The implication of hanging wormwood and calamus on Dragon Boat Festival

The implication of hanging wormwood and calamus on the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits, mosquitoes and evil spirits.

1, scientific explanation

There is a saying: insert willow in Qingming Festival and wormwood in Dragon Boat Festival. Wormwood and calamus will be inserted in the Dragon Boat Festival. The stems and leaves of wormwood have volatile aromatic oil, which can produce a strange direction, repel mosquitoes and purify the air. Artemisia argyi can also be used as medicine. Acorus calamus is an aquatic herb, and its leaves also contain volatile aromatic oil, which can refresh, kill insects and sterilize.

2. Cultural significance

As the saying goes, holding Aiqi is a blessing; Hanging a sword on the door kills thousands of people. Hanging wormwood and calamus at home is equivalent to putting an amulet at home, which can benefit and avoid harm. Tie wormwood into a bundle and hang it on the lintel or at both ends of the lintel. The representative of wormwood invited Baifu. Inserting it in the door can make you healthy. Wormwood can exorcise evil spirits.

Hanging calamus and mugwort on Dragon Boat Festival is required.

1. Must have roots: In the eyes of our local elderly, Acorus calamus and Folium Artemisiae Argyi with roots have a good meaning, so generally speaking, Acorus calamus and Folium Artemisiae Argyi in rural areas have roots, and the roots should be washed. When hanging, I also pay attention to the direction of hanging, usually upside down.

2. There are requirements for the suspension time: For the suspension time, the old people pay attention to the sooner the better, but generally it starts in May. Remember that good people usually start from the first day of the fifth lunar month. In the choice of calamus, it is generally better to choose the morning with dew.