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Another name for Dragon Boat Festival
On the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Japanese eat corn and race dragon boats in memory of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet in the Warring States Period. There are many nicknames, which are recorded here for readers.
Dragon Boat Festival: Yin Jian, Xia Zheng, so the fifth month of the lunar calendar is also called the afternoon month. "Local customs" contains: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking corn." An emu is a duck, and a corn millet is zongzi.
Dragon Boat Festival: Chronicle Miscellanies says: "Shijing citizens take the first day of May as the first day, the second day as the second day, and the number is even five."
Heavy five: On the fifth day of May, the number of days in the month is five, so the cloud is heavy five. In Mei's poems in Song Dynasty, there is a poem "Crossing the River after Five Views".
Heavy noon: There were five links in ancient times, so heavy five is also called heavy noon. "Biography of Liu Wencuo, History of Song Dynasty" said: In the middle of next year, send millet and Wan Fan.
Duanyang: On the fifth day of May, every month is sunny, so the clouds are sunny. Yuan Ouyang Xuan's "Fisherman's Pride" has "May Jingshi still wears clothes? Duanyang spreads wine and opens new wax. "
Noon day: that is, noon day. "The Story of Jingchu Times" said: "Save Qu Yuan by boat racing in the afternoon." "Local Conditions and Customs" also contains: "Cook ostriches in the afternoon and wrap sticky rice with leaves to cover yin and yang."
Chinese solar term: The summary says, "May 5th is the number of days, and noon is the Chinese solar term." Water Margin (1 10): "On the Mid-Autumn Festival on May 5th, Song Jiang taught Song Qing to give a big banquet."
Lanpen Festival: In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Dragon Boat Festival was called Lanpen Festival, which was a day for boiling bluegrass soup and bathing. Tang Han's "Flower Years" contains: "Autumn is in the Dragon Boat Festival, and the moon is in the garden." Song and Wu's "Dream of May" also contains: "Five-day afternoon sacrifice, also known as bathing Lanling Festival."
Summer Festival: In the early years of the Republic of China, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month was designated as the Summer Festival.