Duanwu why hang mugwort leaves
1, in order to drive away mosquitoes
Duanwu Festival before and after the rain, and the temperature began to gradually rise, this time a lot of bugs began to reproduce, bugs will bring a lot of germs. Mugwort has a strong odor, and people usually hang it on their doors during the Dragon Boat Festival, which can prevent mosquitoes and insects.
2, in order to ward off evil spirits
In the old days, mugwort represented an herb that attracted good fortune, and many people would also plant mugwort in their front doors and backyards to pray for a safe year.
3, to prevent illness
People in the past believed that the Dragon Boat Festival is the most poisonous day, and the wormwood is a kind of herb that can cure the disease, in the Dragon Boat Festival on the day of the wormwood hanging on the door can prevent illness.
What are the effects of mugwort leaves
Mugwort is a very common herb in life, and it can be used in many places in life. People used to take mugwort to prevent the plague in the past, and mugwort is now widely used.
1, mugwort can be antiseptic, mugwort in the composition of many bacteria have an inhibitory effect.
2, mugwort leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, can be used to repel mosquitoes and fresh air.
3, the young leaves of mugwort can be eaten, can be used to make mugwort leaf poop and other delicacies.
4, mugwort can be used to cure the disease, you can take the mugwort lit smoked corresponding acupuncture points, can play a role in dispersing cold pain, mugwort can also be used to take a bath.
Duanwu why to wrap dumplings
1, in honor of Qu Yuan. Legend has it that in 340 B.C., there is a great patriotic poet Qu Yuan in Miluo River and died, people in order to commemorate the patriotic poet, every year in the Dragon Boat Festival to carry out activities such as dragon boat and package dumplings.
2, in order to drive away the dragon. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, a man dreamed of Qu Yuan at night, and Qu Yuan said to him that all the things they sacrificed were taken over by the dragon in the river, so people put glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, and tie up the leaves with five-color threads that the dragon was afraid of, and after that, the dragon would no longer come to steal things.
What are the customs of Dragon Boat Festival
1, Dragon Boat Festival people will race dragon boats. Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is found in many places in the southern region of China. People will carve and dress up their boats to look like dragons and start the race on the water, where the dragon boats will compete to be the first to move forward to the sound of rushing drums. Legend has it that the dragon boats are rowed to drive away the fish and shrimp in the river to keep them from eating Qu Yuan's body.
2, Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi. Every year in May, families will soak the glutinous rice to make dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi now developed different flavors, basically there are two flavors of sweet and salty.
3, the Dragon Boat Festival will hang the Ai leaves. Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the temperature gradually rises, is a period of high incidence of infectious diseases, the ancients through the hanging of moxa leaves and other ways to drive away mosquitoes, to prevent infectious diseases.
4, the Dragon Boat Festival to children wear colorful thread, hanging scented sachets. Dragon Boat Festival to children hanging colorful silk thread and scented sachets is to give children to pray for blessings, Dragon Boat Festival to children hanging scented sachets containing vermilion sand, andrographis and other medicinal herbs, in the past, but also in order to ward off the evil spirits and drive away the plague.
5, Dragon Boat Festival drink andrographis. Andrographis can drive away snakes and insects, and the andrographis wine has the efficacy of sterilization and detoxification, people will sprinkle the andrographis wine in the place where the bugs like to infest, to avoid and drive away the snakes and insects.