Suzhou Dragon Boat Festival Customs Suzhou Wudi Dragon Boat Festival Customs-realgar wine

May has been known as the poisonous month and evil month since ancient times, and there are many taboos about everything. Taoist temples and temples present gifts such as talismans and seals to donors to ward off poison and evil spirits. Because mugwort, calamus and realgar have the effect of repelling insects and killing poisons, it has become a common custom during the Dragon Boat Festival to take a bath in mugwort water, hang mugwort, tie five-color silk, and drink realgar wine, etc., all to drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters.

In the past, it was customary to drink realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival in Suzhou. There is a folk custom of eating "five yellows" during the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River. "Five Yellows" refers to eel, yellow croaker, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine. Talking about realgar wine, it is really closely related to Suzhou. According to folklore, the White Snake drank realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival and appeared in her true form, scaring Xu Xian to death. The original version of this story, "The White Snake Forever Towns Leifeng Pagoda", first appeared in "Warning Words" written by Feng Menglong, a native of Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty. .

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It is customary in Wu today to grind realgar powder, cattail root and wine to drink in the afternoon, which is called realgar wine. He also used the remaining wine to stain the child's forehead, chest, hands and feet, and there was no risk of snakes or aphids. Sprinkle residual liquid on the frozen walls of doors and windows to get rid of poisonous insects.

"Yanjing Years' Notes":

On every Dragon Boat Festival, from the first day of the Lunar New Year, take realgar wine and sprinkle it, and apply it on the child's collar and between the nose and ears to avoid poison.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people in Suzhou offer bottles of hollyhocks, pomegranates, cattails and other items, and women wear moxa leaves and pomegranate flowers in hairpins, which is known as the "Duan Wu scene". Everyone has a banquet to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. Businessmen doing business in medicine markets and wine shops will give realgar, zhizhu and distiller's grains to regular customers. All walks of life are closed on this day, and everyone drinks happily in the hotel, which is called "White Appreciation Festival". Speaking of which, the earliest use of realgar was a commonly used medicinal material in Taoist alchemy. Ge Hong mentioned using realgar to make wine in "Baopuzi". "Tao Zang" has a "realgar recipe made with realgar wine", which uses realgar as the main medicine. Wine is used as an auxiliary ingredient. It is believed that after drinking this wine, "the three insects in the belly will lie on the corpse, the mind will be opened, and the eyes will be clear, making people powerful, entering the water to ward off dragons, entering the mountains to ward off tigers and wolves, and entering the army to ward off five soldiers." This was later formed among the people. Admiration for realgar wine.

In fact, realgar is a mineral, also known as cockscomb stone. It is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and toxic. It is mainly used as a detoxification and insecticide. Indeed, ancient people have long recognized the detoxification and anti-epidemic functions of realgar. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that external use of realgar is effective in treating scabies, malignant sores, snake and insect bites, etc.

The predecessor of Dragon Boat Festival realgar wine should be calamus wine. The calamus leaf is shaped like a sword, so it is called "Pu Jian", and because it grows close to water, it is also named "Water Sword". The made calamus wine has the characteristics of warm nature and pungent taste. It is beneficial to the lungs and stomach and can prolong life. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Calamus wine cures thirty-six winds and twelve paralysis, unblocks blood vessels, cures bone fistula, and long-term use can make the ears and eyes bright."

As early as in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", there is There is an allusion that "Meng Tuo, also known as Bo Liang, left a bunch of calamus wine to Zhang Rang, that is, he paid homage to the governor of Liangzhou." Calamus wine is a famous traditional wine in Chinese history. It became famous in the Han Dynasty and was especially used by emperors and officials of the past dynasties. Sun Simiao's "Qian Jin Yue Ling": "On the Dragon Boat Festival, use calamus or strands or shavings to soak in wine, which is called Pujiu." "Zunsheng Eight Notes" said: "On the Dragon Boat Festival, use calamus with one inch and nine knots, and soak the shavings with it. "Wine." There is a poem from the Yin Yao clan in the Tang Dynasty:

The good stories of youth are more sentimental, but who knows how emotional they will be when we grow old. Don't follow the custom of moxa talisman, but pray for pu wine and peace.

