Strange customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in various places
Hebei Province
Peiping avoids drilling well water during the Dragon Boat Festival and often pre-pumping before the festival, it is said to avoid well poisoning. Market vendors also sell cherry mulberries during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that if you eat cherry mulberries during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can avoid eating flies by mistake all year round. Each stove food shop sells "Five Poison Cakes", which is a cake decorated with five kinds of poisonous insect patterns. The in-laws of men and women who have been hired in Luan County give gifts to each other during the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival in Zhao County, local officials will hold a party in the south of the city, inviting scholars and doctors in the city to feast and compose poems, which is called "stepping on the willow."
Shandong Province
During the Dragon Boat Festival in Zouping County, people need to drink a glass of alcohol when they get up early. It is said that they can ward off evil spirits. Rizhao Dragon Boat Festival wraps seven-colored threads for children, which they have to wear until the first rain after the festival before being untied and thrown into the rainwater. During the Dragon Boat Festival in Linqing County, boys under the age of seven wear necklaces made of Fu Mai, girls wear pomegranate flowers, and wear yellow shoes made by their mother. Five kinds of poisonous insects are drawn on the upper with a brush. It means using Qu Yuan's ink to kill five kinds of poisonous insects. Jimo washes his face with dew on the morning of Dragon Boat Festival.
Shanxi Province
At the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiezhou, at the World Customs Network, men and women wear mugwort leaves, called "quji", while young children tie hundreds of ropes around their necks. It is said that this is "tying a dragon to Qu Yuan." During the Dragon Boat Festival in Muzhou, villages offer sacrifices to the Dragon King and hang papers in the fields. The Dragon Boat Festival in Huairen County is also known as the "Zhu Gate". During the Dragon Boat Festival in Dingxiang County, students are required to present gifts to teachers. Lu 'an Prefecture uses wheat flour to steam dumplings, called "white dumplings", and uses them together with rice dumplings as gifts to each other.
Shaanxi Province
At the Dragon Boat Festival in Xing 'an Prefecture, local officials led their subordinates to watch the festival, which was called "stepping on the stone". During the Dragon Boat Festival in Xingping County, small horns were sewn with silk, and a small figure was sewn underneath, which was called a "toy doll". During the Dragon Boat Festival in Tongguan County, Pu Ai and paper cattle were pasted on the door, which was called the "town disease".
Gansu Province
Picking roses during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jingning Prefecture is a favorite. At the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhenyuan County presented Xiangfan, Luo Qi, towel handkerchief and Aihu to the newlyweds. The children also invite their fathers and brothers to entertain teachers, which is called "enjoying festivals." During the Dragon Boat Festival in Zhang County, shepherd boys worship mountain gods. Jixinqiu is burned before the crow of the rooster, commonly known as "burning mountains".
Jiangsu Province
During the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiading County, whether rich or poor, you must buy stonehead fish, commonly known as a carp, to cook it. Yizheng County also has a saying of "buy yellow croakers when you buy pants." During the Dragon Boat Festival in Nanjing, families use a box of clear water, add a little realgar and two goose eye coins. Everyone in the family uses this water to wash their eyes. It is called "broken fire eyes". It is said that they can protect against eye diseases for a year. There is a night dragon boat drama in Wujin. At night, small lanterns are hung on all sides of the dragon boat to compete, and there are songs of flute and drum to complement each other.
Sichuan Province
The stone pillars have the custom of "coming out of the Dragon Boat Festival". Four people used two bamboo poles to lift a large square table with a red carpet. On the carpet, bamboo strips were used to weave a Taoist priest riding a tiger. Beat gongs and drums and march in the street. In the old days, there was also the custom of "typing" during the Dragon Boat Festival in western Sichuan. On this day, people in Chengdu bought plums and threw them up and down on the tower in the southeast corner of the city, gathering tens of thousands of spectators. Guangxu 21, 1895) This custom stopped due to conflicts between throwing plum and foreign missionaries. During the Dragon Boat Festival races in Leshan, Xinjin and other places, grand commodity fairs were also held.
Zhejiang Province
Students in Tonglu County and Township School present etiquette to their teachers during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "Yi Si". Doctors collect medicines at noon. Legend has it that the Tianyi Star is in the sky on this day.
Jiangxi Province
Jianchang Prefecture uses Baicao Water to bathe in the afternoon to prevent scabies. Xinchang County drinks it in realgar and dansha wine, which is called "opening the eyes."
Hubei Province
Bahe Town, Huanggang County, welcomes Nuo people during the Dragon Boat Festival, with crowns of flowers and tattoos, and the sound of gold to chase out the epidemic. The Dragon Boat Festival competition in Yichang County is particularly popular on May 13th, 14th and 15th. May 15th is also known as "Daduanyang". Eating rice dumplings and drinking Pu wine is the same as the Dragon Boat Festival.
Hunan Province
During the Dragon Boat Festival in You County, pregnant women and rich people use flower coins and wine for food, while poor people prepare chicken wine, and use bamboo paper money to hold them in front of the dragon boat to pray for safe delivery. Yuezhou Prefecture competes to eliminate disasters and diseases. It is also called "sending plague" by grass boats.
Fujian Province
It was an old custom in Fuzhou for the Dragon Boat Festival, and daughter-in-law would present her daughter-in-law with a shroud, shoes and socks, rice dumplings, and fans every day. Jianyang County regards the fifth day as the day for medicine kings to dry their medicine sachets, and everyone makes sauce on this day. During the Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghang County, small boats tied to reeds to make dragon-shaped plays on the waterside, which is called a race. After the Dragon Boat Festival competition in Xianyou County, paper was presented at Huxiao Lake to commemorate Qi Jiguang's drowning of soldiers here in the 10th year of Jiajing. Before the Dragon Boat Festival in Shaowu Prefecture, women used crimson gauze as a talisman in their bags. Five-color velvet was used to make a square card, connected with colorful thread, and tied it to a hairpin. The young daughter hangs on her back and is called "Dou Niang".
Guangdong Province
After washing your hands with burning talisman water at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival in Conghua County, it was sprinkled on the road, which is called "sending disaster." During the Dragon Boat Festival in Xinxing County, people beat and guided statues from nearby temples. Sorcerers also use Dharma water and pasting talismans to drive out evil and mortal beings. During the Dragon Boat Festival in Shicheng County, children fly kites, which is called "flying disasters."