Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Where in China do you pay attention to colored ropes?

It is one of the traditional customs of the Chinese nation to tie colored ropes on the Dragon Boat Festival. Generally, colorful silk threads are worn on the Dragon Boat Festival to pray for peace, health and longevity. The following are the customs of tying colored ropes in some places:

1. Nanyang, Henan: commonly known as "five-color line", "long-life line", "centenary line" and "long-life line", it is a coil composed of five-color strands, which is tied on the wrist or ankle during the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Xi 'an, Shaanxi: commonly known as "longevity thread", "multicolored thread" and "longevity thread", it is a coil composed of five colors of red, yellow, blue, green and purple, which is tied to children's wrists or ankles during the Dragon Boat Festival.

3. Minnan, Fujian: commonly known as "longevity rope", "longevity rope" and "five-color rope", it is a coil composed of five colors: red, yellow, blue, green and purple, which is tied to the wrist or ankle of a child during the Dragon Boat Festival.

4. Shantou, Guangdong: commonly known as "life-prolonging line", "life-prolonging line" and "five-color line", it is a coil composed of five colors: red, yellow, blue, green and purple, and it is tied on children's wrists or ankles during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Generally speaking, the custom of tying colored ropes has spread all over China, but the specific tying method and color may be slightly different.