The origin of Artemisia argyi in Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival every year, and there is a custom of hanging mugwort leaves on the Dragon Boat Festival. Do you know why? I'll answer for you. Welcome to reading.

The origin of Artemisia argyi in Dragon Boat Festival

The Significance of Folium Artemisiae Argyi in Dragon Boat Festival

There are reasons for hanging wormwood, calamus (Pujian), pomegranate and garlic at the entrance of Dragon Boat Festival. Usually mugwort leaves, banyan trees and calamus are tied into a bundle with red paper and then inserted or hung on the door. Because Acorus calamus is the head of five pistils in the sky, symbolizing evil sword, because the growing season and shape are regarded as "the spirit of a hundred yin", and the leaves are sword-shaped and can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, the alchemist called it "water sword", and later the custom extended to "general sword", which can cut off all evil. In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Tieqing recorded in Jia Qinglu that "chopping Pu as a sword, chopping Peng as a whip, and hanging peach stalks and garlic on the bed are all used to exorcise ghosts".

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