Thousands dumplings hit Hong Yu Jing Ge customs travel routes recommended by the Dragon Boat Festival

in addition to their commemorative significance, the Dragon Boat Festival has always been a national festival of carnival, Baigezhengliu, dragon boat races, there are a variety of colorful folk activities. Because the Dragon Boat Festival has become a statutory holiday, the Dragon Boat Festival but also allow people to have more understanding of traditional folk, dumplings and eat up, the door also hung up wormwood. If you think that only these were not enough, then out of the house, to a trip to the Dragon Boat Festival folk to experience the folk customs of different styles all over, a sign of the traditional charm.

【Hubei Zigui: boat race ceremony for Qu Yuan 】

Zigui Qu Yuan's hometown Zigui people particularly the memory of Qu Yuan feeling, the way memory is better than other places, the most important folk is the dragon boat races, do poetry, ceremony for Qu three events. Zigui dragon boat racing, in addition to the spectacular scenes of intense competition, the special is Jiang Yu held even before the races came in the boat were put up different colors," soul come back," Evocation pennant, headed to White Dragon boat in the river amble around in the canyon in the back to the soul-stirring sounds of" calling back the soul song."

ceremony for Qu Yuan's activities from the Northern and Southern Dynasties spread so far, the first Dragon Boat Festival, that Qu Yuan committed suicide blog this days, in the Temple of Qu Yuan Qu Yuan Temple in or before the Tuojiang side, with pines and cypresses, the leaves tied into a large altar, the whole steamed pigs, all the sheep, fruit snacks and dumplings offered in tablets before Qu Yuan, a huge pull on the hanging scroll Seal" Qu Yuan (Sanlv) doctor soul come back," the official deacon chanting praise to the virtue of Qu Yuan's funeral oration, children recite in unison the works of Qu Yuan," Orange Song" , it Koushou incense to pray for good weather that year, a plentiful harvest.

Other highlights

Zigui Muyu Island Harbour 1 km away from the Three Gorges Dam, sightseeing and watching dragon boat race is a good place. In addition, the original Jiuwanxi unique scenery, rich cultural Bachu, said that Qu Yuan in his early years in this open forum lecture, repair of orchid plants. In Zigui, Qu Yuan Memorial Hall can not not go, which is located east Zigui County. Museum houses Yuan stone, bronze, orange and Beilang Chung Ting, Qu Yuan, the first stone of this deposit is a statue of Qu Yuan.

Zigui majestic Three Gorges Dam is the largest landscape, here is the whole Yangtze River Three Gorges in the view of the only land-based channel. After the Three Gorges Project water under the gate," Gaoxiapinghu" first appeared in Zigui, within the Xiling Gorge and the Zigui River, the Yangtze tributaries Zhuanghe child there were many small islands, peninsula and bay, new resources for Tourism development, Gap Bingshu sword, horse bovine lung Gap, Mountain Ridge Gap, concentrated essence of the Three Gorges. Four Rivers Ecological Tourist Zone known as the" natural oxygen bar" , in karst strange shapes, canyon streams, waterfalls, Bitan clouds, three hanging drop of 389 meters of water falls, there are more than 300 kinds of bamboo forest species.

Tips:

Transportation: ride high-speed rail to Wuhan from Wuhan to Zigui County city as the whole highway, to arrive in Yichang City Zigui from less than one hour. A land-based tourist bus tour of the Xiling Gorge.

Food: Zigui known as the" China Orange town," Orange quality, unique flavor, with big fruit seedless, thin, fresh color, Roucui juicy, sweet-scented sweet quality.