1, the ancients believed that in the Chongyang Festival on this day hiking insert dogwood can drive away insects to remove dampness, expel wind evil. So people wear the cornelian cherry on the arm, or ground up in a bag of incense, and inserted in the head. Mostly women, children wear, some places men also wear.

2, the relationship between the Chongyang Festival and cornelian cherry blossom, first seen in the mythological novel "continued Qi Harmony" in a story: RuNan HuanJing with FeiChangFang learning Tao. One day, Fei Changfang said to Huanjing, September 9, your family will have a catastrophe, the crack is to ask the family to do a colorful bag, filled with cornelian cherry, wrapped around the arm, climbed the mountains, drink chrysanthemum wine.

3, September 9 this day, Huan Jing family according to this line, evening home to see, really home chickens, dogs, cows and sheep have died, and the whole family because out and safe and sound. So Cornus officinalis "to ward off evil spirits" will be passed down.