Wearing a perfume satchel is one of the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Perfume satchels are usually made of five-color silk thread, or colored satin or cloth wrapped with cotton and then embroidered with colored silk. People typically filled the sachets with a variety of fragrant herbal medicine to repel insects and avoid illnesses. Children wear perfume satchels to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. Nowadays, sachets come in various shapes and are a common handicraft. In some cities in southern China, young men and women also use sachets to express their love.
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