Dragon Boat Festival Day 2024 Corresponding to June 10, 2024
Dragon Boat Festival It is another important festival for Chinese people. The Thai-Chinese Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.
This year, the date falls on June 10, 2024. It is an act of worship to remember Qu Yuan, the national nobleman of Chu Province.
How do you worship on the day of worship?
Dragon Boat Festival Chinese people will worship in the morning with Dragonfly and Qi Gang. Respect without having to disassemble the fader. By paying respects at Tee Zhu Aia or shrines and ancestors
Prepare things for festival day
- Arrange the boats to be used in worship in even numbers. (You must remove the dragon fruit from the packaging.)
- Five auspicious fruits: orange, red apple, pear, dragon fruit, banana.
- 5 cups of tea
How many incense sticks do you use on Dragon Boat Festival day?
Incense used for worship uses 3 or 5 incense sticks.
Worshiping with five incense sticks is a remembrance of teachers, parents and sacred things. It will be based on the Five Elements or physiognomy in China, which consists of the elements Earth, Gold, Water, Wood and Fire, which are directly involved in the way of life.
How to worship
- Worship table arrangement facing east.
- Light incense and candles and say words of worship.
- make a wish
- When finished, take the offers and distribute them to others.
Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival
It is believed that the Dragon Boat Festival happened to remember Qu Yuan, the noble Dong Qin who jumped into the water and died, and Qu Yuan was a very knowledgeable person. And comprehensive abilities including knowing management principles very well Be honest but Zhao Yuan's work to prevent corruption gathered together to accuse Zhao Yuan.
Chu Yuan was extremely sad. He wrote a poem to relieve suffering. The poem was called Li Shao, after which Qu Yuan was exiled and taken to the Po Lu Kang River. (Some texts say it is the Yangtze River) Qu Yuan decided to jump into the water and die to express his feelings of loyalty to the country and grievances towards society on the fifth day of the waxing moon of the fifth lunar month.
When the village people heard the news of the death, they set out to find the body of this nobleman. By scattering rice in the river as well.
And every year after that is the anniversary of his death. The villagers were scattering rice.
Even later, one of the villagers had a dream of seeing Qu Yuan and came to thank the villagers for scattering rice as an offering. He recommended that these foods be wrapped in bamboo leaves or leaves before throwing them into the water. The villagers did as Qu Yuan advised.
Beliefs about the Dragon Boat Festival
In addition to dumplings being respected now in Hong Kong, Kowloon still has a tradition of dragon boat racing. Including this Tuang Ngu Festival Ancient Chinese people still believe that this is the day when demons come out to show their power. Therefore, protection must be done by sweeping and cleaning the house. And light incense, including frankincense, to make the atmosphere in the house more refreshing so that demons do not dare to invade it.
On this day, the four poisonous animals – scorpions, spiders, centipedes and snakes – will disappear. Therefore, it is an opportunity for the homeowner to heat the house by burning sulfur. To prevent these poisonous animals from coming back to live there again. In addition, medicinal liquor mixed with sulfur powder was also drunk. It is believed that he will be able to prevent the disease very well.
Information : Guru Mongkul Rudthingtham
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