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Summary of the origin of the scented bag

Scented bag is also known as Rong stink, scented bag, scented bag, scented tassel, PeiDu, nowadays people call lotus bag, play goods son, dwarf. It is a kind of folk embroidery crafts created by ancient Chinese working women. It is a product of the ancient Chinese farming culture marked by men plowing and women weaving, and it is the survival and regeneration of the traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years and the remaining threads have not been extinguished.

The earliest known scented bag is called "Rongqi", Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" in "Hu Jiangli and Pai Zhi Ruoxi, sewing autumn orchids to wear", the spice is Pai Zhi, autumn orchids. In the Ming Dynasty still have the name of the smell. Traditional Chinese scented sachets are made of silk cloth, filled with andrographis, lavender, mugwort and other spices. It is said that scented bag can avoid evil, the Dragon Boat Festival will be hung with scented bag.

Sachet (sachet), is embroidered with colorful silk thread on the colorful silk with a variety of connotations of ancient magical, profound patterns and decorations, sewn into different shapes and sizes of small embroidered sacs, containing a variety of strong aromatic smell of Chinese herbal medicine to develop the fine powder, in order to celebrate the festivals and practical life

And ornamental play with.

In 2008, it was selected as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extension programs.

In 2008, it was selected as one of the first national intangible cultural heritage extension programs.