What is the significance of wearing a red string on your hand?

1, girls pray for a good marriage \ to attract peach blossom luck

Chinese tradition in the old man is to use a red thread to hold men and women in marriage, so it goes without saying that the woman alone with a red rope is to pray for the arrival of marriage. In the past, in order to pray for a good marriage, older women would go to the temple of the moon old man to seek to bring in the hand; hand tied red thread in addition can also indicate that they are waiting to be married to seek a spouse, there are indicated that "unmarried women" meaning.

2, men and women to enter into marriage \ love token

Traditionally, we emphasize the beauty of subtlety, lover's love is often symbolized as fate destined destiny. This is the thing that sends fate, of course, is the legendary red thread. In the myth, there is such an old man, in every person born, he will be tied on his little finger on a red thread, the other end is the person with whom this life is destined to marriage.

The custom of the red thread was gradually replaced by the red hand rope, which is a symbol of love, lovers each wear one on their wrists, the male left and female right, is a token of love; on behalf of always together, a lifetime together.

3, luck \ transfer \ inviting wealth

The Han people since ancient times like red, which represents the festive and auspicious good luck; so wear a red hand rope also represents to a good intention, bring good luck, transit, fortune. In the red rope will generally be matched with the lucky beads, lucky beads, or brave jade jewelry, Yuanbao, money bags, gourds, bells and other symbols of these in the national tradition of attracting wealth and good luck pendant.

3, bodyguard\prayer\for peace

Traditionally, red is also considered to be the color of good luck and peace; red rope in ancient times was seen as a kind of prayer, the old man said that the left foot tied a red rope to walk at night without encountering ghosts and gods. In order to protect the best with the diamond knot red rope, so many friends in order to protect the body, pray for peace are also like to bring a red red rope.

5, the year of birth to ward off evil

The year of birth is commonly known as the year of the genus. In the old custom is often considered an unlucky year. Therefore, there is "the year of life, too old to commit, too old to sit on the head, there will be trouble without joy" of the folklore. Taboo, in folklore, there are in the year of life hanging red to avoid the tradition of avoiding disaster.