How to make sachets on Dragon Boat Festival?
Materials: Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Herba Pogostemonis, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Flos Magnoliae, Asari, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Herba Menthae, Folium Perillae, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Flos Lonicerae, etc.
1. Select the above traditional Chinese medicine spices, weigh about 3-5g each time (the specific weight can be increased or decreased according to the size of the sachet), and mix well for later use.
2. Put the prepared traditional Chinese medicine spices into a pulverizer (if it is not convenient for you to pulverize, you can go to a nearby pharmacy, and our nearby Chinese medicine stores generally provide this service).
3. First, we put the crushed traditional Chinese medicine spices into a small non-woven bag and seal it. Then put it in a sachet bag and seal it, and a pure natural, safe and healthy traditional Chinese medicine sachet with pleasant aroma and no chemical addition is completed.
Folk customs of Dragon Boat Festival:
1, Dragon Boat Race
Dragon Boat Race is a multi-person collective rowing competition, an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival, a ceremony of ancient dragon totem and a heritage. Dragon boat rowing is still very popular in the southern coastal areas of China. After it was spread abroad, it was deeply loved by people all over the world and formed an international competition. When the dragon boat originated, the exact time is difficult to verify.
2. Hang wormwood and calamus
On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Acorus calamus, as an aquatic herb, has fragrance and can wake up. At the same time, the leaves of Acorus calamus are shaped like swords, which are called "water swords" by the people, meaning "cutting all evils". Because of these two reasons, people often hang calamus in front of the door when celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival.
3. Wear sachets
Wearing sachets is one of the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. The sachet is usually filled with some Chinese herbal medicines with fragrance and resuscitation, which have the effects of fragrance, insect repellent, plague prevention and disease prevention. Duanyang tied his arm with four-color thread and wore a sachet, which was exquisite and exquisite. The sachet is also called sachet and sachet.
Small bags are usually filled with spices and are made by winding five-color silk threads, or cotton is wrapped with colored satin or cloth, and Chinese medicinal powder such as Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Herba Siegesbeckiae, Flos Caryophylli, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Asari, Gan Song, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Glycyrrhrizae Radix and realgar powder is added. And then embroidered with colored silk.