The Dragon Boat Festival
Jun 06, 2019
Tomorrow is our traditional festival "Dragon Boat Festival", and we will have a holiday from 7th to 9th of June. And below is about our Dragon Boat Festival for your learn,
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Heavy Lunch Festival, the Midday Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zhengyang Festival, the Bath Lan Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc., is one of the four traditional festivals in China. The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of the heavens and the evolution of the dragons from ancient times. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in the inheritance and development. The Dragon Boat Festival is carried out in the form of praying for blessings, crushing evils, and so on. The content is rich and colorful, and it is lively and festive. Prayers and sorrows are mainly used to draw dragon boats and sacrifice dragons. The customs of crushing evils and disasters mainly include hanging wormwood, dipping dragon boat water, washing herbal water, and wear five color lines. The festival foods mainly include scorpions and Wuhuang. Through the various traditional folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival, it can not only enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses but also inherit and promote traditional culture.
