The wooden boats are shaped and decorated in the form of a Chinese dragon. It is believed that dragon boat racing can be traced back to over 2,000 years ago, when it was a way to worship the Dragon God or Water God. It is said to originate from the legend of people paddling out on boats to seek the body of patriotic poet Qu Yuan (343–278 BC), who drowned himself in a River. Participating In or Attending Dragon Boat Racesĭragon boat racing is the most important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The flavors of zongzi are usually different from one region to another across China. They are wrapped in triangle or rectangle shapes within bamboo or reed leaves and tied with soaked stalks or colorful silky cords.
Zongzi are made of glutinous rice filled with meats, beans, and other fillings. Today only a few of the more traditional older family members will bother to cook their own, while the majority are purchased from restaurants and bakers. In the past, every family would make sticky rice dumplings and pass them out as gifts, receive them, and eat them. Related to Qu Yuan commemoration, the legend says that lumps of rice (not unlike zongzi) were thrown into the river to stop fish eating his drowned body. Zongzi (粽子zòngzi /dzong-dzuh/) are the most traditional Dragon Boat Festival food. The activities include bathing in herbal concoctions, hanging wormwood and calamus, and drinking realgar wine. The activities include dragon boat races and eating glutinous rice dumplings.Īnother category aims to fend off evils and keep people healthy. One is to worship the god of dragon and heroes, such as Qu Yuan. How Do People Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?ĭragon Boat Festival customs can be roughly divided into two categories. It is traditionally a festival for people to (ceremonially) come against diseases and poisonous insects. Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival was originally regarded as a traditional medical and health festival. This made the month seem evil, so people in ancient times regarded it as an important time to prevent diseases and keep evil spirits away.
During the early hot days of summer, people would easily fall ill and epidemics spread. Its earliest origin is related to the fifth lunar month which was known to ancients as the 'month of poison'. However, it is evidenced that the Dragon Boat Festival actually came before the death of Qu Yuan.
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