It is said that after Qu Yuan cast his river, people in Qu Yuan's hometown throw dumplings and salted eggs into the river in order to prevent Jiaolong from eating Qu Yuan's body. An old doctor brought a bottle of realgar wine and poured it into Jiangzhong, saying that it can cure the fish and protect Qu Yuan. After a while, the water surface really floated a dragon.

As a result, people dragged this dragon to the shore, twitched it and peeled it, and then wrapped the dragon tendon around the children's wrists and necks, and then used the realgar wine to wipe the seven tricks. hurt. It is said that this is the origin of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival. So far, many places in China have the habit of drinking realgar wine.

 

In Chinese myths and legends, realgars are often used to restrain animals that have been cultivated into a monster. For example, a white snake who turned into a humanoid accidentally drinks realgar wine and loses control to show the original form. Therefore, the ancients not only sprayed realgar powder on the breeding ground of mosquitoes but also drank realgar wine in the hope of avoiding evil and preventing themselves from getting sick.