The so-called five poisons are: gecko, toad, snake, scorpion and centipede. These five poisonous animals, in summer, all things grow, a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred birds contend. All kinds of animals go to alpine meadows for food, and some animals wake up from hibernation. All kinds of insects and mosquitoes are very active this season, and they will be hurt if they are not careful. People in ancient times, unable to deal with these poisonous animals, often accidentally hurt their skin, causing swelling and pain. Moreover, the medical conditions in ancient times were very poor, and once infected with the virus, it was easy to cause death. In order to avoid the harm of poisonous insects to human body, people choose various methods to avoid the five poisons during the Dragon Boat Festival, which has a certain effect of eliminating disasters and eliminating pests. We all know the folklore of Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, every family eats zongzi. People will pick mugwort leaves or calamus leaves from the mountains in the early morning.

Some areas like to drink realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival, and realgar wine also has certain detoxification and health preservation functions. In the folk, this custom is also called "hiding in the afternoon". People hope that through this method, they can avoid disasters and let themselves and their families live a quiet life. Many customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are related to exorcising evil spirits and diseases. Because the sun is shining at noon, many evil spirits will come out to do mischief. People will drive away evil spirits through a series of activities at this time. At the same time, pests and poisons that have been dormant in winter and spring will wake up at this time. Chinese medicine believes that wormwood has extremely high medicinal value, which can cure diseases, repel insects and even ward off evil spirits.

Therefore, people compete to collect wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival and hang it at home. Absinthe has a very special fragrance. A breeze blew through the room, and the smell of wormwood filled the room, which made people relaxed and happy. In ancient times, northerners thought the Dragon Boat Festival was a very evil day. This idea has been circulated among the people so far, so there are various customs of seeking peace and avoiding the five poisons. In fact, this is because the summer weather in the north is hot, people are easy to get sick and the plague is easy to spread; Coupled with the reproduction of snakes and insects, it is easy to bite people, which forms this habit. It is considered that May is the time when the five poisons (scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko and toad) run rampant, and various methods should be used to prevent the harm of the five poisons.

Generally, a picture of five poisons is posted in the house, five poisons are printed on red paper, and then five needles are stuck on the five poisons, which means that the poison is killed and can't be rampant any more. Folk embroidered five poisons on clothes and decorated five poisons on cakes, all of which are meant to drive away. Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals. The purpose of Dragon Boat Festival is to eliminate disasters. People in various regions began to prepare materials for the Dragon Boat Festival half a month ago. Dragon Boat Festival is also a day to commemorate great men. When people think of Dragon Boat Festival, they also think of Qu Yuan, the greatest patriotic poet in ancient China. After hearing the news of the demise of Chu, Qu Yuan was in great pain, so he jumped into the Miluo River, and most people would throw zongzi into the river, which also placed new hopes on the Dragon Boat Festival.