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Chapter 588 The Uses of Colorful Threads and Sachets (Subscribe)

"But passed down to our generation, the five-color rope has developed into many kinds of beautiful ornaments, and the way of making it has become more and more exquisite. This craft has also become a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival."

Studio.

"Indeed, the colorful ropes are getting more and more beautiful now."

"Yes, yes, there are small bells, peach pits, and all kinds of pendants. Every time I go to choose, I have to choose for a long time."

"No, the multicolored rope is so delicate that it makes me very reluctant to throw it away every time it rains..."

"Haha, me too."

"No, it feels like a waste every time I throw it away."

Li Yuan: "The five-color rope actually has a very nice name, it's called Longevity Thread and Extended Life Thread."

"The five-color thread is a treasure commonly used in folklore for good luck. In the traditional saying, the five colors represent the five elements of wood, fire, earth, gold, and water, which are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, and have the mysterious effect of exorcising evil and welcoming good fortune."

"The east, west, south, north, and middle five directions are marked by animals. The east is the blue dragon, the south is the red bird, the west is the white tiger, the north is the basalt, and the center is the yellow dragon. They are all spiritual things."

"Because five colors have always been worshiped in ancient times, and five colors are auspicious colors, which means praying for Najib and warding off evil spirits. Children wearing colorful ropes is an important custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, and it has a beautiful meaning of praying for Najib."

"When a child wears this colorful rope, it means that the life of the child is locked, preventing the invasion of diseases and ghosts to harm the child, so that the child can grow up safe and sound."

"It is also for this reason that the Dragon Boat Festival is also called 'Children's Day'. Wearing colorful ropes on the 'Poison Day' can protect against evil spirits, eliminate illness, and strengthen the body."

"It is precisely because of such an important meaning that the custom of wearing colorful threads on the Dragon Boat Festival continues to this day."

Studio.

"I remember when I was a child, every Dragon Boat Festival, when I opened my eyes, I would find that my hands and feet were tied with colorful ropes."

"Yes, yes, at that time, I thought it was amazing if I didn't understand it."

"When I was a child, I also liked the Dragon Boat Festival very much. When I opened my eyes, there were exquisite colorful ropes on my hands, and herbs hanging around my neck. I washed my face with mugwort in the morning, and then hung fresh mugwort on the door..."

"I'm a big man, I really like to wear colorful ropes, and I can't bear to take them off every time, haha."

"I really envy you guys. Every time my husband brings colorful ropes to him, he will die. In the end, he can only tie them to his feet."

"Young people can also wear colorful ropes. It is said that colorful ropes can bring good marriage!"

"Is it so miraculous?"

"Off the list? I'm going to sell colorful ropes now!"

In fact, the Dragon Boat Festival can not only bring colorful ropes, but also sachets, peach wood, and silver locks.And every household will hang five-color gourds of various colors on the lintel.

And with colorful ropes, you have to put them on before the sun comes out.

Therefore, in the early morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, the first important thing for adults to do after getting up is to tie five-color threads on the wrists, ankles, and necks of their children.

As for wearing this kind of colorful thread, there are also requirements. When wearing it, it should be male left and female right. It can be tied on the neck of the hand or the neck of the ankle.

However, no matter where it is worn, children are not allowed to speak during the wearing process, nor can they tear off or discard the colorful rope at will. They can only be thrown into the river when they take a bath for the first time after the festival.

It is said that children wearing the five-color thread can avoid the harm of poisonous insects like snakes and scorpions and be less harassed by mosquitoes.

Throwing it into the river means that the river will wash away plagues and diseases, so that children can be healthy.

Although Li Yuan is a new youth in the 21st century, he scoffs at the saying that wearing colorful ropes can prevent mosquito bites, but he still feels that this ritual-like custom is still a very beautiful thing.

Including hanging sachets, although many people don't understand this custom now, Li Yuan's habit is still to buy a bag every year for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Studio.

"Anchor, what's in the sachet for the Dragon Boat Festival? Why does it smell so good?"

"Yes, yes, I am also curious. Every time I smell the sachet, I feel very comfortable."

"I don't like that smell, it's a bit pungent..."

"It smells so good! Not only does it smell good, it also looks good!"

"I know this! My grandmother once made me a sachet, and I remember that there are some spices in it!"

"I know there seems to be Shannai and Gansong in it, but I don't know about the others."

"Bring a sachet, is there anything to say about this?"

"The sachet is good because it has the effect of repelling insects. When I was young, I heard the old man in my family mention it."

Li Yuan nodded.

"Well, everyone is right. Dragon Boat Festival sachets do have the effect of repelling insects. This is not a superstition, but has something to do with the Chinese herbal medicine in the sachet."

"Actually, as for the sachet, it can be said to be one of the oldest and oldest traditional mascots in our country."

"The earliest ancestors thought that this kind of aromatic material and medicinal materials could be used for spirituality, so they would sew them into cloth bags to exorcise evil spirits, pray for blessings, and bless peace."

"Sachets are gradually becoming popular, so the original coarse cloth bag has gradually evolved into a style made of brocade embroidery."

"The Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer, and all kinds of poisons come out, not only poisonous insects, such as snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and ants, but also poisonous gases that cause diseases, such as heat evil, damp evil, and epidemic diseases. It’s a high-risk period.”

"The so-called Dragon Boat Festival arrives, and the five poisons come out, that's what it means."

"Because of the efficacy of sachets from ancient times to the present, people simply put Chinese herbal medicines that can prevent and eliminate diseases during this period of high incidence of five poisons."

Studio.

"So that's how this sachet came from!"

"But I think the taste of each sachet is different..."

"Yes, anchor, what is in this sachet? Is it harmful to wear it?"

"A small sachet, quickly let it have such a big effect?"

"I know that many people in TV dramas wear sachets!"

"Still mentioning TV series? Don't you know it's fake?"

"Don't mention the TV series, or the anchor will have to come out to help dispel the rumors, haha!"

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard everyone's messages.

"People say that the taste of sachets is different, but it is actually because there are many types of sachet recipes."

"However, most of the sachets are filled with cinnabar, realgar, and fragrant medicine. They are wrapped with silk cloth and tied with five-color silk threads. A variety of different shapes, form a string, various, exquisite and eye-catching."

Li Yuandao: "Actually, there are many Chinese herbal medicines used in sachets, but the common ones are filled with Angelica dahurica, Chuanxiong, Qincao, Paicao, kaempferia, Gansong, Takamoto, etc. Such sachets do not need to add any extra ingredients. Spices give off a natural aroma."

(End of this chapter)