The practice of making sachets by hand

The making method of handmade sachets is as follows:

1. First, prepare the materials. I prepared cotton and linen, the size is 16.7*7.5 cm, and the finished product size is about 6 to 7 cm. There are also stuffed cotton, scissors, needle and thread, hemp rope and specially prepared dried mugwort leaves, jasmine flowers, osmanthus flowers and roses.

2. Fold the reverse side of the cloth in half, and then sew two sides. Turn the cloth upside down and prepare to fill it with cotton and spices.

3. After stuffing cotton and spices, knead into the shape of triangular zongzi and fill it. When you hold it in your hand, you can easily understand how to knead it into the shape of zongzi.

4. When sewing the last edge, fold the edge of the cloth slightly, cut a piece of hemp rope, put the hemp rope in the corner, and sew this edge with a needle and thread ~ the production is complete.

This kind of sachet is also called flannel, box, box, Xiang Ying and Pei Wei. Today is called purse, playing with goods and shorting. It is a folk embroidery handicraft created by working women in ancient China. It is the product of China ancient farming culture marked by men plowing and women weaving, and it is the remains and regeneration of China traditional culture that has lived for thousands of years.

The sachet was originally called "smelly". In Qu Yuan's Lisao, there is "Hujiang Powder, Bi, which Qiu Lan thinks is admirable". At that time, the spices were Bizhi and Qiu Lan. In the Ming dynasty, there were still smelly names. Traditional sachets in China are mostly made of silk and filled with realgar, smoked grass, mugwort and other spices. It is said that sachets can ward off evil spirits, so they will be hung on the Dragon Boat Festival.