The origin and implication of hanging wormwood on Dragon Boat Festival

The origin and implication of hanging wormwood on the Dragon Boat Festival are as follows:

The origin of hanging wormwood on Dragon Boat Festival

Legend has it that in ancient times, the monster wanted to drown some places for his own territory, but this idea was known by the gods in the sky. God pitied the people on the ground and thought of a way.

The immortal cut wormwood and calamus into swords and went to fight the water monster first. After several days and nights, the immortal finally won. The water monster promised the immortal that as long as it is the descendant of the immortal, it will not infringe. If it can't, it will be hacked to death by the gods. The fairy agreed, and they agreed that as long as people hung wormwood and calamus on the wall, they belonged to fairies, and if not, they belonged to monsters.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the water monster braved the wind and waves. When the waves come to the eaves of a family, the monster will always see a pile of wormwood and calamus hanging under the eaves of this family, running to many places like swords, only flooding some empty houses where no one lives. Finally, it got dark, so the monster had to go back in a bad mood.

It turned out that after the duel that day, the fairy sprinkled wormwood and calamus used as swords on the houses where people lived, so this scene appeared. Later, on the Dragon Boat Festival, people would hang some wormwood and calamus on the wall to scare away the monsters and save their houses and property.

The implication of hanging wormwood on Dragon Boat Festival

Hanging wormwood on the door on the day of Dragon Boat Festival can play the role of dispelling plague and evil spirits, attracting blessings into the door. It also means that it can protect the safety and health of family members, and it will be a good year.

Pray for good luck and so on, and wormwood, because of its unique fragrance, can play a role in driving away mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants when hung at home, thus reducing pests.