Why do peaches and dates ward off evil spirits?
Legend has it that Kuafu chased the sun before he died and turned Shenmu into a peach garden. Therefore, mahogany has become the most widely used exorcism material and plays an extremely important role in China folk culture and beliefs. Peach wood is delicate and fragrant. The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China were all made of mahogany boards, also known as Fu Tao. For thousands of years, mahogany is said to ward off evil spirits and is called Shenmu. Looking at the five elements, jujube fruit is red, which can be used in various sacrifices to the East, and it is also the first of all fruits, belonging to Yang, which is the Yang among Yang. And this combination of Yang Yang chopping jujube can of course be called the pole of yang, which belongs to the evil in yin, so it is reasonable not to approach it. Therefore, cutting dates is a kind of proud wood, and the theory of avoiding evil spirits also makes sense.