The annual Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and it happens to be a consecutive holiday. Many people will choose to go out for a walk or gather with their families to eat rice dumplings. However, there are still some taboos in the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as pregnant women should not have children, It is not allowed to play in the water, visit the doctor, get married, move, or even put mugwort and calamus at the door to ward off evil spirits. In this article, I will tell you what are the taboos of the Dragon Boat Festival. Try to avoid doing these things. Prevent your fortune from being particularly bad this year.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboos 1. Hang mugwort and calamus at the entrance to avoid evil spirits
Traditionally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival is a day to avoid evil spirits. You can put mugwort and calamus at the door of your home to avoid evil spirits. It is recommended to complete it before 3 o’clock.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 2. Avoid sending rice dumplings in bunches
Every Dragon Boat Festival, relatives and friends will send rice dumplings, but you should pay special attention to sending “loose” rice dumplings on this day. Do not string them all together. You can just cut the threads before sending them. This is mainly because of the custom of “hanging meat rice dumplings”. According to the bad luck theory, it means an unlucky person to commit suicide by hanging himself.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 3. Playing in the river is prohibited
The Dragon Boat Festival can be said to be the day with the most good friends. According to customs, it is also said that this day is particularly prone to water ghosts. It is also a day with a higher chance of “catching”. Please do not go to the deserted river to play in the water to avoid encountering water ghosts. Accidents are particularly likely to occur, so it is recommended to go to a swimming pool with lifeguards nearby.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 4. Avoid weddings and funerals
Since the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar, happens to be a very unlucky day, it is not suitable to hold weddings or visit patients, and avoid going to funeral homes, funeral parlors, cemeteries and other cloudy places to avoid being easily struck by evil spirits.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 5. Don’t lose the sachet
During the Dragon Boat Festival, it is customary for children to wear sachets, which can also drive away the plague. Be careful not to lose them. There is a legend that if you lose the sachets you are wearing, it will be like losing the protection of your amulet. Lead to disaster in words.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 6. Sexual intercourse is prohibited
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the world will be filled with filthy gases, and the body’s magnetic field will be particularly fragile. If you have sex on this day, poisonous gases will enter the body and affect your body.
Dragon Boat Festival Taboo 7. It is not suitable to have children
The ancients believed that the Dragon Boat Festival was the most poisonous day of the year. They believed that this day was not suitable for childbirth. The birth of a child would bring bad luck and have a bad impact on the parents. In ancient times, pregnant women would give birth to children on that day. Try to endure it as long as possible until the next day, but it is recommended to depend on the physical condition of the pregnant woman. If the baby is really going to come out, it should be welcomed happily.
After reading the above seven points of attention and taboos on the Dragon Boat Festival, some of them may be very absurd and unrealistic, but you can still increase your cultural understanding through these customs. However, modern people still have some special or strange feelings about the Dragon Boat Festival, such as Watching the dragon boat competition, setting eggs at noon, and experiencing making rice dumplings, etc., can make the whole family very happy.
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