Chapter 22 The third part is the special impression of the Dragon Boat Festival on the 22nd day

When it comes to celebrating festivals and viewing lanterns, everyone has a different experience. China is a big country in the world, with a large land area, a large population, a long history, and different languages, cultures and customs of different ethnic groups throughout the country. Therefore, there are many kinds of festivals throughout the year, using different methods, respectively in the mountains, by the water, and in the countryside. , town held.Belongs to the individual and every family has a share.These festivals affect all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, enrich the content of people's lives, expand the historical and cultural outlook, and deepen the feelings of national unity.Generally eat such as rice cakes, rice dumplings, moon cakes, Laba porridge, play such as fireworks, fireworks, swings, kites, lanterns, spinning tops, rabbit masters, fat Fu, wear such as tiger hats, cat shoes, make dragon boats and watch lanterns with hundreds of children. Tu's dresses, waistcoats, saliva and aprons... are all closely related to festivals.The ancient festivals have been extended for two or three thousand years, and the later ones have a history of thousands of years. Its various origins and ceremonies have been mentioned in ancient books such as classics and history.Most of the festivals are usually related to agricultural production, and a small part are derived from celebrity stories or myths and legends. Therefore, although some festivals are national, they still retain some regional characteristics.For example, to commemorate Qu Yuan’s May Dragon Boat Festival, wrapping zongzi, hanging puai, and wearing pomegranate flowers has become a national habit, but the excitement and happiness brought by the southern dragon boat races to young people, women and children is by no means growth. What people in the northern plains can imagine!

To the south of the big river, wherever there is a river that can pass ships, no matter whether it is a big city or a small city, the Dragon Boat Festival must hold a boat race as usual.These specially-made dragon boats are narrow and long, and some are divided into five colors, with high heads and tails and very flexible rotation.It is usually placed on the shore, and before the festival comes, twenty or thirty specially selected young people will send you into the water amidst the sound of firecrackers, laughter and shouts.The fifth day is called Xiaoduanyang, and the fifteenth day is called Big Duanyang. The official competition is from the third day to the fifth day, or from the fifth day to the fifteenth day.The children of fishermen in the Yuanshui River Basin can't enjoy themselves during the day, and they continue to play at night. After midnight, when people who live by the river wake up from their sleep, they can still hear the sound of gongs and drums floating on the water.In recent years, my memory has been declining, but more than 40 years ago, I spent the Duanyang Festival in a 600-mile-long Yuan River and five tributaries in some big cities and small towns. It is still clear and clear in memory, without fading or out of shape.

Therefore, it can also be associated with many works of art with the theme of "Dragon Boat Row".The dragon boats that appeared earlier seem to correspond to the Dunhuang murals, in which the princes of the East sat on them to meet the Queen Mother of the West and traveled far away, symbolizing "driving six dragons to control the sky".Although the painting was completed by the hands of the Northern Dynasties, the earliest manuscripts may date as early as the Han Dynasty.This article was written in 1963, and ten years later (1973) the figure of riding a dragon was unearthed in Changsha bullet library, which reflects this speculation.The second is "Luo Shen Fu Picture Scroll", which also has a similar but different dragon boat, as if "driving a jade ball and passing away together", as a suspense of Cao Zhi's nostalgia for Luo Shen.Although it has always been regarded as the work of Gu Kaizhi, a great painter of the Jin Dynasty, it may have been produced later.There is also a copy of the "Afang Palace Picture Scroll" written by Li Zhaodao of the Tang Dynasty that is several feet long. There are also several ornately decorated dragon and phoenix boats, rippling calmly in the clear waves, echoing the magnificent architectural complex.It's just that some of these dragon boats are similar to wheelless carts parading in the water and clouds, and some are directly related to the May Dragon Boat Festival.From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the more famous paintings include Zhang Zeduan's "Golden and Ming Contest", Song Dynasty's "Dragon Boat Festival", Yuan Dynasty Wang Zhenpeng's "Dragon Boat Race", Song Dynasty's "West Lake Race", and Ming Dynasty's "Dragon Boat Race". ... Although the paintings are not large, they are quite vivid and beautiful, reflecting part of the historical truth.The Forbidden City has a collection of paintings of dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival in May in the early December of the Qing Dynasty, and the paintings are extraordinarily gorgeous and lively.

In addition, the Ming and Qing Dynasties crafted dragon boats made of ivory, bamboo wood, and red carvings filled with lacquer.As for the application to daily life, there is no such thing as folk cross-stitch embroidery in the southwestern provinces: quilt covers, tent eaves, door curtains, pillow handkerchiefs, aprons, handkerchiefs, headscarves, and children's waistcoats, saliva, and flower hats. "Dragon Boat Row" as the theme, with various artistic expressions, is extremely exquisite and excellent.When local women make these embroidery, as a rule, they must interweave the memories of personal festivals, happy wishes of newlyweds and mothers for the family, love and concern for children, together with colored silk threads into the patterns.The multicolored prints of dragon boat racing are especially popular among women and children living in rural areas and living on fishing boats and cargo ships for many years. They can arouse all kinds of happy memories and associations in them.