Chinanews client, Beijing, June 3 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) For many people, the Dragon Boat Festival means dumplings, dragon boat racing, making sachets, etc., as well as good memories with relatives and friends.

  It's the Dragon Boat Festival again.

Several interviewees from different places told reporters about their memories of the Dragon Boat Festival.

In their opinion, time passes by like a white horse, but the rich customs and meanings of the Dragon Boat Festival have not been forgotten, and the sense of ritual is always there.

"Make a wormwood sachet to hang at home"

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiaolu eats zongzi.

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  Xiaolu is from Shandong. The Dragon Boat Festival in memory is to make rice dumplings and sachets.

  She remembered that when she was a child, there were still a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, and her grandmother began to prepare a bunch of materials such as glutinous rice and red dates. After wrapping the zongzi, she would also give some to the neighbors.

  Grandma can also embroider purses.

Xiaolu said that sometimes the embroidery skills are limited, so I just find some fabrics for making satin padded jackets, cut them into a suitable size to make sachets, put wormwood in them, make tassels, and hang them at home or at the door.

  Otherwise, the shape of zongzi is made of cardboard, filled with wormwood, and wrapped with colorful silk threads, which is also very beautiful.

  "I used to see my grandmother making these often, and I was very impressed. My craftsmanship is also good. But after work, I don't have so much time to make rice dumplings." But she said, no matter how busy you are, you have to buy rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival. This is called a festival. .

"The fragrance of white sugar dumplings"

  For Xiaoru, after many years, she still remembers the fragrance of the white sugar dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival.

  She is from Hubei. "The day before each Dragon Boat Festival, my mother will go to the mountains to pick fresh bamboo leaves. On the Dragon Boat Festival, when I wake up early in the morning, I can always smell the good smell of bamboo and glutinous rice."

  At noon, among the richer lunches than usual, the most popular is of course the Qingshui Zongzi made by my mother, without any fillings, green and refreshing, each one is sharp and thin, spread it out while it is hot, dip it in a little sugar and eat it. , as if the summer is not so hot.

Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiaoru will prepare a table of delicious food for the whole family.

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  She said that her mother had passed away for many years, and she had learned many dishes made by her mother, but after all, she had not had time to learn how to make clear water dumplings with a particularly simple and original fragrance.

  But every year, Xiaoru insists on having a Dragon Boat Festival with his family that is not short of zongzi, even if it is just a form. "For me, the Dragon Boat Festival leaves behind a cool memory of the hot summer."

"Zongzi and salted duck eggs are the standard for the Dragon Boat Festival"

  A Bai is from Zhejiang and has lived in the city since childhood.

In her impression, the festive atmosphere seems to be easily overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of the city and become abstract commercial symbols.

  "Fortunately, my mother is very keen on traditional festivals and feels that at least she has to eat something. Zongzi and salted duck eggs are the standard for the Dragon Boat Festival." Bai remembers, "My mother often said: just eat one bite. "

  Sometimes when people have no appetite, my mother will cut the salted duck eggs and zongzi into many portions and put a little in each person's bowl.

Ah Bai likes to eat egg yolks the most, and he can't waste it at all. The rest of the egg whites are eaten with white porridge.

  After graduating from college, Bai moved out of the house, and the days he spent with his parents suddenly became fewer.

Fortunately, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the family WeChat group is lively again, saying that I bought a particularly good salted duck egg two days ago, and I must come back and try it.

  "Now that the Dragon Boat Festival is over, any salted duck eggs may not be uncommon anymore. Just find a way to go home and have a meal with my parents and chat, and they will be very happy." She felt that this was also a sense of ritual for the festival.

"Out on the green, and then put on the five-color rope"

This year's Dragon Boat Festival, A Sheng's family prepared dumplings early.

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  For many, memories of the Dragon Boat Festival can also be associated with youth.

  "We celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which is basically the same as the traditional way of celebrating, eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats in the Songhua River, hanging five-color ropes, etc." Zhang Sheng is from Heilongjiang, "The more interesting customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Harbin are probably counted. It's 'outing'."

  This activity is mainly for young people.

During the Dragon Boat Festival when he was a freshman in high school, he and a few classmates went for an outing, camping by the river with a tent, talking about life and ideals, "Sometimes what I miss is the Dragon Boat Festival and youth."

  He said that when the Dragon Boat Festival is over, five-color paper gourds should be hung at home to pray for good luck. Take the good stuff away."

  Now, the memory of the past is gradually gone, but the feelings for the Dragon Boat Festival have not changed.

Zhang Sheng said that this year, he will still eat zongzi, wear five-color ropes, and hang paper gourds. "When the child is a little older, I will bring him to make zongzi together. Let's pass it on."

Those who should have a sense of ceremony

  In fact, Chinese people have always had deep feelings for traditional festivals.

Many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are timeless.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Yuanyuan likes to eat dumplings.

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  Yuanyuan from Zhejiang said that even if she can’t go back to the Dragon Boat Festival this year, she will definitely call her parents and friends, send her blessings, and then “wrap zongzi” with her neighbors to have a decent festival.

  "In the past, after the Dragon Boat Festival, my family went to pick zongzi leaves, and my mother would teach me how to wrap zongzi. The zongzi was filled with red dates and white beans, and the meat zongzi was also delicious." Yuanyuan said that in modern society, everyone may be busier. , but when it comes to traditional festivals, the sense of ceremony cannot be less.

  Folklore scholar Xiao Fang believes that for festival-goers, the sense of ritual is to enter the situation of festival time and space, from festival rituals to the understanding of the nature of festival time, to obtain a special behavior and feeling that is different from daily life.

  "With the sense of ritual, the festival is not an ordinary holiday. With the sense of ritual, the festival will be more charming and influential." Xiao Fang said.

(At the request of the interviewee, Xiaolu, Xiaoru, Abai and Yuanyuan are pseudonyms) (End)