On the Dragon Boat Festival, children normally wear scented sachets to ward off evil. A scented sachet is an ornament worn on the front of the dress. The sweet-smelling sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and aromatic herbs etc. It is usually ...
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Called "fragrant bags" in ancient times, scented sachets are bags usually sewed with cloth or weaved with multicolor silk threads stuffed with aromatic herbs. The sweet-smelling bags were initially used for absorbing sweat, repelling ...
Tags: fragrant bags, repelling insects and warding off evils, love token
Hairpins and hair clasps were everyday embellishments in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques. ...
Tags: hairpins, clasps, ji, hair ornaments, social connotations
Mud Carnival Tourists and local Va ethnic people are seen covering with mud during the "Monihei" carnival held in the Va Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Cangyuan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 2, 2011. During the four-day ...
Tags: Chinese tradition, traditional festival, Ethnic Group festival, carnival