Suzhou Hongrui wishes you a healthy Dragon Boat Festival

On the day of Dragon Boat Festival, there are generally eight customs for collecting herbs:

1、 Dragon Boat Racing

The origin of the Loong Boat Festival has several versions. The most familiar one is to commemorate Qu Yuan.

Legend has it that on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River. Upon hearing the news, the local people immediately rowed boats to rescue him, all the way to Dongting Lake,In order to express everyone's sorrow for Qu Yuan, it gradually developed into a Loong Boat race.

2、 Eat Zongzi

The festival food of Loong Boat Festival is Zongzi. The legend of eating Zongzi, like the Loong Boat race, is to commemorate Qu Yuan.

It is said that Qu Yuan was trapped by dragons in the water after he threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. People pitied and sympathized with Qu Yuan. Every day, they threw Zongzi made of five colored silk into the river to drive away the dragons. Later, Zongzi becamePeople welcome Loong Boat Festival food.

3、 Hanging the statue of Zhong Kui

In the Jianghuai region, every Loong Boat Festival, there is a custom of hanging Zhong Kui statues in every family to suppress houses and exorcise evil spirits.

4、 Hanging mugwort, calamus, and banyan branches, praying for peace

During the Loong Boat Festival, people also hang wormwood, calamus and banyan branches at the door.

Ai Cao, as a medicinal herb that can treat diseases, can be burned on acupoints to treat illnesses, and inserted at the door to promote physical health; Acorus calamus, regarded by the common people as the energy of the hundred suns, can be inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits; The meaning of hanging banyan branches at the door is to make the body agile.

5、 Wear the Long Life Thread, bless health and well-being

Another important custom of the Loong Boat Festival is to wear longevity strands, also known as longevity strands, longevity threads, longevity strands, etc.

6、 Wearing sachets for disease prevention and fitness

Xiangbao, also known as sachet, sachet, purse, etc., is made of five colored silk threads or shredded cloth. It can be filled with various spices, such as Chinese herbs, tea leaves, lotus flowers, etc., and then worn on the chest. It has a strong fragrance and can also prevent diseases and promote fitness.

7、 Drinking realgar wine can kill viruses and ward off evil spirits

The origin of drinking realgar wine on Loong Boat Festival is also related to Qu Yuan.

8、 Collecting hundreds of medicines to defend against diseases

Picking a hundred herbs, also known as "picking a hundred herbs". In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which is a season of hot weather and high incidence of diseases, many venomous snakes and pests begin to reproduce and become active, which can easily cause harm to people.

So, in order to resist diseases and maintain good health, people began to search for hundreds of herbs and collect medicinal materials during the Dragon Boat Festival. These herbs were then used for diet, bathing, smoking, or as door decorations to defend against various diseases.