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The four seasons are tossing and turning, there are important festivals in different seasons, and the midsummer of May is coming, and the most solemn Dragon Boat Festival is also coming as scheduled. This is an ancient festival, its origin is also varied, from the natural celestial worship, the Dragon Boat Festival should be such as the dragon seven nights flying in the most "positive" position of the year, so the folk call it "auspicious day". However, about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, there is also a "bad day" said, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is known as the "poisonous month" and "evil month" in the folk, at this time it is the season when the epidemic is prevalent in midsummer, and the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "evil day", so the folk will be at this time through various customs and activities to drive away disasters and avoid epidemics, pray for good health, and spread more widely there are hanging wormwood, calamus, wearing sachets, and tying colorful ropes for children, which is the importance of the older generation to physical health, and also the best wishes for future generations.
The origin of the multicolored rope
The colorful rope has many nicknames, five-color thread, long-lived thread, five-color silk, etc., there are relevant descriptions in the "Customs and Customs" of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "May 5" day with colorful silk to tie the arm, the name of the longevity thread ......" and in the past dynasties have corresponding embodiment, to the Ming and Qing dynasties are still prevalent. It can be seen that this ancient custom has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, and to this day, every Dragon Boat Festival, the old people will also prepare the colorful rope for the children early.
What are the five colors of the multicolored rope
The so-called five-color rope originated from the ancient concept of the five elements in the mainland, plus people advocate five colors, and the five colors represent different directions, corresponding to each other, and there is a cyan wood, representing the east, red belonging to fire, representing the south, yellow belonging to the earth, representing the center, white belonging to gold, representing the west, black belonging to water, representing the north. Therefore, the traditional multicolored rope is woven with blue (blue), red (red), yellow, white and black, which gathers the blessings of the five divine powers to bless children to stay away from diseases and grow up safely and healthily.
Of course, with the development of the times, the form of the colorful rope has also undergone a lot of changes, its colors are more, the patterns are richer, and some people will also weave gold locks, silver locks or mahogany swords in it, so the modern colorful rope has more decorative attributes. Of course, no matter how it changes, the meaning of the message remains the same, which is to wish the children peace and good luck.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an important custom to tie the colorful rope, from time to bolting, keep in mind: 3 exquisite, 1 taboo, continue the old tradition, picture a family peace and good luck, let's take a look at the specific content ~
3. Exquisite
It's early
The colorful rope is like the mascot of the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is more like a "talisman" prepared by the elderly for children, so it should be worn as soon as possible. Generally speaking, when the sun does not rise on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it should be tied to the child's arm, which is the ritual sense of the Dragon Boat Festival and one of the forms of praying for blessings and auspiciousness. Of course, I heard the old people say that some places will wear it for the children on the first night of the Dragon Boat Festival, presumably because they are afraid that the children will be greedy for sleep and miss the auspicious time, so they will grab the good luck early.
You can't put it on the wrong hand
Since it is to tie the colorful rope to the arm, I believe that some people will ask, wear the left hand or the right hand? On this point, the ancients have already prepared the answer for us, in the "Qing Jialu May Longevity Line" said: "The knot five-color silk is a rope, which is the arm of a child, the male left and the female right, which is called the longevity line." It can be seen that the five-color line should follow the principle of male left and female right. Of course, some areas will wear it on both hands and even on the ankles for younger children, which actually highlights the importance and belief of people in this custom, hoping that the child's growth will be smoother.
I am particular about the time to take it off
According to the particular, after the colorful rope is tied for a period of time, you should try to wear it, even if you wash your hands and take a bath, you can't take it off, and you can't cut it arbitrarily or tear it off, which is a very unlucky behavior. Of course, this does not mean that it cannot be removed, generally speaking, on the first rainy day after the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be taken off and thrown into the water or river, and floated away with the current, people believe that this can drive away disasters and ominousness, so as to obtain peace and good luck. However, ten miles are not customary, and some areas pay attention to wearing until the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is the folk "Seven Niang's Day", when the colorful rope is taken off and burned together with the golden tree, it also means that the disaster and hardship will be driven away.
1 taboo
Talking nonsense when worn
I remember when I was a child, the old man would tell us not to speak before wearing it, which was not very understanding at the time, and at the same time added some mystery to this custom. Now that I think about it, this rule may be the same as making a wish on our birthday, and it is easier to realize our expectations silently in our hearts, but if we say it casually, it will not show the preciousness of the colorful rope.
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