In traditional Chinese culture, the five colours "green, red, white, black, and yellow" symbolizing the five directions and five elements are regarded as auspicious colours. It was a popular festival to tie arms with five-colour silk thread during the Dragon Boat Festival. When it was handed down to later generations, it developed into many beautiful ornaments such as longevity strands, longevity locks, sachets, etc., and its production became more and more refined, becoming a unique folk art of the Dragon Boat Festival.

 

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, children will wear five-colour silk threads on their wrists and ankles to exorcise evil spirits. The traditional custom is to use red, green, yellow, white, and black thick silk threads to form a colourful string, which is tied to the child ’s arm or neck. Incineration. It is also said that on the first rainy day after the Dragon Boat Festival, cutting the colourful thread and throwing it in the rain means that the river water can wash away the plague and disease, which means that it can go to the evil and the disaster will bring a good year. Luck.