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"Ding dong, congratulations to the host for getting the item - five-color thread"

"Five Colored Thread - a special item that will bring good luck to its owner in the next three days.

Note: The five-color thread can only be given to other people and cannot be used by yourself."

Zhong Jing was not very satisfied with the first five-color rice dumpling. He was quite satisfied with the five-color thread, but it could not be used.

He still remembers the"good luck card" Powerful ability.

Directly affects the lottery section.

But it is a pity that this thing cannot be used by myself.

What a pity.

Then, the treasure box once again gave information about why the"five-color thread" appears. In traditional Chinese culture, it symbolizes the five directions and five elements. The five colors of green, red, white, black and yellow are considered auspicious colors.

Colorful silk threads may originate from the tattoo custom of ancient southerners,"Han Shu"》："Yue people are often in the water, so they cut off their hair and tattoo their bodies to resemble dragons, so they don't see any harm."Tie the arms with five-color silk threads during the Dragon Boat Festival, which was once a very popular festival custom. When it was passed down to later generations, it developed into many kinds of beautiful ornaments such as longevity threads, longevity locks, sachets, etc., and the production became increasingly sophisticated, becoming a unique custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Folk art.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, children tie five-color silk threads on their wrists and ankles to ward off evil spirits. Traditionally, thick red, green, yellow, white and black silk threads are twisted into colorful threads and tied on the children's arms or It was tied around the neck on May 5th and was not taken off until the birthday of"Seventh Mother" on Chinese Valentine's Day. It was also said that on the first rainy day after the Dragon Boat Festival, the colorful threads were cut and thrown into the rain. , means letting the river wash away plagues and diseases, which is said to drive away evil spirits and fight off disasters, and will bring good luck for the year.

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The five-color thread given by the system obviously does not have that powerful function. One year's good luck is too long, so it can only last three days.

Apart from these two things, there is nothing else.

If there must be one, it would be an introduction to"Dragon Boat Festival".

Regarding the Dragon Boat Festival, the most widely circulated one is to commemorate Qu Yuan. This is also the most popular view and is recognized by everyone.

But where did the Dragon Boat Festival come from? That's a lot of different opinions.

To commemorate Qu Yuan, this is the most widely circulated and widely accepted statement. In addition, there is also a statement to commemorate Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu's father and brother were both killed by the king of Chu. Later, Zixu abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. He rushed to the state of Wu and helped Wu attack Chu. After five battles, he entered Yingcheng, the capital of Chu. At that time, King Ping of Chu was dead, so Zixu dug up the grave and whipped three hundred corpses to avenge the death of his father and brother. After the death of King Helu of Wu, his son Fucha succeeded to the throne. The Wu army had high morale and won every battle. The country of Yue was defeated. King Goujian of Yue asked for peace, and Fucha agreed to it.

Zixu suggested that the Yue Kingdom should be completely eliminated, but Fu Chai refused to listen, and the Wu State slaughtered him. He was bribed by the Yue Kingdom and framed Wu Zixu with slanderous words. Fu Chai believed it and gave Zixu a sword, and Zixu died with it. Wu Zixu was a loyal man and regarded death as home. Before he died, he said to his neighbors:"After I die, dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of Wu Jing to watch the Yue army enter the city and destroy Wu." Then he committed suicide and died. Yan was so angry that he ordered Zixu's body to be packed in leather and thrown into the river on May 5th. Therefore, it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate Wu Zixu.

However, these claims have been questioned by academic circles.

Regarding the"commemoration theory of historical figures", most academic circles believe that it is far-fetched and unbelievable.

Especially the suspicious"Qu Yuan". Mr. Wen Yiduo believes that tying Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival together only appeared in"Xu Qi Xie Ji" by Liang Wujun of the Southern Dynasties, and the Dragon Boat Festival existed long ago.

Due to various problems in"The Biography of Qu Yuan", many scholars say that it is unreliable.

As Hu Shi said,"The"Historical Records" is not very reliable, and the biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng are especially unreliable." Hu Shi has always doubted whether there really was such a person as Qu Yuan, because before Sima Qian's"The Biography of Qu Yuan", there was no such thing as"Qu Yuan" in the history books. Qu Yuan's records.

There is no record of Qu Yuan from before Sima Qian to the Warring States Period when Qu Yuan lived for more than a hundred years. Qu Yuan only appeared for the first time in Sima Qian's"The Biography of Qu Yuan". If there really was such a famous figure as Qu Yuan, it should not be included in the history books. empty. The documents that tie Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival together are from the Southern Dynasties, and it was more than seven hundred years ago in the Southern Dynasties that Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the river.

《Neither"Historical Records: Biography of Qu Yuan, Jia Sheng" nor"Chu Ci" clearly stated the specific time when Qu Yuan threw himself into the river. The earliest record of Qu Yuan's throwing himself into the river on May 5 was in the mythological and strange novel"Xu Qixie" written by Liang Wujun of the Southern Dynasty. remember".

According to research, many Dragon Boat Festival customs that have been passed down to this day have nothing to do with Qu Yuan. According to expert archaeological research and scholar Wen Yiduo's"Dragon Boat Festival Examination"》、《According to more than 100 ancient books listed in"The Historical Education of the Dragon Boat Festival", the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival where totem sacrifices were held between Wu and Yue in the ancient South, earlier than Qu Yuan.

The theory of commemorating historical figures, whether it is Wu Zixu, Jie Zitui, Cao E, Chen Lin, Qu Yuan, etc., most academic circles believe that they are made up by later generations. _Feilu reminds you: three things about reading - collection and recommendation