The symbolism of hanging egg bags on the Dragon Boat Festival

Duanwu Festival hanging egg bag symbolism is to bless the child in good luck, safe and sound.

Hanging an egg bag is one of the traditional Chinese customs, the Dragon Boat Festival hanging egg from the ancient mythological stories, the ancients believe that in this day inside the hanging of the egg can bless the child's health, peace, the Dragon Boat Festival in front of the chest to hang an egg bag, can protect the child's peace.

Duanwu Festival is a major folk festival, Dragon Boat Festival activities are more diverse, such as the portal to hang Artemisia absinthium, calamus, children hanging egg pockets, scented pouches, colorful silk, drinking Xionghuang wine, etc., to drive away evil spirits and avoid poison; there are Dragon Boat Race, eat salted egg dumplings to commemorate the qu yuan; children fight salted egg competition.

Duanwu Festival to hang the reason for the egg bag:

The legend says that a long time ago, there is a plague god in the sky, every Dragon Boat Festival to sneak to the lower world of harm. Most of the victims were children, who suffered from fever and anorexia, or were bedridden. Mothers went to the temple of Nuwa to burn incense and kowtow to the god, praying that the plague would be eliminated and good fortune would come to them. Nuwa approached the Plague God and reasoned, "In the future, you will not be permitted to harm my first-born children." Knowing that he was no match for Nuwa, the Plague God asked, "I wonder how many first-born children do you have in the lower realms?"

Nuwa smiled, "Every year at the Dragon Boat Festival, I have my first-born children hang an egg bib on their chests, so you're not allowed to mess around." From then on, the custom of hanging an egg on the Dragon Boat Festival gradually spread. Every day, mothers would cook salted eggs and hang them on their children's chests to pray for peace.

Later, the custom of hanging eggs developed into a mutual egg, for the egg to send the meaning of good fortune. Folk there are marriage, children, full moon to send "red eggs", on the mother-in-law's home to send the skin salted eggs and other customs, are to figure an auspicious and successful.