The implication of hanging wormwood on Dragon Boat Festival

The meaning of hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival is to pray for evil spirits.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, planting wormwood and calamus is one of the important customs, which has the significance of expelling insects. "Artemisia argyi", also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, contains volatile aromatic oil in its stems and leaves, which will produce peculiar fragrance. Story of Jingchu at the age of four: "mourn for people, hang it on the door and use poison gas." This is because Folium Artemisiae Argyi is an important medicinal plant, which can also be used to treat diseases, moxibustion points and deworming.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi, also known as Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Artemisia argyi, contains volatile aromatic oil in its stems and leaves, and its unique fragrance can drive away mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants and purify the air. The leaves of Acorus calamus also contain volatile aromatic oil, which is an insecticide and bactericide. The legend about wormwood has spread among the people.

Related meaning

Wormwood is a common folk plant, which is inserted in the doorway every year during the Dragon Boat Festival. As wormwood is an auspicious plant, keeping it at home is also a good blessing to family members. I hope their families will be happy and harmonious, and it is also a kind of care for their elders, so it has been widely circulated.

There is a special fragrance in wormwood, which can play a good role in expelling insects and killing viruses. From the perspective of geomantic omen, wormwood is an auspicious plant, which can promote the development of fortune at home. When it is placed at the door during the Dragon Boat Festival, it can pray for exorcism and protect the house. The branches and leaves of wormwood are evergreen all the year round, representing the endless family fortune, so hanging wormwood at the door of the family fortune can play a good role in gathering wealth.