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The oldest zongzi
The oldest zongzi is Xi 'an's honey-cooled zongzi, which evolved from the "fragrant zongzi" in the "barbecue banquet" held by Juyuan in Tang Wei in the Tang Dynasty for Emperor Zhongzong. Zongzi, formerly known as "Tongzong", was endowed with moral meaning during the Warring States Period and was officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food in the Jin Dynasty. It is one of the traditional foods with the deepest cultural accumulation in the history of China.

Dragon Boat Festival custom:

1, roast dragon boat

Dragon boat picking is an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also a ceremony of ancient dragon totem. Through the Dragon Boat Festival, people pray for blessings, good weather, evil souls and prosperity.

2. Hang wormwood and calamus

On the Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of flowers and plants that can drive away evil spirits and diseases have long been arranged. People regard wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents of the Dragon Boat Festival.

3. Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It has been popular in China for thousands of years, and has become one of the most influential and extensive folk food customs of the Chinese nation, and spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

4. Fly a kite.

A kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk to a bamboo frame and pulls a long line on it. It can be put into the sky under the action of wind, and it belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. In southern China, children flying kites during the Dragon Boat Festival is called "flying disaster".

Step 5 wash herbal water

Herbal water, that is, Mulan soup recorded in ancient books, washing herbal water at noon can cure skin diseases and eliminate evil spirits.

Step 6 tie five-color silk thread

In the traditional culture of China, the five colors "blue, red, white, black and yellow" symbolizing the five elements are regarded as auspicious colors. It was once a popular holiday custom to tie one's arm with colored silk thread during the Dragon Boat Festival.

7. Drink water at noon

Drinking water at noon on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom prevailing in the southern coastal areas. The ancients regarded the water at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival as good luck water.

8. soak in dragon boat water

The heavy precipitation around the Dragon Boat Festival is called Dragon Boat Water, Dragon Boat Water, Dragon Boat Water and Dragon Rain. It is believed that this kind of water is auspicious and has the function of ward off evil spirits.

9. Pei Douniang

In the old days, women's headdresses with five knots were common in Jiangnan. Some areas are also called healthy people. This thing originated from ancient walking and is a different form of Ai people.

10, paste the noon symbol.

In the old days, some places in Guangdong had the custom of posting "noon symbols". After lunch, everyone posted the "noon symbol". Write the words "noon book on May 5" on the sign with vermilion, then hang it on the door and paint it with vermilion to ward off evil spirits.