The tang dynasty in the Dragon Boat Festival

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        "Terminal five festival" Dragon Boat Festival, the original name, also known as the "DuanYangJie", "five" and "ChongWu", a traditional festival. At every Dragon Boat Festival, people eat rice dumplings.

        Recorded in ancient books, the tang dynasty of zongzi, besides using japonica rice, jujube and chestnut and other ingredients. In tang dynasty, the capital chang 'an people used to eat a special kind of Dragon Boat Festival "hundreds of rice dumplings". People often put the rice dumplings wrapped in many colorful silk threads, weave pattern of grass rope, so called "hundreds of rice dumplings". And this day, in the palace of the tang dynasty chang 'an also tend to be rushed out a lot of glutinous rice dough dumplings, let people use small Angle bow to shoot, whoever shot gave to eat.

        Dragon boat racing. Generation after qu yuan had cast jiang, once there are many boats to recover, is formed gradually in the Dragon Boat Festival custom. The tang dynasty is not exceptional also, at that time, the Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of dragon boat racing in the south.

        Often people of tang dynasty in the Dragon Boat Festival day to five-color silk thread woven ribbons, and at length the five-color silk thread woven ribbon is called "the long life of", the "five colours" strands, "of life". Women of the tang dynasty, at the end of the day, the capital chang 'an like with five-color silk thread woven ribbons. The folk wisdom with fitted the tape can prolong life. Minister quan tang dynasty emperor was received at the Dragon Boat Festival reward five-color ribbon, he was delighted to write such a poem: "your time when 5, may one thousand. Color of concentric, light fringing enantiomers fresh." Truly depicts the Dragon Boat Festival custom of wearing a five-color ribbon. In addition to the frame with five-color silk thread woven ribbons, also like people of tang dynasty in the Dragon Boat Festival in several different colors of silk thread woven silk, sewn into round bracelet, for the children to wear on the wrist and ankle, it is said that so we can pray for luck, go in peace.

        Of tang dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival in folk and spread the custom of gift-giving. People always give each other colored silk knitting, or other items. Minister of emperor taizong account during the Dragon Boat Festival to grandson mowgli silk fan and Yang tao said: "when the wind, in order to raise virtue." Tang dynasty during the Dragon Boat Festival, relatives and friends, and colleagues, classmates, between each other to send gifts, have become more common.

        More interestingly, tang dynasty, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival with chinese-style chest covering. Chinese-style chest covering is also called "wrapped belly", the "belly", so this custom is also called "send wrapped belly". Chinese-style chest covering is made of red cloth cut into oval, with embroidered logo, the size of the chinese-style chest covering just cover the child's abdomen, chinese-style chest covering on the tape, can be tied in the child's neck, or so tied at the waist with a belt. Because after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather gradually hot up, child goes to bed at night wear chinese-style chest covering can avoid catch cold catch cold catch cold. People also specially in the chinese-style chest covering embroidered on toad or ruling patterns, to ward off evil spirits, drive out poison.

        In addition, there are making the tribute for the emperor of tang dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival custom of bronze mirror, this is the tang dynasty mirrors craftsmen of a unique customs. Every year Dragon Boat Festival at noon, the tang dynasty mirrors craftsmen in yangzhou Yangtze river boat in the center of the casting bronze mirror, special tribute to the emperor, known as the "son of heaven". , tang dynasty poet bai juyi wrote in "the best refined mirror" a poem: "cast jiangxin wave on the boat, May 5th day noon. Joan powder grinding gold paste jade-like stone has turned into a pool. In the autumn of lens will offer penglai palace, history of yangzhou long hand self-styled. Human ChenQie not pictured, back has a five-year flying dragon." (the king of wu jun)

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