The origin of dragon boat festival sachet

1. It is an ancient custom of the Chinese nation to wear sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival. Sachet is short for sachet. The sachet is also called sachet, wallet, sachet and sachet.

2. According to research, the wearing of sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival originated in 278 BC, and the Chu people put "bamboo slips and rice" into the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan, so that the fish would not harm him. There is also a record in the Book of Beginners: During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, Changsha people returned to Europe and saw a man who called himself Dr. San Lv (the official name of Qu Yuan) and told his wife a dream: "What you sacrificed was stolen by the dragon in the river, so you can wrap it with mugwort leaves and tie it with colored thread in the future. Dragons are most afraid of these two things. " So his wife made zongzi out of bamboo slips, wrapped it in colored silk thread and threw it into the river. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation and developed into a folk custom of Dragon Boat Festival food and five-color silk thread wrapped around zongzi. Later, people embroidered all kinds of sachets with five-color thread, and this ancient custom became more and more fierce. According to Gu Yuefu's Peacock Flying Southeast, it is described as follows: "Hongluofu Zhang Dou, with sachets hanging at four corners"; Another example: A Dream of Red Mansions wrote: "(Baoyu) untied his clothes in a hurry and untied his purse from the inside skirt." Although the sachets and purses here are not clearly pointed out to be worn on the Dragon Boat Festival, their ancient and popular meanings of exorcism, incense and love are inevitably mixed. This sachet was mentioned in Yuan Dynasty's zaju, and was worn by hired warriors on the battlefield. It is used for sewing. It is as big as a wallet and as small as a handbag.

3. The custom of wearing sachets in ancient China has a long history, which can be traced back to before the Zhou Dynasty. It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "Children and parents should wear ... tassels are suitable for their parents and aunts. Men and women who are not crowned, salted, brushed and horns are stinky. " The "tassels" mentioned here are woven sachets; "Rongchou" refers to the fragrance in the sachet. This written record shows that young people in the Zhou Dynasty would wear sachets with them when they were with their parents and aunts to show their respect and etiquette to their elders. It also shows that sachets had no decorative significance at that time.

Fourthly, in many urban and rural areas of our province, especially Xixia, grand celebrations are always held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and many rich and interesting folk activities are held. Especially on this day, adults and children put on all kinds of silks and sachets of different colors and shapes, and wear them on their bodies and waists. Dolls should wear Chinese cloth. People think that these cloth mascots have aura and the characteristics of protecting the safe growth of future generations. Therefore, wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival is loved and welcomed by people.

5. The sachet is made of colored satin or cloth wrapped with cotton, mixed with powder of clove, sagebrush, asarum herb, Gan Song and angelica dahurica, and embroidered with colored silk. They also have red, green, blue and purple threads hanging on the bottom, and then put on silver pearlescent pieces and so on, which look like jewelry and are very attractive. Some skillful hands string many small sachets together to form an interesting eight immortals crossing the sea, fish drilling lotus flowers, mice eating grapes, lions rolling hydrangeas, monkeys eating peaches, tigers stepping on five poisons, dustpans driving out five poisons and Ai Hu. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, adults should put these sachets on their children. I hope the fragrance in the sachet and the small animals can get rid of diseases and evil spirits and pray for a long life. With the evolution of history, the concept of getting rid of illness and seeking happiness has gradually faded, but the custom of making exquisite works of art has survived and become people's heartfelt wishes for a better life.