【Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Notice】

The Dragon Boat Festival holiday is coming.We will have a holiday from June 3rd to 5th and resume business on June 6th.Contact us during the holidays by email to hb@hban.cc

●Do you know these traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival?

Among the many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, the most widely circulated is the one in memory of Qu Yuan. Legend has it that in ancient times, the people of Chu State were reluctant to throw their worthy minister Qu Yuan into the river to die. In order to avoid Qu Yuan's body being buried in the belly of a fish, people spontaneously swept the river to disperse the fish, or threw rice balls into the river in order to obtain the preservation of Qu Yuan's body. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, this custom was passed down and gradually developed into the custom of dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.
 
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc., together with the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four traditional festivals in China, and it is the traditional festival with the most names and customs.

●Dragon Boat Festival Traditions

>>Dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing is an important activity on the Dragon Boat Festival. It was popular in Wu, Yue and Chu in ancient times. Now it is very popular along the southern coast of my country. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people from all over the world and formed an international competition.

>>Hanging wormwood and calamus

Arranging all kinds of flowers and plants that can exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases on the Dragon Boat Festival has a long history. People take wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival. Such as hanging mugwort in the door, "Jingchu Suiji Ji": "Mixing mugwort as a human being, hanging on the door, with poisonous gas." This is because mugwort is an important medicinal plant, and it can be used to make mugwort to treat diseases and moxibustion. The hole can also repel insects.

 

>>Eat zongzi

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river and died, in order not to damage his body by fish and shrimp, people poured rice into the river in bamboo tubes one after another. Since then, in order to show respect and remembrance of Qu Yuan, every day on this day, people will put rice in bamboo tubes and throw them into the river to pay homage.Eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It has a long history and various patterns. Zongzi was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. The custom of eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival is prevalent in China and has spread to North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.