Mei Yaochen, a poet of the Song Dynasty, would rather not drink wine during the Dragon Boat Festival if there were no calamus soaked in wine. In his poem on Dragon Boat Festival, he wrote: "You won't get sick if you have wine, but there are no calamus roots." He got it in the evening. When I got the calamus, I wrote "Getting the calamus in the evening of the Dragon Boat Festival": "Getting the calamus in the dusk is as good as the sun. How can I avoid the customs and bow to the venerable pot three times."

The Dragon Boat Festival custom in the Song Dynasty is to drink. Calamus wine. In the Ming Dynasty, calamus wine was listed as the seasonal official wine of the royal court. The "Ziuzhongzhi" written by Liu Ruoyu, an eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, said: "From the first day to the thirteenth day of May, the court officials wear five-poison moxa and tiger patch clothes. There are calamus and pots on both sides of the door. At noon on the fifth day of the lunar month, people drink cinnabar, realgar, and calamus wine and eat palm seeds." Also in the Ming Dynasty, Xie Zhaozhe's "Wuzazui" said: "Drinking calamus wine... Then he added realgar wine to it and drank it. " Realgar wine became popular. In addition, there is cinnabar wine. Cinnabar, like realgar, is a favorite medicinal material used in Taoist alchemy.

Yue Ling Guangyi, written by Feng Yingjing of the Ming Dynasty, said: "Use cinnabar wine for five days to ward off evil spirits and detoxify. Use the wine to dye the forehead, chest, hands, feet, and heart to avoid the risk of snakes. Also sprinkle the walls, doors, and windows to avoid poisonous insects. "

It is not advisable for the ancients to drink realgar wine. Realgar is actually poisonous. Even the white lady who is a master of spiritual practice cannot eat it. Ordinary people cannot drink it. It is reasonable to change customs. You can’t drink realgar wine, but Suzhou’s previous custom of eating yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival has continued. Fan Chengda, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty who spent his later years in Suzhou, has a poem called "Pastoral Miscellany":

Haiyu River is full of storms, and fresh fish and vegetables come back in spring. On the puffer fish, the buds sprout and the neem flowers bloom.

The "stone head" chanted here is yellow croaker. "Wu Jun Sui Hua Ji Li" introduces that there was a "Squid Fish Market" in Suzhou in the old days.

"On the Chongwu Day in Wuzhong, residents would buy this fish for the purpose of worshiping and enjoying the festival. There is a proverb: " The neem flower blooms on the stone head, and the catkins in the box are supported by three platforms. "You can use money to buy clothes and cook food. Whenever the dawn is dim, (Zhan Zhan)'s husband rushes to the iced fish shop outside Fengmen. They are crowded with people, throwing money like rain, and people are weighing them, and they are too busy to give. "The Fish Market"

You Tong, an old scholar from Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem called "Squid", which even explained the price of yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival at that time:

The diners do not need to read it. He sighed, a hundred dollars would buy more than ten kilograms. The sachet is also called a sachet, a sachet, and a purse. The history of its production and wearing can be traced back to at least the Warring States Period. In Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" there is "Hujiangli and Pizhixi, Ren Qiulan thought it was admirable".

During the Dragon Boat Festival, it is a custom in Suzhou to wear a sachet. Wuzhong customs have always valued elegance and skill. In the old days, embroidering sachets was a very important craftsmanship. On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, the wives and sisters-in-law of the boudoir would make preparations early and design designs on the sachets they had made. What a novel decoration, cleverly embroidered, with auspicious patterns such as the twelve zodiac animals, lions, Pisces, sausages, flowers, plants, rare birds, auspicious animals, vegetables, fruits, etc. The shape of the sachet is rectangular, square, triangular or angular. , chicken heart-shaped, diamond-shaped, bucket-shaped, crescent-shaped, fan-shaped, etc., embroidered with flowers, grass, insects, birds, Arhat coins, etc., the styles are extremely exquisite, or they can be tied into ropes with five-color silk threads to make various shapes. , forming a string, all kinds of, exquisite and cute. The sachets are mostly made of cotton or silk, and require exquisite craftsmanship. They need to be cut, embroidered, patched, pasted, and wrapped. In the boudoir, each person shows off their skills and competes with each other. Once completed, they will be taken out to exchange comments and give gifts to each other. "With orchids and bouquets of colorful companions, each bets on the needle god, dazzles and competes for wonders, and gives gifts to each other, and new ones are added day by day." ("Wu Jun's Years of Beauty")

