How to make your own scented sachet is introduced as follows:

1, prepare materials: cloth, scissors, needle, thread, spices, cotton, spikes, beads.

2, prepare a rectangular piece of cloth.

3.Fold the cloth in half and sew up the two sides with needle and thread.

4.Turn the sewn purse inside out and stuff it with spices and cotton.

5.Then sew the mouth, you can use some beautiful colored thread.

6, then make a spike, wear some beads to look better.

7, and finally sew the spike to the bottom of the purse, the incense bag is ready.

Extended knowledge:

1, Introduction

Scented bag is also known as the smell of incense, incense bags, scented bags, incense tassels, PeiDu, nowadays known as the lotus bag, play goods, Difficulty, it is a folk embroidery handicrafts created by the working women of ancient China.

It is a product of the ancient Chinese farming culture marked by men plowing and women weaving, and it is a remnant and regeneration of the traditional Chinese culture that has not been extinguished for more than a thousand years.

The earliest scented bag is called "Rongqi", Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" has "Hu Jiangli and Pai Zhi Ruoxi, Sewing Autumn Orchid as Pei", at that time the spice is Pai Zhi, Autumn Orchid. In the Ming Dynasty still have the name of the smell. Traditional Chinese scented sachets are made of silk cloth, filled with andrographis, lavender, mugwort and other spices. It is said that the scented bag can avoid evil spirits, the Dragon Boat Festival will be hung with the scented bag. 2008 was selected as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list.

2, history

Sachet (sachet), anciently known as the "scent bag", also known as "Pei Curtain", "Rong Chou", "scented bag", "wallet", commonly known in Qingyang as "Dwarf Dwarf" or "play live". It is a colorful silk thread embroidered on the colorful silk with a variety of connotations of ancient magical, profound patterns and decorations, sewn into different shapes and sizes of small embroidered sacs, containing a variety of strong aromatic smell of Chinese herbs developed fine powder, for festivals and festivals Zhiqing, practical and ornamental ornaments to play with.

Scented bag in the "Classic of Poetry" has been described in some chapters, indicating that as early as about 3,000 years ago there was a scented bag. The Book of Rites: "Five colors are called embroidery." Incense bag with green, red, yellow, white and black silk thread embroidery, colorful, naturally have decorative clothing, play to appreciate the aesthetic function, but also because of the filling of special Chinese herbs, and has to drive away the evil, the restaurant, and the fungus in addition to refreshing the effect of God.

The Book of Rites - Classes of Rules, contained, underage men and women, morning and evening to worship their parents, must wear a bag of incense, indicating that the bag of incense and ceremonial role. Warring States period to Qin, Han, Jin, men and women are wearing a bag of incense, after Jin gradually for women, children's specialties. Song Dynasty, the official history of the court dress began to wear a bag of incense, the role of etiquette is more prominent. Qing Dynasty, the bag has become a gift, especially the love of men and women as a gift token.

Modern, scented bag is an effective carrier of traditional culture, in interpersonal communication, landscaping, cultivating sentiment, sentiments, play an irreplaceable role.