5 is exactly the time of poison on the poison day, ranking the top of the three poisons, so it is also called the may end, Dragon Boat Festival, etc.
Which countries are having Dragon Boat Festival
Vietnam: Vietnam is also the Fifth Festival of the fifth lunar month. Their primary contents are eating zongzi and carrying five insect repellents.
Japan: the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan was also introduced from China. During the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan, the first thing is to eat zongzi, eat cypress cake and drink calamus wine to avoid evil.
Thailand: in Thailand, the Fifth Festival is also called baiba Festival, which is the general name of Thai zongzi. Sweet dumplings are called "Jizhang" in Thailand, and meat dumplings are called "bazang".
Singapore: due to the large number of Chinese in Singapore, this festival has also been brought into Singapore. When the Fifth Festival of the fifth lunar month comes, people will not forget to eat zongzi and race dragon boats.
Malaysia: in Malaysia, Dragon Boat Festival is not a very important festival, but on this day, many people eat Zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival.
Philippines: actually, the Philippines not only eats zongzi at Dragon Boat Festival, but also at Christmas.
Germany: in 1989, Dragon Boat activities were introduced to Germany and the first "Dragon Boat Festival" was held in Hamburg. After 1991, the dragon boat competition was carried out in Frankfurt, the financial center of Germany, and has been continued to this day.
United States: from the end of 1979, the annual Boston Dragon Boat Festival was held at the Boston Children's Museum, which has become a traditional American civilization Festival.
Russia: on the eve of the end of the 5th lunar festival in 2004, another ingenious competition, the end of the 5th Dragon Boat Race, kicked off in Russia.
Indonesia: the Chinese in Indonesia regard the end five festival as the first civilized festival to carry forward.
South Korea: Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in South Korea. It is also one of the four major traditional festivals in parallel with Spring Festival, cold food and Mid Autumn Festival. On this day, there are five festivals in Jiangling, which are held to exchange gifts. Speaking of this, let Xiaobian say: 'Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, not in Korea. Don't try to rob. '