Why do you wash your face with petals on Dragon Boat Festival?

The custom of washing your face with petals on the Dragon Boat Festival is actually a traditional folk custom. The traditional significance of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, in order to pray for good weather and good harvests this year. This is a harvest and festive festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will hang mugwort leaves and calamus at the door, and also soak calamus in water to wash their faces, symbolizing the meaning of expelling plague, removing toxins and turning evil into good luck. This traditional custom comes from a folklore, which is said to be in memory of Qu Yuan. People spread rice on the river to prevent fish from eating Qu Yuan's body, and at the same time wash their faces in the water with petals, praying that Qu Yuan's body would not be harmed by the plague.