The Dragon Boat Festival, a special issue of the American Asian Dragon Boat Festival, is actually a "health and epidemic prevention Festival"!

The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of may in the lunar calendar every year. According to the records of Jingchu's age, the first afternoon of May is the day of good weather, so the fifth day of May is also called "Dragon Boat Festival".

On the Dragon Boat Festival, it is easy for modern people to think of the customs of eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, wearing sachets and so on. Many people do not know that many customs related to the Dragon Boat Festival, including dragon boat racing, inserting Wormwood Leaves, hanging sachets, spraying realgar wine, etc., all hide the connotation of health care.

After consulting the data from the American and Asian perspective, it is found that the Dragon Boat Festival is an important folk festival in China, because this festival itself is an important starting point for disease elimination and epidemic prevention in a year, wrapped with the cultural connotation why the Chinese nation can flourish. However, this is being forgotten by modern people.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Star is both "Zhongzheng" and "Zhengzheng". It is in the position of "Zhongzheng", which is an auspicious image《 The "dragon" mentioned in the Ci of Yi Qian is essentially an analysis of the operation of the green dragon at four o'clock in a year. The celestial phenomenon "flying dragon in the sky" is endowed with multiple meanings and sustenance, forming the etiquette and customs of offering sacrifices to the dragon to reward the dragon's ancestor's kindness, praying for auspiciousness, expelling evil and bustling disasters, and evolved into "Dragon Boat Festival". The Dragon Boat Festival culture fully embodies the natural view of "the unity of heaven and man" of the ancestors of the Chinese nation. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, which contains profound and rich cultural connotation

The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than 2000 years in China, but with the passage of time, many customs related to it have been gradually simplified and forgotten. Fortunately, some interesting customs are now well preserved in time-honored traditional Chinese medicine houses.

In the eyes of many old Chinese doctors, the Dragon Boat Festival itself is an ancient "Health Festival". Literally, this refers to the Dragon Boat Festival, which advocates "general cleaning".

In ancient times, it was recorded that every household mixed realgar with liquor, sprayed the corners of houses and other shady places to expel snakes and insects. In addition, there is the practice of fighting mosquito smoke, "using traditional Chinese medicine Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica dahurica and all kinds of dry and fierce things, put them indoors and burn them", so as to achieve the functions of removing mold, dampness, mosquito and poison.

In addition, "Health Festival" also implies the meaning of health preservation Festival. Many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are actually related to health care.

Needless to say, dragon boat racing advocates exercise and physical fitness.

Hang Wormwood Leaves and Acorus calamus, kill insects and sterilize. Eat Zongzi to clear away heat and annoyance.

Because traditional Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice has the function of Supplementing Qi and strengthening the spleen. The Zongye used to wrap zongzi has more origin. Lotus leaf is used more. It has the function of clearing heat and dampness and is also a good medicinal material.

Among all these customs, the health preservation feature of hanging sachets is the most typical, which is a good way to prevent infectious diseases. The old Chinese medicine explained that the sachet belongs to the "clothing therapy" of traditional Chinese medicine[ It emits the strong fragrance of Chinese herbal medicine in the traditional Chinese medicine sachet, forms a high concentration small environment around the human body, constantly stimulates the immune system, promotes the production of antibodies, inhibits the growth of a variety of pathogenic bacteria, and can also improve the disease resistance of the body. " Some traditional Chinese medicine doctors say that the fashion of sachets lies in the heart nourishing of slow life and health preserving with fragrance to relieve summer fatigue.

According to the introduction of traditional Chinese medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine in the general sachet includes Atractylodes rhizome, patchouli, Evodia rutaecarpa, wormwood leaf, cinnamon, Amomum villosum, Angelica dahurica, clove, etc. these traditional Chinese medicine have the functions of dispersing wind and expelling cold, strengthening spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain, and dredging nine orifices, so as to play a role in disease prevention. They can be worn on the chest, waist or navel, or hang sachets at the door, indoors or in the car. The aroma of authentic sachet lasts for 3 months to 6 months. It can prevent moths, repel mosquitoes and wake up the brain, which is beneficial to health.

Dragon Boat Festival is the festival with the most folk customs among all festivals. There are many customs everywhere, which can't be mentioned one by one. From the above main customs, a core connotation is cleaning, detoxification, fitness and disaster prevention. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang wormwood branches, hang Acorus calamus, sprinkle realgar water, drink realgar wine, sterilize and prevent diseases. Avoiding evil and detoxification and carrying out various sports and fitness activities can be regarded as China's traditional health and epidemic prevention Festival. Commemorating Qu Yuan is of great educational significance, but we must not lose its original purpose. The original meaning of various folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in health and epidemic prevention seems to be more worthy of our promotion.

"I believe people will have a common feeling. The festival activities they participated in as children are much more interesting and impressive than now."

Compared with cities, the economic development of some rural areas is relatively slow, and the lively atmosphere of traditional festivals has been retained. In rural areas, participating in activities and celebrations together during festivals is originally an important link to maintain ethnic groups and Village neighborhood relations. " But now, the problem of "hollowing out" in rural areas has become increasingly prominent, and the festival atmosphere of traditional festivals has faded a lot even in rural areas.

According to many scholars, social changes, economic prosperity, including the development of scientific and technological progress, people seem to be paying some "costs" while enjoying these benefits - social progress and the "fast life" of contemporary people have had an impact or Deconstruction on traditional cultural customs.

As for the summer solstice, as one of the "four seasons" in the lunar calendar, it is an important node, marking the advent of midsummer. In ancient times, seasons were closely related to farming. It was said that "the days were the longest in the summer solstice, and the farmers in the north depression of the south slope were busy". The main idea is that in the summer solstice, the temperature rise in many areas will directly affect the growth of crops. But now, more people living in cities pay more attention to the summer solstice, more health preservation and what to eat in this season.

The same is true of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is set up in memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. However, as early as the Tang Dynasty, Chu Chaoyang, a poet, wrote "who recommends Qu Yuan's temple for the Dragon Boat Festival", which kindly reminded future generations not only to eat zongzi and race dragon boats for the Dragon Boat Festival, but to forget Qu Yuan himself.

Institutional arrangements are essential to the maintenance of traditional festivals and traditional culture. For example, in recent years, the relevant state departments have arranged the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid Autumn Festival and other traditional Chinese festivals as small and long holidays, which is a great help to the people