This kind of embroidered sachet in Suzhou is very special. It's small and contains realgar in the sachet, so it's called realgar purse. Rich families are more particular about "carved green leaves and five-color sunflowers and melons, mother-of-pearl lacquer folding fans, true knotted hairpin charms, tooth tube sachets, and Ai Duo colorful rice dumplings" ("Wu Jun Sui Zhuo Ji Li").

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people in Suzhou will find single heads of garlic (not divided into cloves) and tie a net around them for children to wear, which is called "single bag net garlic". There are also "velvet copper coins" that are wrapped with colorful silk threads or made into the shape of a tiger's head for children to wear around their waists to ward off evil and suppress evil. In the past, families would give wristbands to their children in the morning during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that wearing five-colored threads can prevent poisonous insects such as snakes and scorpions from being harmed and keep people safe. This custom is actually inherited from the Han Dynasty. , is also the predecessor of the custom of wearing sachets. The main anti-plague ornaments in the Han Dynasty were Zhu Suo and Peach Seal. The function of Zhu Suo was to tie people's souls or trap people's residences to prevent evil spirits.

Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs" records: "On May 5th, people tie their arms with colorful silk, which is called a longevity thread or a life thread, to avoid soldiers, five-color thread, and Zhu Suo, to avoid soldiers and ghosts, and to prevent people from getting sick. "Plague."

"Jingchu Years' Notes": On May 5th, the name "Bing" is tied to the arms with colorful silk, which makes people not sick from the plague.

"Bing" is Refers to the five weapons, namely bow, spear, halberd, sword, and gun, which represent war and plague. People believe that using this method can turn disaster into good luck and allow children to grow up safely. Therefore, Zhou Chu also said in "Feng Tu Ji": Five. It is said to be a thread of longevity if it is tied to the arm.

The colorful silk was originally wrapped around the arm. Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Zazu" of the Tang Dynasty said: "Women in the Northern Dynasty would twist the rope for five days and wear a long life thread, all tied into a portrait." In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhu Suo mainly Become a children's wearable. Tian Rucheng of the Ming Dynasty's "The Joys of the Xi Dynasty": "Knot the five-colored silk into a rope and tie it to the child's arm, left for the male and right for the female. It is called a thread of longevity."

Later, it gradually evolved into plaiting the colorful silk into square ornaments. Weared on the chest, it began to develop into a decorative aspect. After the Six Dynasties, names such as Baisuo, Tiaoda, Tiaotuo, Hehuansuo, and Wanzuansuo appeared. In the Northern Song Dynasty, "Baisuo" was sold on the Dragon Boat Festival. According to "Miscellaneous Notes of the Year", "Duanwu was made of red and white colors like a bag, with colored threads running through it, making it look like a flower." In the Southern Song Dynasty, "all kinds of hundreds of ropes were sold, and the children wore them and tied them on their heads, either with threads or with beads." The "sutra tube" and "talisman bag" are worn on the chest, and the "sutra tube" and "talisman bag" are now the sachets. The contents of these portable bags have changed several times, including talismans to ward off evil spirits, copper coins, realgar powder that can repel insect poison, and finally novel spices tribute from foreign countries. The carriage of Princess Tongchang of the Tang Dynasty was decorated with five-color sachets. Every time she traveled, the road was filled with fragrance, which was a tribute of spices.

Although wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival is a folk custom, it can be used to decorate and embellish the festive atmosphere. It also has practical functions of fresh fragrance, repelling insects, avoiding plague, and preventing disease. It is a scientific method to prevent plague. In summer, various infectious diseases begin to spread. In order to ensure the health of children, the ancients used Chinese medicine to make sachets and tied them to the skirts and shoulders of children, which can play a very good preventive role.

