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What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival?

Release time: 2017-03-30 14:02:07 Publisher:Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation

   Wear sachets, sachets, also called sachets, sachets, purses, etc., wrapped with five-color silk threads, sewn with rags, and filled with spices (using Chinese herbal medicines Baiji, Chuanxiong, Yarrow, row grass, Shannai, Gansong, Made by Gao Benxing), put it on his chest, the nose is fragrant. Chen Shiliang's "Guangshi Shiji" quoted "Miscellaneous Shishi" as referring to "Duan Wu is made of red sacs, such as sacs, with color threads running through it , and twitches like flowers. "And another kind of" mussel powder bell ":" The fifth day is filled with mussel powder, and it is covered with cotton, if it counts beads. Let children take sweat too. "The contents of these carry-on bags have undergone several changes, from sweat-absorbent mussel powder, exorcism charms, copper coins, and realgar powder to worms, to sachets filled with spices, and the production has become increasingly sophisticated, becoming a folk unique to the Dragon Boat Festival Art.


       Folk proverbs say: "Pluck willows in the Qingming Festival, and Ai in the Dragon Boat Festival." In the Dragon Boat Festival, people put wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Ai, also known as Ai, Moxa. Its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oils. The strange aroma it produces can repel mosquitoes, insects and ants, and purify the air. Traditional Chinese medicine uses Ai medicine, which has the functions of regulating qi and blood, warming the uterus, and removing cold and dampness. Processing wormwood leaves into "wormwood" is an important medicinal material for moxibustion. Acorus calamus is a perennial aquatic herb. Its long and narrow leaves also contain volatile aromatic oils. It can be seen that the ancients had a certain disease prevention effect by inserting Ai and Acorus calamus, and these activities also reflected the fine tradition of the Chinese nation.