Multicolored rope is not woven with five colors at will, because in the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, these five colors represent gold, fire, water, earth and wood respectively, and also symbolize the divine power in five directions. Multicolored rope, also known as multicolored silk and multicolored silk, is a holiday custom of the Han nationality. Generally speaking, wearing colorful ropes on the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits and has a beautiful meaning of praying for Najib.
Multicolored rope originated from the evolution of the concept of five elements in ancient China. Five colors are auspicious colors, representing five directions and promoting each other. It has the mysterious function of exorcising evil spirits and welcoming auspicious. Blue belongs to wood, representing the east, red to fire, representing the south, yellow to earth, representing the central government, white to gold, representing the west, black to water, representing the north, symbolized by the four elephants, with Qinglong in the east, Suzaku in the south and Suzaku in the west.
Historical origin of multicolored rope
Dragon Boat Festival is a colorful festival, which is an ancient traditional custom of Han nationality. Multicolored thread is the mascot and ornament of Dragon Boat Festival, which has the function of exorcising evil spirits and praying for the beautiful meaning of Najib. In midsummer, dragons fly in the sky, and the dragon spirit (yang) is strong, and all evils are avoided. Noon is an auspicious day to ward off evil spirits, which leads to a series of customs to ward off evil spirits, among which five-color silk thread tying the arm is one of the customs to ward off evil spirits in the Dragon Boat Festival.
Five-color silk thread originated from the concept of five elements in ancient China. In ancient China, it was advocated that five colors were auspicious colors, and it was a popular holiday custom to tie arms with five-color silk thread during the Dragon Boat Festival. Since the Han Dynasty, this custom has spread all over the country.
The custom of wearing sachets evolved from wearing colored lines. Sachet, commonly known as sachet, is also an object that people must wear during the Dragon Boat Festival. The sachet is made of cloth of various colors, and is filled with powder made of clove, vanilla, angelica dahurica, Gan Song, atractylodes macrocephala and realgar, and is worn on children with colorful threads.