Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials

The traditional components of sachets worn during the Dragon Boat Festival are realgar, cinnabar, smoked grass, mugwort leaves and other spices. According to personal preference, Eupatorium odoratum, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Lignum Santali Albi, Herba Pogostemonis, Fructus Zanthoxyli, Herba Menthae, Olibanum, Cortex Cinnamomi, Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae, Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae, Gan Song, Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinalis and Styrax can be added.

The sachet is made of brocade, also called "brocade sachet" or "brocade sachet". Usually tied to the belt under the waist or elbow, and some tied to the bed curtain or car. Fan Qin of the Wei State of the Three Kingdoms wrote a poem in "Fixed Love": "Why knock at the door, the sachet is behind the elbow." The steps of Princess Tongchang in the Tang Dynasty were decorated with five-color sachets, and every trip was full of fragrance. Because most of the exotic spices came from foreign tributes, the court also took sachets as a gift.

The custom of wearing sachets is also very popular among the people. "Liu Hua Angle Li Dou when new, whose wine is not bottles today. I can stop the wind in the legendary swordsman, but I followed Artemisia leaves to the Pearl Gate. " This ancient poem describes the custom of people celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival at that time. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, people not only eat palm seeds, insert mugwort leaves, but also bring sachets to children. ?