What is the grass hanging on the Dragon Boat Festival? What is the name of the grass hanging on the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. There are two kinds of grass hanging on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival, one is called wormwood and the other is called calamus. Hanging wormwood and calamus on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival can not only cope with the festival, but also repel mosquitoes and purify the air.

2. The stems and leaves of wormwood contain volatile aromatic oils, which can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because of its medical function. For example, Zonggu's Story of Jingchu's Age said: "When chickens don't crow, those who pick wormwood, like people, will take it and collect it." On this day, Ai Cai became a human figure, hung on the door, and could cast poison gas.

3. The leaves of Acorus calamus also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is a drug for refreshing, strengthening bones, eliminating food stagnation, killing insects and sterilizing.

4. Hanging Acorus calamus leaves is a folk festival custom in China. A folk proverb says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival and mugwort leaves are inserted in Dragon Boat Festival". On the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard inserting wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents. Every family sweeps the court, puts calamus and moxa sticks between their eyebrows and hangs them in the class.