The origin of making sachets on Dragon Boat Festival
There are various sachets, such as Yue Bai, Gourd Sword, Ruyi Bag, Money Bag, Heart Bag, Tiger Bag and Hydrangea Bag. The most common is Zongzi Bao. These sachets are beautifully made. Tied with colored thread, made of colored cloth, beautiful in appearance. Some bags are filled with fragrant powder, others are filled with metal and jade, and wallets are made of ancient money.
The tie sachet shows the artist of women and daughters. On the Dragon Boat Festival, they send sachets to each other, so this day is also called "Daughter's Day". When a girl gets married, she should also tie a few sachets and hang them on the hook. There is an old legend about the origin of sachets.
According to legend, many monsters came out to hurt people in ancient times, but they all came out at a certain time and season, some during the day, some at night, some in Tomb-Sweeping Day and some in July and a half. Ghosts and monsters in the evening, ghosts and monsters in the day, ghosts and monsters return to the underworld in the evening, vipers open their eyes at noon, new ghosts appear in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and old ghosts only appear in July and a half.
Legend has it that every year at noon on May 5, all monsters will come out at this time. This hour is "three to five", that is, May, the fifth day, and noon (noon sounds like five), which is the devil's hour. Therefore, the ancients also called this festival "Double Five Festival" and "Five Poisons Day".
Legend has it that it was difficult for the ancients to avoid this time. If they can avoid it, they will be safe, otherwise they will be killed by ghosts. At this time, the Guanyin Bodhisattva who helped the poor had a dream, saying that monsters are most afraid of metal and fragrance. As long as you bring metal and fragrance, you can avoid the harm of monsters. As soon as people spread the word, the story of Guanyin Bodhisattva saving lives through dreams soon spread. At noon that day, they wore all kinds of metals and perfumes to ward off evil spirits. This practice, commonly known as "suppressing noon", proved to be safe. From then on, people will wear things like metal and perfume on this day every year. After a long time, it gradually developed into today's sachet.
Wear a sachet. ※:
Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is said to mean to ward off evil spirits and plague. Actually, it is used to decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, all kinds of exquisite and lovely.