In addition to realgar, cinnabar, and fragrant herbs, the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Dragon Boat Festival sachets also include other Chinese medicinal materials, such as atractylodes, angelica, calamus, borneol, bezoar, chuanxiong, magnolia, mugwort, etc. . There are also alternative clam powders, such as "Miscellaneous Notes of the Years" "On the Dragon Boat Festival, take clam powder into silk and decorate it with cotton, like a few beads. Let the children wear it to absorb sweat."

Old custom, After the Dragon Boat Festival, the sachets worn are thrown away to get rid of the plague, which is rare today. In the Han Dynasty, there are records of people wrapping "meat dishes" with Zhusuo to ward off evil spirits. Meat dishes are plants with aromatic or spicy taste, such as mugwort, calamus, onions, garlic and so on. "Qing Jia Lu" said: "Cut cattails to make swords, cut pods to make whips, use peach stems and garlic as accessories, and hang them on the bed to drive away ghosts."

People in Suzhou celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at home. Mugwort, calamus, and garlic must be hung. Mugwort and calamus are usually tied into a bunch with red paper, and then inserted or hung on the door. Many families also let their children carry garlic, a herb with disinfectant properties. During the Dragon Boat Festival, which is close to the summer solstice, the weather turns hot, the air is humid, poisons emerge, mosquitoes breed, and diseases increase. The ancients used calamus, mugwort, and garlic to remove various poisons, which has a scientific basis. Both mugwort and calamus contain aromatic oils, which can kill insects. In ancient times, people lacked scientific concepts and mistakenly believed that diseases were caused by ghosts and evil spirits. Therefore, early in the festival, mugwort and calamus were tied into human shapes and hung in front of the door to ward off ghosts and evil spirits and maintain health.

Calamus is an aquatic herb that looks like a sword, also known as "Water Sword". The "Feng Tu Zhi" of the Jin Dynasty has "take mugwort as a tiger shape, or cut a ribbon into a small tiger, stick it with mugwort leaves, and inside People competed to cut it. Later, calamus was added, either in human form or in the shape of a sword, called Pu Jian, to drive away evil spirits and exorcise ghosts. my country's first existing book on herbal medicine, "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", lists calamus as a top-grade medicine, saying that it "opens the pores, opens the nine orifices, brightens the ears and eyes, and produces sounds." Sun Simiao, a doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also said that it "takes it for a long time to lighten the body and improve intelligence." It improves the ears and eyes, prevents forgetfulness, prevents confusion, benefits the mind, and keeps high ambitions from growing old." It was listed second among the 10 medicines for treating forgetfulness in "Qian Jin Yi Fang". Ge Hong's "Baopuzi" records: There was a man named Han Zhong who insisted on taking calamus for 13 years. Fine hairs grew all over his body. He was not afraid of the severe cold and remained bare-chested in winter. What is even more surprising is that after taking calamus, his memory greatly increased and he could "diary thousands of words." The collection of calamus is also very particular. The "Eight Notes of Compliance with Life" says: "It must be grown on clean rocks and in water. Those growing by the water flowing in the south are better, and those flowing north are not good."

"Jingchu Shishi" "Book of Records" says, "On the fifth day of the fifth month (in the lunar calendar), mugwort is picked as a human being and hung on the door to catch the green air."

Mugwort has been a medicinal plant in ancient times. According to literature, mugwort has been used as medicine as early as 2,000 years ago. The moxibustion method in traditional acupuncture uses mugwort as the main ingredient and burns it on the acupoints to treat diseases. Mugwort has a special aroma and has the effect of repelling mosquitoes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the time to cut mugwort, which contains the most mugwort oil and has the best efficacy. People rush to pick mugwort, stick it at the door, or burn it indoors. The smell it emits can repel insects and kill bacteria, and it has a fragrant smell and is breathable. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and is a natural air cleaner. Therefore, people in the old days believed that it had the same function as a magic charm, which could make the body healthy, eliminate diseases, drive away ghosts and evil spirits, and avoid bad luck. The ancients have always been very particular about keeping indoor air circulation clean. Especially during the summer solstice, they pay special attention to hygiene. For example, "Yunji Qizhu" clearly mentions: "On the darkest days of May and December, and in the middle of the first month, it is always advisable to burn to kill ghosts." Boat". The formula of this elixir is very complicated:

