In ancient times, water monsters acted mischievously and wanted to submerge the land with water to make it their own territory. After the immortal knew about it, and after winning the battle with the water monster, they made an agreement that those with mugwort on the wall were the gods' people, and the water monster was not allowed to infringe. By the time of the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort was all over the houses, except for empty rooms. Only later did the people know that after the war, the gods sprinkled mugwort all over the people's houses. After that, it became the custom to hang wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival. 1. Activities of the Dragon Boat Festival
There are many activities during the Dragon Boat Festival, among which eating rice dumplings is a very famous traditional custom. According to legend, Qu Yuan was very angry and regretful when his country was destroyed and his family was destroyed. After he committed suicide in the river, the people were very sad and did not want the fish in the river to eat Qu Yuan's body. They threw rice balls and other things into the river one after another, so they made rice dumplings and threw them into the river. The custom of throwing rice dumplings. Dragon boat racing is also related to Qu Yuan. In order to protect Qu Yuan's body, a rowing race was held to drive away fish in the river.
The above activities are relatively common, but wearing sachets is not very famous, but there are also many people who wear sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival. Usually parents wear it for their children in order to let their children grow up safely. In order to drive away mosquitoes, mugwort is also hung outside the house. There will be different activities near Jianghuai. Almost every house will hang a portrait of Zhong Kui at the door to exorcise the devil from the house. Others apply some realgar wine on the body, such as on the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet, to prevent diseases. 2. Famous people born during the Dragon Boat Festival
The first person born during the Dragon Boat Festival was the famous Lord Mengchang. When Mengchangjun was born on the fifth day of May, his father was not optimistic about Mengchangjun. He felt that people born at this time were very unlucky, and even wanted to kill the baby Mengchangjun directly. But her mother didn't take it seriously, and still took good care of Lord Mengchang. In the end, Lord Mengchang became one of the four princes of the Warring States Period.
The second famous figure is a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty named Wang Zhene. The same was true when Wang Zhene was born. Some people in the family thought it was very unlucky, but some people thought it was Lord Mengchang who came down to earth, so he was named Zhene. Wang Zhene is very famous in history. Another one is Song Huizong, the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Although he was not very good as an emperor, he was very good at poems, songs, paintings and calligraphy. The works of Huizong of the later Song Dynasty can be said to be priceless treasures.