Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, and southern Fujian are usually called "May Festival". шwщ

Dragon Boat Festival is said to be a traditional festival commemorating Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan, also known as Zhengze and named Lingjun, was born in Danyang, Hubei in Danyang, Hubei, and was a descendant of Qu Xia, son of King Wu of Chu. Although Qu Yuan was loyal to King Huai of Chu, he was repeatedly excluded. After King Huai died, he was exiled because King Qingxiang believed in slander and eventually died in Miluo River. Later generations commemorated him for his gratitude to him.

This statement first comes from Wu Jun's "Xu Qixie Ji" in the Liang Dynasty and Zong Yan of the Southern Dynasty's "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji".

It is said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, local people rowed boats and rescued him when they heard the news. They walked to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was never seen. At that time, it happened to rain, and small boats on the lake gathered next to the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that it was to salvage the wise minister, Doctor Qu, they went out in the rain again and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake.

From then on, in order to express condolences, people rode on the rivers, and then gradually developed into a dragon boat race.

Later, the people were afraid that fish and shrimps in the river would eat his body, so they went home and brought rice balls to the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan's body. Later, it became a custom of eating rice dumplings. Wenxiu of the Tang Dynasty once wrote a poem "Dragon Boat Festival": "Who says the Dragon Boat Festival? It's been rumored to be Qu Yuan forever. It's a joke that the Chu River is empty and cannot be washed away by the injustice of the ministers."

This statement is the most widely stated, but in truth, the Dragon Boat Festival may not be the purpose of commemorating Qu Yuan.

On May Day, the people in Nanzhou will not only row dragon boats and eat rice dumplings, but will also tie calamus, pomegranate branches, banyan branches, mugwort, rice seedlings and other things with red ropes, hang them in the door window, and hold one of them with a bunch of calamus to worship the well god. After worshiping, the tied calamus will be thrown into the well to pray for peace and get the blessing of the well god. In addition to these, Nanzhou will also use realgar to mix wine and sprinkle the inside and out of the house.

In the minds of the ancients, the Dragon Boat Festival was a poisonous day and a bad day.

This season is summer again. The weather is hot and people are prone to illness. In addition, snakes and insects are prone to bite people, so this kind of custom has been formed, such as sprinkling realgar wine on the walls, doors and windows, drinking pony wine, hanging calamus mugwort to avoid insects and remove filth, so it may not be to commemorate Qu Yuan.

In Nanzhou, people on the water rowing dragon boats did not commemorate Qu Yuan, but to worship the Narcissus King.

The Narcissus is the protector of the people on the water. He is the most incense-prone water god besides Mazu. The people on the water rowing dragon boats are also called Narcissus. In the old days, there was a boat drowned. Seeing that the boat was about to sink, the people in the boat were panicked and didn't know what to do. Suddenly, an old man shouted, "Look at Narcissus." After hearing this, the people on the boat quickly took out the oars and other objects. They rowed forward with force, and recited the Narcissussus, and finally rowed to the shore.

Later, the people on the water were grateful for the protection of the Narcissus King. They worshiped and prayed for the Narcissus King in this way.

However, the Songjiabao does not worship the Narcissus King, so it is just a simple dragon boat ride.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, crowds of people were surging on the bank of the stream outside Songjiabao. A large number of little kids who had not attended classes and a large group of old women who were fine were running to the shore to watch people row dragon boats. The stream was surrounded by water. On this day of the year, Songjiabao would invite surrounding villages to row dragon boats, and set up first prizes, second prizes and third prizes to reward the top few who had the best rows. The first prizes were 10,000 yuan, the second prizes were 5,000 yuan, and the third prizes were 1,000 yuan, and the third prizes were not allowed to be won later. However, there were no noodles and salty porridge for boaters to eat, and even if there was no reward, they could have a full meal.

Early in the morning, Song Yuanshan asked people to arrange some tables and chairs in the open space by the stream, which were for the leaders who came to visit, and the others could only stand aside.

Song Wen, Huang Xi, Xiaojun, Lu Aner and others stood on the bank of the stream not far away.

Today is Dragon Boat Festival, and Lu Aner, the little kid, is on holiday again, so he ran over to find Huang Xi to come here to play. He didn't understand why this little guy likes to run here so much, and he doesn't feel that there is anything good here. Moreover, he is not tired when he goes back and forth like this!

