What is the meaning of colored rope in Dragon Boat Festival? The custom of tying colored ropes on the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the Han Dynasty and is still enduring today. People regard colorful ropes as "colorful dragons", and the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Children's Day". May was called "Poisonous Moon" by the ancients, and colorful ropes were tied on the Dragon Boat Festival, which meant to protect children from evil spirits. The five-color rope washed away by the water will become a dragon, taking away the bad things on you. In this way, troubles and worries will flow away with the rain and bring you good luck for a year.
It is reported that China worshipped five colors in ancient times. They were auspicious colors. It used to be a popular custom to tie arms with five-color silk. In the book "Customs and Righteousness" in the Han Dynasty, it was recorded: "On May 5, five colors were given to prolong life, and folklore was beneficial to people's lives." The Chronicle of Jingchu said: "It is not a disease to tie your arms with colorful silks, which is called' Bing Bing'.
Wearing colored thread on Dragon Boat Festival is very particular. Multicolored lines are made up of lines of five colors. Five colors are not just any five colors, they must be blue, white, red, black and yellow. These five colors respectively represent wood, gold, fire, water and earth in the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. At the same time, it symbolizes east, west, south, north and China respectively, and contains five kinds of divine powers, which can drive away evil spirits, eliminate diseases and strengthen the body, and make people healthy and live longer.
Multicolored threads are worn by men with their left hands and women with their right hands. They can be tied around their necks or ankles. Another person said that if a child is less than one year old, he will only wear red thread.
Tie five-color rope is also very particular. It must be tied before the sun comes out, and the five-color rope cannot be torn off or discarded at will. It can only be left at the drain of the courtyard wall after the Dragon Boat Festival on rainy days. It will be lucky to be washed away by the rain, which symbolizes staying away from evil, troubles, diseases and sadness. But I hope you don't throw it around. It's better to throw it in a secluded place to get wet in the rain, so as not to affect the environment and increase the workload of sanitation workers.
Preparation of colorful rope bracelets for Dragon Boat Festival 1. Prepare colorful strings. (as shown in the figure below)
Second, draw a circle on your hand and measure the length of your wrist. (as shown in the figure below)
Third, find a position that you think is suitable, and hold this position after finding it. (as shown in the figure below)
Step 4: Take this position as the midpoint, separate two fingers for a certain distance, then one finger will not move, and the other finger will twist the line in one direction (as shown below).
5. Then merge the places where the two fingers are pinched together, and the thread twisted together in the middle will automatically wind. (as shown in the figure below)
Six, tie a knot, so that the button of the bracelet will be fine. (as shown in the figure below)
At the end of the seventh, two fingers hold the remaining line and button parts respectively. Hold it in the little finger of one hand, and then twist the thread outward with both hands, just like winding two threads of a selected color around these threads. (as shown in the figure below)
Eight, after winding, tighten it, push it in the direction of the button, and it will look like this. Finally, choose according to the size of your hand, and then tie the knot. (as shown in the figure below)
Finally, tie a knot according to the size of your hand. (as shown in the figure below)
There is nothing particular about the number of colored ropes worn during the Dragon Boat Festival. Generally, one or two pieces are enough, and there will be no adverse effects.
Dragon Boat Festival is made of colorful silk threads and hung around children's necks to ward off evil spirits. It is called "Long Life Cord". Also known as "line of subsistence", "line of avoiding soldiers", "five-colored silk" and "line of long life". In ancient times, May was regarded as an evil month. Because of the hot weather, diseases were easy to spread. Since the Han dynasty, that is, around the fifth day of this month, colored silk thread has been tied to the arm, which means that it can protect peace and health, and also means that it can avoid the disaster of swords and soldiers, so it is called this.