In Ningbo, my hometown, every Dragon Boat Festival, Acorus calamus and wormwood will be inserted at the door of each house, commonly known as "Pu Jian kills thousands of demons, and the flag of wormwood attracts hundreds of blessings", and some even hang a garlic under the flag of wormwood. Acorus calamus roots can be cut into treasures and hung on the bed. & lt:= & ltL
In modern times, on this day, pharmacies have to settle accounts and give realgar, spice powder and other items to the old customers who patronize that day. Folk, people will make all kinds of sachets filled with cotton and mixed with fragrant powder, with different shapes. There are tiger-shaped, human-shaped, chicken-shaped, zongzi-shaped, diamond-shaped and hydrangea-shaped. It is often hung on the child's chest or bedspread or cradle, thinking that it can exorcise evil spirits. At noon that day, there was a custom of drinking realgar shochu to cure all kinds of poisons, and in rural areas, there was a custom of eating "Huang Wu Six Whites". Cucumber, egg yolk, yellow croaker, eel and eel are called "Huang Wu", while tofu, water bamboo, Chinese cabbage, white striped fish, boiled chicken and boiled pork are called "six whites" (slightly different). On that day, every household will wrap jiaozi and steam it. ^C-Q
It is said that toads, snails and centipedes caught before noon (especially at noon) can be used as medicine, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Medicine Festival". In the old society, married women had to go back to their parents' homes on the Dragon Boat Festival, which was also called "Daughter's Day". The accompanying son-in-law will also prepare a gift "Dragon Boat Festival Bear" and send it to his parents' home. On this day, adults tie five-color hand ropes on children's arms, which are called "health ropes". In the future, when abandoning the rope, sticky rice should be stuck and thrown on the roof tile for birds to live with, saying that children can live a long life without illness or suffering. fB7tFG
In the Republic of China, Zhang's "Ci in December" said: "In May, Duanyang painted a tiger, and Park Jian was possessed; Soak realgar wine in realgar wine, and Atractylodes lancea must be burned at noon. " Depicting the Dragon Boat Festival tiger and distributing the tiger is to use the tiger of the king of beasts to curb the five poisons of snakes, centipedes, lizards, spiders and scorpions, which is another custom in Ningbo. There are cloth tiger toys, tiger-patterned clothes, tiger-headed shoes, tiger-headed pillows, tiger-headed sachets and so on, which are different from place to place. & gtx5N4%(Qz/Mm)
The Dragon Boat Festival is in the early May of the lunar calendar, when insects and flies flourish. At this time, various poisonous insects and diseases began to appear in large numbers, infringing on human health. People get this understanding from their daily life experience, and thus form the habit of using calamus, wormwood, realgar, spices and other items to drive away insects and flies during the Dragon Boat Festival, so as to achieve the effect of exorcising drugs but preventing diseases. C \{
Generally speaking, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are only slightly different from place to place. The customs in Ningbo are similar to those in other places. The superstitious part is gradually eliminated in the new era. We need to keep the scientific part and strive to form healthy and progressive traditional customs.