Why is the Dragon Boat Festival riddled with diseases? Say that whatever grass you catch this day is medicine!

Because the custom of Dragon Boat Festival is to hang Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus, these two things can be seen everywhere at the door of every household, and they are both good medicinal materials, so they are medicines at once.

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.

Wormwood represents a hundred blessings and is a kind of herbal medicine that can cure diseases. Inserting it at the door can make you healthy. There is a custom of hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival all over the north and south. In the south, heaven and earth are regarded as pure yang, healthy qi and auspicious days to drive away evil spirits and diseases, while in some places in the north, evil moons and evil days are regarded as evil spirits and drugs.

Holiday customs:

The specific customs and activities of the Dragon Boat Festival mainly include: picking dragon boats, hanging wormwood and calamus, gathering at noon, washing herbal water, flying kites, swinging, putting up "noon symbols", tying white locks, drinking water at noon, soaking in dragon boat water, putting paper dragons, serving lunch, holding dragon boats, lighting moxa sticks, smoking Atractylodes lancea, giving incense fans, drying ginger for a hundred days and so on.

Picking herbs to make tea, laying eggs, wearing damselflies, putting up a map of five poisons, Youlong, boating, nine lions worshiping elephants, grabbing green flowers, taking a horse, hanging a statue of Zhong Kui, having a flower banquet and so on. Every Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of celebrations will be held all over the country, filled with festive atmosphere, lively and festive.