The Dragon Boat Festival

DAYI junior high school

Grade 8 Class 10

Kaohsiung,Taiwan

The Dragon Boat Festival(Artemisia indica 、 sachet )

Artemisia indica

• May is the beginning of summer,the weather of Taiwan always be very hot. There are some ills to be contagious , Artemisia indica symbolizes get good fortunes. And it has a interesting function-----drive the mosquitos~

The picture of Artemisia indica

sachet

• The symbol of wearing the sachet is for driving the bad things. Using cloths with different colors and makes them like bags, put the perfume in them, a sachet just be finished!! Making sachets is a important skill for women in Taiwan before, Every women needs to know how to doing them.

The pictures of the sachets

The changes of the sachets

• The sachet is turning into a decoration.

• As the wheel of time turns, people still make sachets although it isn’t the Dragon Boat Festival. They make them when they want to wish others a good luck or just for a gift.

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