Dragon Boat Festival is the earliest health and epidemic prevention festival in China. What methods do people usually take to prevent epidemics during this festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is the earliest health and epidemic prevention festival in China. On this festival, people usually wear sachets of Chinese medicine, clean houses and smoke wormwood to prevent epidemics. In ancient times, herbs used to repel mosquitoes were usually put into sachets and mixed with various spices to make sachets with centipede and toad patterns, which were hung indoors or worn on the body to achieve the effect of preventing mosquitoes and expelling insects. People in ancient times paid great attention to hygiene. On the Dragon Boat Festival, they will give their families a thorough cleaning. At the same time, the wormwood fumigation room is used to drive away indoor mosquitoes and achieve the effect of epidemic prevention.

In ancient times, maids and young ladies had exquisite sewing skills. In ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Five Poisons Day, was an important time to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in large numbers. Ancient people put mosquito repellent herbs in sachets, such as mint and a wild plant called autumn flowers. The sachet will give off bursts of fragrance and smell fresh and pleasant. It can not only keep its own smell fresh, but also dispel the mosquitoes around it, which can be called an epidemic prevention method with two birds with one stone.

Because the ancient ecological environment is more suitable for biological survival, scorpions, geckos and other creatures often appear in the corner of houses, especially during the Dragon Boat Festival. On the Dragon Boat Festival, ancient people began to clean up in the morning, and the corners and roofs of houses should also be cleaned. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will take a bath and change clothes to get rid of sweat and dust.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, ancient people smoked wormwood. The ancients would pick wormwood in advance. Let it dry in the sun, and when the wormwood is dry, it will be made into incense to repel mosquitoes. Some places are relatively simple to operate. Hang fresh wormwood directly on the curtain of the door or window. Wormwood will give mosquitoes an unpleasant smell, and mosquitoes will naturally retreat three feet.

Then, do you know why the Dragon Boat Festival was called Five Poisons Day in ancient times?