Why do you wear sachets on Dragon Boat Festival?
Sachet, also called sachet, sachet, wallet, etc. , is made of colored silk thread or rags. It is filled with spices (made from Chinese herbal medicines, such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Scutellariae Radix, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song, and Rhizoma Kaempferiae) and worn on the chest, with fragrant smell.
Legend has it that in ancient times, every April and May, various pests and plagues seriously threatened people, so the Jade Emperor sent a fairy to visit the people and control the plagues. When the immortal found himself from all corners of the country, his mind was different. Some people are good people, others are bad people, so he punishes evil and promotes good. He took out the five-color sachet and said to the good-hearted people, "You and your children wear it every year on the fifth day of May." Put on a sachet and stick mugwort leaves on the door, and the plague will be completely eliminated, and the auspicious light will shine brightly. "Strangely, since then, all adults and children with fragrant bags have run away when they see pests, while the wicked without fragrant bags are inevitably poisoned by pests and epidemics.
Stay healthy and express your feelings.
Some places in the south of the Yangtze River have the custom of "wearing sachets", which contain spices and give them to lovers to show their loyalty.
In order to prevent diseases and keep fit, the elderly generally like to wear plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, peaches, apples, lotus flowers, dolls riding fish, dolls holding cocks, double lotus flowers and other shapes, symbolizing birds and flowers, all the best, loving each other and family harmony. Children like birds and animals, such as tigers and leopards; Monkeys, cockfights, etc.
Young people are most particular about wearing sachets. If they are lovers in love, affectionate girls will carefully make one or two sachets with their own characteristics a long time ago in order to meet their lovers before the festival. The young man wore a sachet from his sweetheart, which naturally aroused the discussion of men and women around him and praised the ingenuity of the young man's object.
Composition and function of sachet
The so-called sachet is made of fragrant Chinese herbal medicines such as Rhizoma Atractylodis, Herba Agastaches, Evodia rutaecarpa, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Cortex Cinnamomi, Fructus Amomi, Realgar, Borneolum Syntheticum and Camphor. Powder, packed in a special cloth bag, wrapped in silk, and then buckled into a string with five-color silk thread, with different shapes, exquisite and lovely, worn on the chest and waist. Chinese herbal medicines selected for sachets have the effects of expelling wind and cold, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain, and dredging channels and nine orifices, and most of them contain volatile oil, with pure and lasting fragrance. Most of the effective components of Chinese herbal medicines have different degrees of inhibition or killing effects on various bacteria, viruses and molds, thus playing the role of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil and expelling plague.
Studies have shown that these aromatic substances enter the human body through the respiratory tract, which can excite the nervous system, stimulate the human immune system, promote the production of antibodies, inhibit the growth of various pathogenic bacteria, and improve the human body's disease resistance. At the same time, after the medicinal molecules are absorbed by the human body, they can also promote the activity of digestive glands and increase secretion, thus improving the activity of digestive enzymes and enhancing appetite. Often put the sachet in your pocket and beside your pillow to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases such as influenza, diphtheria, chickenpox, meningitis and measles.
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