Ghost arrow, centipede, bezoar, kudzu, realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, reed, ghost bile, peach kernel, aconite, aconite, pinellia, sulfur , croton, rhinoceros horn, musk, atractylodes, and atractylodes (equal portions) *** twelve flavors, as powder, use grass juice to make pills, or paste juice can be used, the pills are as big as chickens, every time you burn one pill, all kinds of evil will be eliminated destroy.

This is used to drive away filthy air after burning. There is also a spiritual treasure in the "Tao Zang":

One pound of Atractylodes, four liang of Fallen Incense, realgar Two liang, cinnabar, two liang, sulfur, saltpeter, eight liang, cypress leaves, calamus root, calamus root, salvia root, salvia root, cinnamon bark, rugosa, rugosa, angelica root, peach head, peach head, five liang. Collect at noon: 2 liang of male fox dung, 4 liang of Qijia moxa, 2 liang of Phytolacca root, 2 liang of rhubarb, 2 liang of Qianghuo, 2 liang of Duhuo, 1 liang of orpiment, 2 liang of adzuki bean, 2 liang of curculigo, 2 liang of Omba incense. It can also be exempted.

The above twenty-four flavors are made into powder according to the twenty-four Qi, and the rice paste is made into pills, which are as big as marbles. One pill is burned on the fire.

If you want to ask whether it is true or false, be as broad-minded as Su Dongpo. He has a wonderful answer in "Qiu Chi Notes":

When the sun does not rise on the Dragon Boat Festival, people who seek AI with their will are like people. , take it and use it for moxibustion, which has special effects. I saw it in a book and forgot why it was written. Ai Weiyou really looks like a human being, he just dictates it between light and dark. All dharmas are false and there is no one true one. How can there be any doubt about this?

Of course, some ancient folk customs often contain the wisdom and creation of predecessors, and are not simply so-called superstitions. May of the lunar calendar is a season with hot weather and frequent diseases. Many venomous snakes and pests breed and become active in May, often causing harm to people. There are five poisons in May. In order to prevent diseases and enhance health, during the Dragon Boat Festival in May, people will go all over the grass and collect medicinal materials. Folk customs believe that the Dragon Boat Festival is the day when vegetation has the strongest medicinal properties of the year. There are medicines everywhere during the Dragon Boat Festival, so this day is the most suitable for preparation. Among the people, there has always been a saying that "during the Dragon Boat Festival, hundreds of herbs are used as medicine". "Qing Jia Lu" introduces the custom of "picking hundreds of herbs" in Suzhou on this day:

Scholars picking hundreds of herbs can cure diseases. , left for medicinal bait, commonly known as "Cao Tou Fang". The medicine market collects leprous shrimps and pricks the foam, which is called "toad puff". It is used to prepare Hedan pills, and the number is tens of thousands. If the children of the family are not suffering from acne, feed five or seven shrimps and frogs in the water until they spit out foam. After noon, take a decoction of water and take a bath to make acne and sores thinner.

"Wu Jun Sui Hua Ji Li" also said, "Today, it is customary in Wu to collect hundreds of herbs that can cure diseases at noon... and also collect centipedes, snakes and anvils, all for the purpose of attacking poisons. ."

"Xia Xiaozheng" says: "It is the month that stores medicine to ward off poisonous gases."

Lu Ji, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty and a native of Suzhou, wrote about the Dragon Boat Festival in "Yao Lan". The magical description of the Japanese medicine: "Long live toad... take it and dry it in the shade on May 5th, and use its feet to draw the ground, that is, running water, and carry it around the body, and it can ward off soldiers." This matter is also seen in Ge Hong's "Baopuzi", This is of course absurd. However, according to local customs in Wu, there is indeed a custom of taking medicinal baths during the Dragon Boat Festival. Some Chinese herbal medicines are used to boil water at home and bathe children and adults to eliminate germs on the body.

