The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. When I was a child, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, it was the time when the farmers were busy planting rice, and they were all working hard in the fields, and they had no time to celebrate the festival. The old people in the village often say that the fifth day of the fifth month of May is the small Dragon Boat Festival, and the fifteenth day of May is the real Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Big Dragon Boat Festival.
Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat zongzi and row dragon boats, and most people believe that this is to commemorate Qu Yuan. In fact, just because Qu Yuan happened to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people later did not understand the reason, so they mistakenly thought that the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival set up to commemorate Qu Yuan! In fact, the Dragon Boat Festival has a more far-reaching and important meaning than this.
In ancient times, little was known about how the world worked, such as why the seasons changed and how things grew.
As a result, they began to use the method of "pole shadow measurement" to observe the sun. By observing the changes between the sun's light and shadow and the pole, they gradually understood the laws of the sun and the weather. They recorded the changes in the sun's movements and concluded the "24 solar terms", which were of great significance to an agrarian society, as farmers could know the best time to sow and harvest.
There are many words in our daily communication that are influenced by the movement of the sun. For example, "morning, noon, afternoon", "noon", "three poles of the sun", "noon, noon", etc., are actually ways of dividing time according to the position of the sun in the sky. Over time, the position of the sun in the sky changes, resulting in different time periods such as morning, noon, afternoon, etc.
The name "Dragon Boat Festival" also comes from the observation of the sun. In a year when the sun shines on the pole at noon, that is, at noon, it forms the shortest shadow, which is the origin of the "Dragon Boat Festival". Therefore, the "Dragon Boat Festival" is actually a description of the state of the sun before and after the summer solstice, and it is also a way for the ancients to celebrate the solar term of the summer solstice.
Since the Dragon Boat Festival coincides with May, and May is also known as the "Evil Moon" or "Poison Moon", there are correspondingly more customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. In the folk, there is such a saying: "If you don't go to the Dragon Boat Festival, you go to your relatives to cry." ”
The meaning of this sentence is that on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it is best to avoid going to two places, otherwise accidents may occur and cause family members to cry in grief. So what does this mean? The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and everyone should take a look, especially families with children.
1. Remind children not to swim in the wild
Although tomorrow is a working day, it coincides with the first day of the high school entrance examination, and many schools are used as examination rooms, and junior students are studying at home during the holidays.
In hot weather, children may sneak to the pond or river to swim while their parents are away. Swimming in wild rivers and reservoirs is very dangerous, because children are not familiar with the environment of these waters, and they seem calm on the surface, but in fact they are dangerous. In recent years, this has also been an important cause of accidental death of children in rural areas.
2. Don't play in the wild
"Dragon Boat Festival solstice, five poisonous awakening", the weather is hot, many mosquitoes, rats, ants, centipedes, scorpions, and poisonous snakes have come out to move, especially in the remote wild. It has rained in many places in the last two days, and some people may want to go out in the wild while it's cool. But if you are in the grass, if you are not careful, you will be bitten by a poisonous insect, which is also very dangerous. If you are bitten by a venomous snake, the consequences are unimaginable. So to be on the safe side, you should still avoid these places.
The phrase "I don't go to the Dragon Boat Festival and go to my relatives to cry" is a sentence of the ancients, and it is also a sentence left to future generations. During the Dragon Boat Festival, you must not go to these two places, especially the ponds and rivers in the wilderness. Especially if you have children at home, let them keep it in mind.