What is the significance of weaving egg packets during the Dragon Boat Festival? Why should we weave an egg net during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Tracing back to the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, the tradition of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in China was formed thousands of years ago, and even the ancients created a series of traditional customs according to the climate of the Dragon Boat Festival, but do you know the significance of each custom? For example, what's the point of making egg packets during the Dragon Boat Festival? Why should we weave an egg net during the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's take a look together.

Egg packets made for the Dragon Boat Festival originated from ancient fairy tales. The ancients believed that hanging eggs on this day could protect children's health and safety. Children have egg bags woven with colored wool around their necks, which means wishing them luck and safety.

Why do you want to weave egg packets during the Dragon Boat Festival?

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a god of plague in the sky. Every Dragon Boat Festival, he always sneaks into the underworld to spread the plague. Most of the victims are children, ranging from fever and anorexia to bedridden. Some mothers are very distressed about this, so they go to Nu Wa Niangniang Temple to burn incense and kowtow, begging her to eliminate disasters and bless future generations.

When Nu Wa learned about this, she went to the god of plague and said, "You will never be allowed to hurt my first child again." Knowing that Nu Wa had great magical powers, God of plague dared not oppose her, so he asked, "I wonder how many children are there in the lower world?" Nu Wa smiled and said, "I have many children. I tell you, I order my first child to hang an egg bag in front of her skirt every Dragon Boat Festival. Any child who hangs an egg bag is not allowed to mess around. " This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the god of plague went down again. I saw all the children hanging small net bags on their chests, which contained boiled salted eggs. The god of plague thought that these were all children of Nu Wa and dared not do it. In this way, the custom of eating eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival gradually spread, and some places, such as Hunan, have developed into the custom of finding children.

What eggs are hung on the Dragon Boat Festival?

Most people will choose to hang goose eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival. First, because of the high temperature in summer, eating duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival can make up for summer. Another reason is that some areas have the habit of eating "Huang Wu" during the Dragon Boat Festival, which refers to loofah, eel, yellow croaker, salted duck egg yolk and realgar. Therefore, hanging goose eggs on children's chests can not only bring good luck, but also be used to take them and prevent waste.

The custom of weaving egg packets on Dragon Boat Festival

1. Prepare all kinds of wool, scissors and rulers first.

2. Tie a thread about 40 cm long (just enough for children to hang around their necks) and fix it in one place;

3. Take another 6 (or more) threads about 30 cm long, fold them in half and put them on the previously fixed long thread;

4. Tie these six lines at a distance of about 1cm from the inflection point, tie two adjacent lines at a distance of 1cm from the previous line, and tie the remaining single lines at both sides to form a ring, and so on;

5. After tying seven or eight layers of knots (enough for one egg), tie all the heads with wool, and the egg package is ready.