202 1 what does it mean to hang wormwood on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month?
1, pray for good luck
Most people also have the custom of planting wormwood in front of and behind their houses for good luck. In Taiwan Province Province, China, folks also put up "afternoon couplets" on the Dragon Boat Festival, which have the same function as amulets. There is a saying in some afternoon couplets: "Holding a strange love will attract a hundred blessings, and hanging a sword to close the door will kill a thousand evils". The folk significance of banyan branches can make the body strong. "It is braver to insert banyan trees, and it is braver to insert mugwort leaves". There is also the local custom of hanging pomegranate, garlic or Shandan, and garlic is used to eliminate disasters and treat pests and poisons; Shandan can cure madness, pomegranate can avoid Huang Chao. Pomegranate flower is the flower of this season, and it also has the function of treating diseases. Pomegranate peel is a common Chinese medicine. There is also a story about the relationship between pomegranate flower and Huang Chao. During the Huang Chao Uprising, Huang Chao once passed a village and happened to see a woman with a big child on her back and a child in her hand. Huang Chao was curious and asked why. Women don't know Huang Chao, just say that because Huang Chao came and killed her uncle's family, this is the only remaining lifeline, so if she can't attend to both of them, she will sacrifice her own flesh and blood to save her uncle's flesh and blood. Huang Chao was deeply moved and told the woman that as long as pomegranate flowers were hung on the door, the disaster in Huang Chao could be avoided.
2, exorcise ghosts and evil spirits
There are reasons for hanging wormwood, calamus (Pujian), pomegranate and garlic at the entrance of Dragon Boat Festival. Usually mugwort leaves, banyan trees and calamus are tied into a bundle with red paper and then inserted or hung on the door. Because Acorus calamus is the head of five pistils in the sky, symbolizing evil sword, because the growing season and shape are regarded as "the spirit of a hundred yin", and the leaves are sword-shaped and can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, the alchemist called it "water sword", and later the custom extended to "general sword", which can cut off all evil. In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Tieqing recorded in Jia Qinglu that "chopping Pu as a sword, chopping Peng as a whip, and hanging peach stalks and garlic on the bed are all used to exorcise ghosts". However, in the local chronicles of the Jin Dynasty, there is "mourning for the tiger, or cutting the ribbon for the tiger, with mourning attached to the leaves, and the wife fighting to cut it." In the future, it will be calamus, or human form, or Xiao Jian shape, called Pujian, to drive away evil spirits and ghosts. "
3. Zhao Baifu
"Holding Aiqi in your hand is a blessing, and hanging a sword under the door is a thousand evils." Hanging wormwood and cattail at the entrance of the Dragon Boat Festival is like putting a spell on it, which can seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Wormwood represents a hundred blessings and is a kind of herbal medicine that can cure diseases. Inserting it at the door can make you healthy. In ancient China, it has always been a medicinal plant. Moxibustion in acupuncture uses wormwood as the main component and burns it at acupoints to treat diseases. The legend that wormwood can exorcise evil spirits has been circulating for a long time, mainly because it has the function of medicine. For example, Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu records that "before the cock crows, people who pick wormwood look like people, take it and use moxibustion to collect it, which is very effective." On this day, Ai Cai became a human figure, hung on the door, and could cast poison gas. "
What is the "Five-Five" realgar wine?
Realgar is a mineral, which is produced in Shanyang and is the male of Dan, hence the name. The taste is bitter and bitter, and the temperature is toxic. Its nature is cold and flat, and it has the functions of eliminating dampness and killing insects, treating scabies, eliminating pathogenic factors, robbing phlegm and detoxifying insects. "Bao Puzi" recorded: "Take realgar into the mountains, not afraid of snakes. If there is a snake in it, give it a little help and it will recover quickly. " South China is low-lying, steaming and full of poisonous insects. Just use realgar, garlic and so on. And make it into pills to wear, which can prevent viruses and insects. If you have been bitten by a poisonous insect, it is also effective to apply a little realgar to the wound. According to the old custom, realgar wine should be drunk everywhere during the Dragon Boat Festival. The old man dyed the child's forehead with the remaining wine, rubbed it on his ears, nose, hands and feet, or sprinkled it on the wall at will to drive away poisonous insects. Jianli, Hubei Province is called "Avoid All Poisons", Wujin, Jiangsu Province is called "Avoid Five Poisons" and Beiping is called "Avoid Poisonous Insects". Because children have weak resistance, it is more important to eliminate evil. Bugs tend to crawl in people and ears, so pay attention. The forehead is in front of the brain, and the word "Wang" is painted on it, indicating that the child is tall and strong.