Tu Long of the Ming Dynasty recorded many ancient folk remedies that were only effective when concocted during the Dragon Boat Festival in the "Eight Notes of Zunsheng". Some of them are ridiculous to read today, but they are still interesting. On the fifth day of the month, it is advisable to combine Zijin tablets and Baosheng tablets to treat children's diseases. The prescription is recorded in the medical book. On this day, grind realgar into powder, add less cinnabar, collect the real toad cake and make a pestle, and dry it in the shade.

When the poison first appears, rub it with saliva and it will cause slight pain, which will subside immediately. "("Miscellaneous Notes")

To prepare a medicine specifically for body odor, "In five days, take hundreds of dew grasses, dry them in the shade, burn them into ashes, make a paste with well water, and then mix it with strong vinegar to make cakes. Hold it under your armpit, dry it and replace it. Apply five times to cure underarm odor. " (Chen Zangqi's "Compendium of Materia Medica")

Another example is this wound medicine: "On the fifth day, take the late silkworm moth and put it in a bamboo tube, open the sleeping area and seal it, and wait for it to dry to death. If someone is stabbed by bamboo or wood, apply a little bit of it on it and it will come out immediately. There is no other use, only in this way can it be collected. "("Guang Hui Fang")

Today, most of us eat fish. If the fish bones accidentally get stuck in our throats, we will eat some rice balls or drink vinegar. The foresighted ancients went to eat leeks on the Dragon Boat Festival. Go to the field to find earthworm excrement to make medicine: At noon on the fifth day, on the leek field, facing east, silently, you take earthworm excrement and hide it. If there is a bone in the throat, just rub a little of it on the skin of the throat and it will disappear.

Nowadays, memory-enhancing nutritional supplements are advertised all over the street. The ancients believed that on the Dragon Boat Festival, "taking a turtle with its claws in the collar is unforgettable." "("Trivial Records") It is estimated that it is because turtles are more likely to bite people than to let go. The following "scientific activities" to strengthen memory during the Dragon Boat Festival are close to witchcraft - "Qianjin Prescription" says: "Five days When the sun rises at the end of the day, carve a small human figure from a peach branch facing east and wear it in the collar, which is unforgettable. "

Some are simply superstitious, chanting spells and drawing talismans -----" For five days, write the word "tea" on cinnabar and stick it upside down to ward off snakes and scorpions; write "white" and stick it upside down on the pillar to ward off mosquitoes. It is also wonderful to write the word "Yi Fang" upside down. "At noon, soak the lamp grass in oil, look at the sun and curse: The golden rooster in the sky eats the brain fluid of mosquitoes." Recite it seven times, inhale the sun's energy and blow it on the lamp grass. Light the lamp grass at night and the mosquitoes will go away. "

There is also a folk prescription from an obstetrician. "Yunji Qizhu" says: "At noon on the fifth day, take water from the sky and grind it with red ink to write the word "Dragon". If it rains again next year, take water and rub it with ink to write the word "Dragon". , as big as money, the two words work together to make a small pill. If a woman has dystocia, she should swallow frankincense soup; after giving birth, the man should hold the pill in her left hand and the woman's right hand and swallow it. If there is no rain the next year, the previous words will be useless. Every year, you must write 100 words to help people. ”

Although there is superstition in it, “Five Days” has actually become a symbol, belief, and can also be regarded as a general term for solar terms. In fact, it comes from the Dragon Boat Festival when the medicinal properties of Chinese medicine are the most abundant, Traditional Chinese medicine pays most attention to the word "authentic".

Suzhou is the birthplace of the Wu School of Medicine, and the traditional pharmaceutical industry was developed in the late Ming Dynasty. ) wrote the famous "On Epidemics", which is known as my country's first treatise on infectious diseases. He believed in the book that there are two main ways of spreading plague, one is "natural suffering" and the other is "contagion". ", the cause of the plague is due to the "improper Qi of the four seasons" and the infection of "violent Qi". Because of this, today we see the ancients hanging moxa leaves, sprinkling realgar and wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival to prevent "violent Qi" .

In this way, the Dragon Boat Festival can be called the traditional Chinese medicine festival.