What can I bring to ward off evil spirits?

In folk customs, the evil spirits are garlic, spike, chicken and dog blood, glutinous rice and so on.

Attribute: Modeling must not be random, temporary or impromptu, but can usually span time and space. This is the premise that folklore is inherited, extensive and stable: an activity takes place here and now, and it is not folklore unless it is put into practice by another person again.

Only when the way of activity transcends the situation and becomes the content implemented by many people at the same time can it become a folk custom handed down from generation to generation. Besides, folk customs are changeable. Folk custom is a life culture, not a classic culture. It has no words, and it is mainly passed down from generation to generation by words and deeds.

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Folk culture is mobile and developing, and it will mutate at every stage of society, seeking survival and development in the mutation. When China society is at the critical moment of economic transformation, the changes of people's concepts and lifestyles will inevitably be reflected in the changes of folk culture, which is an objective reality independent of people's will.

Looking for folk cultural relics and leaving the history of people's lives has become a serious topic. China is a big country with a long history of folk culture. Folk culture is not only a continuation of history, but also will continue.

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