He didn't know what Huang Xi and Xiao Jun were thinking, so he actually accompanied a little kid to join in the fun. Of course, he warmly welcomed them, but how could Huang Xi and Xiao Jun come together to call him? If one of them comes, they can communicate to each other in the evening, but Huang Xi and Xiao Jun come together, he doesn't have the courage to not eat the meat and the birds fly backwards.

At nine o'clock, all the dragon boaters and leaders who came to visit were here, and the dragon boat race was about to begin.

A firecracker sounded, and the dragon dance team invited by the village and the lion formation in the village performed in the open space by the stream. The green lion roared and the yellow dragon roared, which was very beautiful. After the dance, the drums sounded and the dragon boat race began.

On the stream, gongs and drums were sounding, and the sounds were heard. The men who were rowing dragon boats were paddling hard, sweating profusely and wet their clothes.

The crowds on the shore were surging, cheers were thundering, and the atmosphere was very warm. The "Song of the Ferry Competition" by Zhang Jianfeng, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, proved that: "...The silk clothes on both sides were fragrant, and the silver hairpin shone on the sun like frost blades. The sound of the drums was three times. The red flags were blooming; the two dragons jumped out of the floating water. The shadows of the boats flew thousands of swords, and the sound of the drums slashed the waves and thunder. The drums were getting closer and closer, and the two dragons looked at the mark as if they were in a flash. People on the slope shouted thunder and thunder, and the colorful rainbows were hanging on the pole. The boat in front had already won the mark, and the ship behind had lost its power and shook it...."

Lu Aner excitedly took the phone and took a photo, planning to go back for her parents to see it, and show it to her classmates. Song Wen next to her glanced at the high-definition widescreen phone in her hand, and then looked at the phone in her hand that was too counterfeit and not as trendy as a mobile phone. She felt a little inferior. She thought that she had time to go to Nanzhou and had to change her phone.

In the past, he thought that mobile phones were enough for calls, so they didn’t work, mainly because they were cheap. Now, looking at Lu Aner’s photography is so clear that she is envious. It seems that mobile phones can’t be used for calls.

"Dong, dong, dong, dong"

The first round of dragon boat race ends and there is an intermission break.

Lu Aner put down the phone he was photographing and said excitedly: "It looks so good." He asked Song Wen next to him curiously: "Uncle, why haven't you gone down to row the dragon boat! Look, people are rowing when they are older than you."

Song Wen smacked his lips. Why did he feel so strange when he heard this? It seemed that it was not a comforting word. Seeing Huang Xi and Xiao Jun also looked at him, he quickly found an excuse and said, "I have diarrhea recently, and my body is a little weak and I can't beat it." Is it because I don't want to beat it? I can't beat it.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Aner heard this, he hummed in anger, then grimaced at him and said, "You are just lazy, just like my father, too lazy. Last time a cicada came from the tree in my yard, and it sounded so good. I asked him to climb the tree to catch it, and he said his stomach was uncomfortable; if he asked him to help me do my homework, he said he was dizzy; if he asked him to cook food for his mother, he said that the food he cooked was not delicious. I think you are just like my father, a super lazy person."

That's your father, what does it have to do with me? Song Wen rolled his eyes and thought.

Huang Xi and Xiaojun next to him saw Song Wen being scolded by Lu An'er, looked at each other and laughed. Song Wen was very angry. However, in broad daylight and in front of everyone, he could not do anything, so he had to record the account and find an opportunity to repay him later.

After a while, the gongs and drums sounded again, and the dragon boat competition began again. Lu An'er continued to shoot regardless of talking to Song Wen.

In the afternoon, drizzled in the sky, which relieved the hot weather.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, several beauties of all sizes left again. When Xiaojun left, she asked Song Wen to prepare, because the expo in Xi'an was about to begin, so she wanted to bring people to arrange the things at home first. Let him arrange the things at home so that he would not be in a hurry when leaving.

Song Wen brought the things he should bring with him, and asked his father to come and help him see the yard, and fed chickens, ducks, and other poultry. Then he followed Xiaojun and a few younger sisters who were going with him to board the plane to Xi'an. To be continued.

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