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#RENHENG FOOD ALERT #刃恒 FOOD ALERT.
TODAY IS DUANWU, AKA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL. THE 5TH DAY OF THE 5TH MONTH, THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR!!!!!!

The herbs listed in the description are also herbs used in Duanwu to ward off evils and ghosts. That's why Blade is holding them. 🤣🤣🤣

The Bracelet he wears is 五彩线 5 colored strings, a custom of Duanwujie to ward off evils. The food is Zongzi, also commonly eaten during Duanwu.
baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/…

There are various stories about the origin of the festival. The first one is about Qu Yuan, who was a famous and loyal poet of Chu. He was falsely accused of treason at court and exiled. Later on, his country was destroyed, and he commited suicide by jumping into a river.

Reportedly, after his death, the people didn't want the fish to eat his body, so they threw Zongzi into the river so that the fish would eat that instead.
So yeah, falsely accused of treason, exiled, and then wanted to die, very Blade.

The other origin story of Dragon Boat festival is that it predated Qu Yuan and originated from a southern festival worshipping the Dragon King. The food thrown into the river are offerings to the Dragon King.
So do you know what this means?

IT MEANS THIS IS RENHENG FOOD. LITERALLY. WE REALLY DO GET FOOD EVERY PATCH. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😩🤣

Btw, Qu Yuan was also the guy who wrote Chu Ci, which is where Shuhu the 9-headed dragon that eats souls originated from:
焉有石林何獸能言
焉有虯龍負熊以游
雄虺九首倏忽焉在
何所不死長人何守
- Tianwen 天问

EN translation in pic. baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%A9…

The Zhulong Torch dragon was also referenced in CN by Dan Shu in the TB quest. Technically, the poem DAN Shu cited was 苦昼短 (bitter/hard day is short) by Li He, with secondary ref to Tian Wen from Chu Ci.
3rd pic is summary of the line analysis.
m.shicimingju.com/chaxun/list/55…

Btw DF was referred by Ling Jie, the author of the second aria as Dragon King 龙王。🤣🤣

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