The origin of sachet

Tracing back to the origin of sachets, as early as the pre-Qin period, women wore ornaments made of five threads on their heads. It developed into a sachet in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and in the Tang Dynasty, a fragrant pill filled with spices appeared.

The main raw materials of sachet are realgar, mugwort leaf and smoked grass. And their functions have been deified in ancient times, just like Nezha's red belly in The Book of God, which has the effect of eliminating all evils.

Among all the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, nothing is more beautiful and warm than making and wearing sachets. In the past, when the level of medicine was not developed, people ground realgar, wormwood and calamus with bactericidal effect into powder, wrapped them in cloth and put them on their chests, and used their odor to repel mosquitoes in summer. At the same time, making sachets is a popular thing, and many girls do it for the right people.

Evolution of the custom of wearing sachets on Dragon Boat Festival

May is usually called poison month. According to local records, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is also called Zhongtian Festival, and there is a custom of making various things to ward off evil spirits. It is also recorded in Jingchu that wormwood was cut into the shape of a tiger during the Dragon Boat Festival, or cloth was cut to make a little tiger to avoid some toxic things. In addition, it is also recorded in the above customs that tying a five-color thread on a child's arm can make him live longer.

Slowly, these two customs gradually merged into one, and evolved into a small cloth bag filled with wormwood, realgar and sandalwood powder and mixed spices for children to hang to prevent the intrusion of poisonous insects, which has the function of avoiding evil spirits and becomes a symbol of life-saving and good luck. Therefore, the status of the sachet is certain.

Reasons for wearing sachets on Dragon Boat Festival

Children wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival, which not only means to ward off evil spirits, but also has the style of decorating with their heads. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing, and then tied into a rope with five-color silk thread to make a string of different shapes, exquisite and eye-catching

Sachet, also called sachet, sachet, wallet, etc. , is made of colored silk thread or rags. It is filled with spices (made from Chinese herbal medicines, such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Scutellariae Radix, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song, and Rhizoma Kaempferiae) and worn on the chest, with fragrant smell. Chen Shiliang quoted Miscellaneous Notes on the Year of the Year as saying that "the Dragon Boat Festival is red and white, like a bag, with colored lines running through it and shaped like a flower." Another kind of "mussel powder bell": "On the fifth day, mussel powder is placed in silk and decorated with cotton, if there are several beads. Let the children take it to absorb sweat. "

As the old saying goes, "Dragon Boat Festival objects: baisuo, wormwood, silver-like drums, beautifully painted fans, delicious candy, zongzi and so on".

Wear sachets to ward off evil spirits and plague, and decorate the inner head. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, wrapped in silk and tied with five-color silk thread. Chinese herbal medicines used in sachets can emit natural fragrance, which belongs to the category of five fragrances in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and have the effects of inducing resuscitation, invigorating the spleen, eliminating filth and refreshing the mind.

Modern medical research has also proved that these drugs have aromatic odor and antibacterial and antiviral effects because they contain a lot of volatile oil.

The spices in the traditional sachet of Dragon Boat Festival can prevent colds, hand, foot and mouth.