Yuhuan County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province over the Dragon Boat Festival customs

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, is the traditional festival of Dragon Boat Festival, in Yuhuan Yunpu Chen clan settlement, this day is often the family around together to eat wheat cake tube, drink a little bit of wine, and then inserted in the door with two irises made of the "sword", that the Dragon Boat Festival strong flavor floats to. During the Dragon Boat Festival, every family of the Yuhuan Yunpu Chen Clan would insert calamus on the door to make the "sword to avoid evil spirits" and hang it in front of the house, or build a few swords for the children to play with, which is a lot of fun. At the Dragon Boat Festival, the Yuhuan Yunpu Chen clan will also be in the wrists, ankles or neck of small children tied to the five-colored silk thread, called the long life line, to avoid evil spirits. Because the Dragon Boat Festival is five poisonous days, rather than auspicious days, there is also the custom of wearing a scented bag in the early days.