What are the characteristics of traditional sachets?

1. Prevention and control of epidemic diseases: Sun Simiao's "A Thousand Daughters' Prescription": "Avoid epidemic diseases, people are not contaminated", that is, people are not polluted by dirty gas or poisonous gas.

2, to prevent mosquito bites: there are many mosquitoes in summer, there is no mosquito medicine in ancient times, and most people do not have mosquito nets. Rest outdoors in summer, and children's skin is tender. Mosquitoes are most likely to bite children's heads and necks, so they wear sachets on their necks and chests.

3. Prevention of poisonous snake bites: The air in the south is humid and there are many poisonous snakes in the mountains. People living in mountainous areas wear realgar sachets to prevent poisonous snakes from entering the bed. Snakes will stay away when they smell realgar. White snakes will show their true colors after drinking realgar wine, not to mention ordinary small snakes.

Meaning:

History has evolved into modern times, and sachets are mostly used as gifts for the folk Dragon Boat Festival, and their main function is to pray for good luck.

To ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings is the eternal theme of sachet culture. Metaphor, symbol and ambition are the distinctive artistic features of sachets. The design and shape of Qingyang sachet are very exquisite, with rich meanings.

The amorous feelings of the sachet mean the ambiguous relationship between men and women. It is said that women wearing sachets means belonging, which is why many ethnic groups in China express their love by giving sachets. In our usual concept, sachet is a kind of love thing, and its code for expressing feelings is diverse, subtle and beautiful.

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Sachet species

There are many kinds of sachets, such as jade carving, gold silk, silver silk, jade inlaid and silk embroidered. Generally made into round, square, oval, Japanese horn, gourd, pomegranate, peach, waist, square and so on. Most capsules are hollow in the middle of two pieces, and some are hollow, but they must be porous and breathable to give off fragrance.

The sachet is about ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide and two centimeters thick. There is a silk sash at the top for hanging, and a knotted tether ribbon or jewelry tassel at the bottom.

Wearing sachets is very particular. In order to prevent diseases and keep fit, the elderly generally like to wear plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, peaches, apples, lotus flowers, dolls riding fish, dolls holding cocks, double lotus flowers and other shapes, symbolizing birds and flowers, all the best, loving each other and family harmony. Children like birds and animals, such as tigers and leopards; Monkeys sleep, cockfights chase rabbits.

Young people are most particular about wearing sachets. If they are lovers in love, affectionate girls will carefully make one or two sachets with their own characteristics a long time ago in order to meet their lovers before the festival. The young man wore a sachet from his sweetheart, which naturally aroused the discussion of men and women around him and praised the ingenuity of the young man's object.

Many places in southern China have the custom of hanging sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is also a way to prevent infectious diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the climate in summer is characterized by humidity and high temperature, and bacteria are easy to breed, while sachets have the function of sterilization and improving the body's resistance.

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