Wearing a Perfume Pouch

and

Tying

Five-colour Silk Thread: According to folklore, wearing

the

perfume

Zongzi - traditional food of the Dragon Boat Festival

pouch protects children from evil. So on this day, children decorate their clothes

with

diversely

fragranced pouches. It is a kind of small pouch made of the colourful silk cloth stringed with five-color silk thread.

Another custom is to tie five-colour silk tread to a child's wrists, ankles, and around their neck. Five-colour thread holds special significance in that it is thought to contain magical and healing properties. Children are not permitted to speak while their parents tie the five-colour thread for them, neither are they allowed to remove it until the specified time. Only after the first summer rainfall can the children throw the thread into the river. This is thought to protect the children from plague and diseases.

Hanging Mugwort Leaves and Calamus

The festival is held during summer when all kinds of diseases can prevail,