What are the three friends of the Dragon Boat Festival that the ancients will buy?

There are many festivals in China, and the Dragon Boat Festival is a popular festival. On this day, people not only eat sweet and glutinous zongzi, but also have many activities. So, do you know what the ancients prepared for the Dragon Boat Festival? How will they spend the day?

In fact, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Duanyang, which is also the beginning of summer. During this period, the air is hot and cold, and it will rain from time to time. If you don't pay attention, it is easy to cause cold evil to enter the body. Therefore, the ancients used wormwood leaves, calamus and garlic to resist diseases during the Dragon Boat Festival, thus effectively dispelling the cold in the body. These three things were also called three friends of the Dragon Boat Festival by the ancients. Of course, some people later prepared these items on the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits, which is also a rumor of the ancients, thus forming an atmosphere.

In addition, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the local people would call the Dragon Boat Festival Mulan Festival, and even people in Jingchu would collect mugwort leaves on this day. Usually people will set out before the cock crows and find some wormwood that looks like people to hang on the door. Some people even tie wormwood into the shape of a tiger to get up. Ward off evil spirits? In Jiangnan, people here will drink calamus wine in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which can not only celebrate the festival, but also produce medicinal value and improve human immunity. Generally, people will chop up Acorus calamus and mix it with realgar before the festival, then soak it in wine together and drink it directly during the festival.

With the development of the times, many people in other areas have their own festival culture. In southern China, people will eat Huang Wu during the Dragon Boat Festival, including Monopterus albus, yellow croaker, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine. Due to the influence of the legend of white snake, people even think that drinking realgar wine is safe and healthy. On this day, children should tie colorful silk threads on their wrists or ankles. In the Five Dynasties, people thought that five colors were auspicious colors, and they also wore them to show their blessings. It can be seen that the activities and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are constantly changing, but its significance is worth pondering.