Beibu Machinery wishes you a happy Dragon Boat Festival ！

author: Sheldon

2025-05-29

The fragrance of zongzi leaves and dragon boat races: the love of Dragon Boat Festival has been passed down for thousands of years!

When the fragrance of wormwood lingers on the door lintel and the sweet fragrance of glutinous rice permeates the air, we know that the Dragon Boat Festival, this ancient festival full of poetry and vitality, has arrived.

According to legend, during the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of the Chu State, threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month with a heart full of concern for the country and the people. Upon hearing the news, the people rowed boats to salvage and threw rice balls, eggs and other food into the river, hoping that the fish and shrimp would not harm Qu Yuan's body. This deep grief and admiration, after thousands of years of precipitation, has gradually evolved into the two most core customs of the Dragon Boat Festival: dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.

Zongzi is undoubtedly the taste soul of the Dragon Boat Festival. The crystal glutinous rice is wrapped in fragrant bamboo leaves or reed leaves, and the inside may contain sweet bean paste, red dates, or salty egg yolks and fresh meat. Although there is a dispute between the sweet and salty flavors of the north and the south, the taste of family affection and blessings is a common festival memory. Wrapping and tasting zongzi by hand is a warm moment shared by every household.

Dragon boat racing is also another important custom of the Dragon Boat Festival! On the wide river, the dragon boats decorated with dragon heads and tails are like arrows from a string, cutting through the waves. The rowers shouted neatly and paddled hard, and the audience on the shore cheered and cheered, and the scene was spectacular and warm. This is not only a sports competition, but also a vivid display of the remembrance of the predecessors and the spirit of unity and struggle.

The Dragon Boat Festival is not just a festival, but also a symbol that carries profound cultural connotations and national spirit!

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List. We not only continue the ancient customs, but also give it new contemporary connotations. Zongzi wrapping competitions in the community, Dragon Boat Festival cultural classes on campus, international dragon boat races... the fusion of tradition and modernity makes this ancient festival glow with vigorous vitality.

It's the Dragon Boat Festival again

Let us taste the warmth of home in the fragrance of zongzi leaves.

Feel the power of striving in the dragon boat race.

Pray for health in the fragrance of mugwort.

Inheriting the thousand-year-old customs and understanding the essence of culture.

Beibu Machinery wishes you a long-lasting Dragon Boat Festival and good health every year!