What is the Dragon Boat Festival also called? What other names are there?
Dragon Boat Festival is called the Chongwu Festival , Duanyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Magnolia Festival, Shangri, When the Five Seasons, Hidden Noon Festival, Girls’ Festival, Ground Wax Festival, Zongzi Festival, Zhengyang Festival, May 5th, May Festival, Calamus Festival, Ai Festival, Tianyi Festival.
Introduction to the name of the Dragon Boat Festival
The original meaning of the word "Duan" in "Dragon Boat Festival" is "positive", and "five" (wu) is medium."Dragon Boat Festival" (Duanwu), "Zhongzheng" is also, this day at noon is the middle of the middle.In addition, Duan also has the meaning of "early", so the first noon day of the fifth (noon) month is called the Dragon Boat Festival.The ancients used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches as the carrier.The ancients used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the chronology, chronology, chronology, chronology, and chronology.According to the stem and branch calendar, according to the order of the twelve terrestrial branches, the fifth month is "Wuyue", the afternoon of the afternoon is called "Chongwu", and the afternoon of the afternoon is called "Chongwu".It is also called "Yangchen", so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Duanyang".On the Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the flying dragon is in the sky, and the dragon star is in the position of "Zhongzheng", which means good luck.
Another name for the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival has the most names among all traditional Chinese festivals, with more than 20 names, such as the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chongwu Festival, and the Duanyang Festival , Duanwu Festival, Chongwu Festival, When the Five Seasons, Tianzhong Festival, Summer Festival, Ai Festival, Shangri, May Festival, Calamus Festival, Tianyi Festival, Herbal Festival, Bath Lan Festival, Girls’ Day, Noon Day Festival , Dila Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Dragon Day Festival, Zongzi Festival, Wuhuang Festival, Poet Festival, Qu Yuan Day, Hidden Wu Festival, Jie Zong Festival, Duan Li Festival, May 5th, May Day Noon and so on.
Tianzhong Festival
Due to the fact that the Dragon Boat Festival is just around the summer solstice, the direct point of the sun is at the Tropic of Cancer, and the position of the sun in the sky is the middle of the year, hence the name.Tian Rucheng of the Ming Dynasty, "Tourism of the West Lake, Volume 20, Xi Dynasty Pleasures":"Dragon Boat Festival is the Tianzhong Festival because the sun travels to the middle of the sky at noon and reaches the highest point, especially at noon."
Chongwu Festival
The ancient method of era of stems and branches, with the heavenly stems and earthly branches as the carrier, the epochs used the heavenly stems and earthly branches.The first Dragon Boat Festival is the noon moon and noon day of the Ganzhi calendar, the first month is Jianyin, the fifth month is the noon moon, and the noon moon noon day is called the Chongwu.In the Han Dynasty, due to the unification of the North and the South and the change of the calendar, the imperial court, in order to facilitate the festival, stipulated that the annual Dragon Boat Festival should be changed to the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon boat racing was the earliest form of sacrificial activity for ancient ancestors to worship dragon ancestors.Tribal totem or protector.Picking up a dragon boat is an important activity on the Dragon Boat Festival, so it is also called the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dangwu Floods
In some rural areas of Shanghai, near the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, such as Fengxian, Nanhui and other areas, it is customary to call "Duanwu Festival" as "Dangwu Floods".There are also some areas called "the afternoon of May".
Dragon Festival
Ancient ancestors sacrificed dragons on the Dragon Boat Festival.The Dragon Boat Festival was actually a "dragon festival" at that time.On the Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, "Flying Dragon is in the Sky", Canglong’s main star "Big Fire" (Antelius II) hangs high in the middle of the sky, and the Dragon Qi (Yang Qi) is strong.The "dragon" mentioned in the lines of "Book of Changes Qian Gua" is essentially an elucidation of the operation of the Canglong Qisu at the four seasons of the year.
Bath Lan Festival
Dragon Boat Festival is midsummer, which is a season of frequent skin diseases, and Dragon Boat Festival is the strongest day of the year for herbs and trees.The herbs collected on this day treat the skin.It is the most effective and effective for disease and evil spirits.Folks have the custom of picking herbs and boiling water for bathing on the Dragon Boat Festival, so it is called the Yulan Festival.The "Da Dai Li" in the Han Dynasty said:"bath with orchid soup at noon".
Last Sun
Dragon Boat Festival, in some places’ is called "Shang Sun", which means "God’s Day".It also means good day and festival.
Acorus and wormwood festival
The ancients believed that iris and wormwood had the effect of warding off evil spirits.The Dragon Boat Festival was full of yang, and the wormwood and iris were flourishing.Every year, people hang iris on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival.Or the custom of wormwood to ward off evil spirits, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Acorus Festival" and "Ai Festival".
Hidden Noon Festival
May, in ancient times, was called the "evil moon" in the northern Central Plains, so in some places on the Dragon Boat Festival, parents put children under one year old., sent to the grandmother’s house to hide in order to avoid evil, so it is called "Hidden Noon Festival".
Daughter’s Day
Ming Shen Bang "Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes":"Daughter’s Day in May, is the Dragon Boat Festival, wearing Ai Ye, five poisonous charms.Wansu is from the first to the fifth day of May On this day, I act as a little girl, and do my best to study.Married daughters also go back to their homes, because it is called Daughter’s Day."
Dila Festival
Taoism divides the whole year into five laks.On the first day of the first lunar month, Tianla, on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month.According to the "Emperor to Dao Taiqing Jade Book" and "Yunji Seven Notes", the fifth day of the fifth month in May is the day when the five emperors gather together.Seeing the good and evil deeds by the descendants of the world, to convict the blessing, and to set the official title of the new person.Taoism believes that several ten days of the year are auspicious days, suitable for worshiping ancestors and gods to obtain blessings.
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