Why the Dragon Boat Festival to hang the egg Dragon Boat Festival to hang the egg reason

1, this custom has a long history, originated in a mythological story. It is said that in ancient times, whenever the Dragon Boat Festival came, the God of Plague in the sky would come down to the earth to wreak havoc, especially the children are most vulnerable, so near the festival there would always be children with fever in bed. When people went to Nuwa's temple to burn incense and pray, she heard people's prayers and went to the God of Pestilence, asking him to spare the child with an egg on his neck, falsely claiming that it was Nuwa's direct child. Therefore, on the day of the festival, people will hang a child's neck with an egg pocket, which contains a goose egg or egg, with the meaning of driving away evil spirits and praying for peace.

2, called hanging egg pocket, usually with colorful threads of rope weaving, forming a three-dimensional mesh egg pocket, filled with boiled salted duck eggs, eggs, or loaded with cute egg model, hanging on the chest of the child, praying for their healthy growth. And eggs in traditional Chinese culture is a symbol of fertility and life, the Dragon Boat Festival hanging egg also sends a sense of reverence for life.