Hang your purse and
Ying Shao's "Customs Tong" records: "On the fifth day of May, the arms are tied with colorful silk. It is called Changsheng Silk, one is called Sustainment Silk, one is called Sustainment Silk, one is called Wuxing Silk, and the other is called Zhu Suo. Soldiers and ghosts are ordered not to get sick."
In ancient China, five colors were worshipped and regarded as auspicious colors. Therefore, on the early morning of the festival, the first big thing for adults after getting up is to tie five-color threads around their children's wrists, ankles, and necks. Children are forbidden to speak when tying the thread. The five-color thread cannot be broken or discarded at will. It can only be thrown into the river during a heavy rain in summer or during the first bath. It is said that children wearing five-color threads can avoid the harm of poisonous insects such as snakes and scorpions; throwing them into the river means letting the river water wash away plagues and diseases, thereby ensuring children's well-being.
Chen Shiliang's "Suishi Guangji" quoted "Suishi Miscellaneous Notes" as mentioning a kind of "Duanwu is made of red and white color like a bag, with colored threads running through it to make it look like a flower." And another kind of "mussel powder bell":"During the fifth day, put mussel powder into the silk and decorate it with cotton, like counting beads. Let children take it to absorb sweat." The contents of these portable bags have changed several times, from mussel powder to absorb sweat, talismans to exorcise evil spirits, copper coins, and realgar powder to repel insects to fragrant sachets filled with spices. The production has become increasingly sophisticated, becoming a unique folk artifact of the Dragon Boat Festival.