The first smoke: smoking is also a good choice for the ancients to repel mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes can't be completely driven away by fans, so we have to smoke mosquitoes with wormwood. Burning wormwood to repel mosquitoes is very common among the people. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people often put realgar wine on their bodies to prevent mosquito bites besides inserting wormwood at the door.
Second, hanging mosquito nets: hanging mosquito nets has a long history.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a kind of "green yarn" in Qi Huangong, which could stop mosquitoes. In the Book of Songs: "Su Su and Zheng Xiao embraced and admired each other." "Look" is a mosquito net. For the poor in ancient times, even if they borrowed money, they had to get a bedspread to repel mosquitoes. "There are many mosquitoes in summer, and poverty is nothing", and "debt" is a mosquito net. The history of hanging mosquito nets continues to this day, and it is still the first choice for many families to prevent mosquitoes.
The third point of incense: the invention of ancient mosquito-repellent incense is probably related to the custom of burning incense and offering sacrifices.
In the Song Dynasty's science and technology note "Talking about Things", it is recorded that "duckweed is picked in the Dragon Boat Festival, dried in the shade, and wrapped in realgar paper, which can be burned to repel mosquitoes." This should be regarded as an early "mosquito repellent incense".
The fourth hanging sachet: Many medicinal materials in the sachet also have the function of repelling mosquitoes.
Such as musk, mint, star anise and fennel. It is equivalent to applying "wind oil essence" on the body. The sachet is refreshing and eye-catching, making people feel very comfortable. In addition to driving away mosquitoes and flies, it has also become a fashion ornament for literati.
Fifth mosquito killer: An exquisite bronze mosquito killer in Qing Dynasty.
The conical lamp body is provided with a trumpet-shaped "big mouth". After the lamp knob is ignited, the airflow will be inhaled from the bell mouth quickly, and mosquitoes will be sucked into the lamp by this hot airflow and die.
6. Raising frogs: Another way is to raise frogs with mosquito killing tanks.
The ancients kept frogs in vats. Mosquitoes like shade. When they fly in, they become frog's food.
Seventh mosquito repellent: The ancients often planted some mosquito repellent in the courtyard.
Nepenthes, agastaches, lavender, cordate telosma ... enjoy the cool summer night, not only enjoy the refreshing fragrance of flowers, but also prevent the invasion of mosquitoes. We really admire the infinite wisdom of the ancients and invented so many methods to prevent mosquitoes in such an era of backward technology.