there will be many customs during the Dragon Boat Festival, and different places will have different customs. Sticking a rooster is a very special custom, which will be popular in many places. When is the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's take a look at it with sihai.com.
Why do I paste cocks on Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat Festival is a day for disease elimination and epidemic prevention. There are customs such as hanging Acorus calamus, mugwort leaf, eating five yellow and five red among the people. They hope to dispel the evil spirits and make the whole year smooth and beneficial without disease and disaster. There is a saying in the folk that roosters drive away evil spirits, which should also be for a good lottery.
When is the Dragon Boat Festival? Dragon Boat Festival is one of the major festivals in China. Every time people go house to house, they will arrange things about Dragon Boat Festival. Of course, in some places, there is a legend that the Dragon Boat Festival pastes cocks. There is a folk saying that cocks drive away evil spirits, which should also be for a good start. On Dragon Boat Festival, when the sun doesn't rise, it's time to stick the cock. About 6 o'clock in the evening before Dragon Boat Festival!
The custom of sticking rooster on Dragon Boat Festival originated in ancient times. May is a bad month, and the fifth day of May is a bad day. People in Shuozhou think that the children born on that day are unlucky. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the fifth day of may gradually merged into the Dragon Boat Festival. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of urban and rural people. Drinking realgar wine is also an important custom of Dragon Boat Festival. In addition, there is also the custom of "Dragon Boat Festival arrives, and Artemisia is planted" in the house. It is said that wormwood can be boiled and drunk after it is dried, which can detoxify and eliminate diseases, avoid fatigue and fatigue, so it is particularly attractive to pick. In the field, there was a lot of laughter, and the festival atmosphere became more intense here. In terms of family safety, children have always been the focus of protection during the Dragon Boat Festival. There is a saying in the folk that "Dragon Boat Festival arrives, wearing Xiangbao". In addition to the sachet, five colors of money should be used to rub the sachet into a rope. After putting it in front of the God for blessing, it should be tied to the child's wrist, ankle and neck. It is called "hundred rope". It can only be removed after wearing it for a hundred days. Shuozhou Dragon Boat Festival also has a special place, that is, every family should paste on the door with red and yellow paper cut into cock, manly, high spirited, to avoid evil and pray for blessings.