The Chinese in Singapore know the Dragon Boat Festival. Whenever the Dragon Boat Festival arrives on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people will never forget to eat rice dumplings and dragon boat races. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, Singapore ’s East Coast Park will hold a wonderful dragon boat invitational tournament, where dragon boat teams from all over the world gather here.
 

However, the ancestors of the Chinese in Singapore have also passed on another meaning related to the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival is also a festival of exorcising evils, poisoning, health care and peace.

 

It is rumoured that the Dragon Boat Festival coincides with the alternation of spring and summer solar terms. As the weather turns hot, bacteria multiply faster, and the plague is easily spread. Therefore, in the past, May was called "poison moon". Therefore, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are also many customs for exorcising evil and poison. At noon on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people called the well water they drew "noon water". It is said that Well water does not deteriorate and smell, and can be stored for a long time, and can be used for antipyretic and disinfection in the future. It is also popular in some areas to use the "noon water" to wash the body. It is said that it can promote skin health and prevent sores and rashes.

 

With the change of the sun and the moon, Singaporeans' interest in the Dragon Boat Festival has become weaker and weaker, but the elderly people still attach great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival. Whenever the Dragon Boat Festival arrives, they always buy some dumplings of various flavours, and the whole family sits together and eats the dumplings.