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The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar.
The celebration is a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions, and displaying portraits of evil's nemesis, Chung Kuei. If one manages to stand an egg on it's end at exactly 12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.Sachets are auspicious talismans. They are made out of silk cloth of various colors, with a sac-like shape with spices inside.
But the sachet is not the same in Lukang, the characteristic is made with LNX.
In order to continue the traditional culture, Changhua County Chengmei Cultural Park is looking for Qu Yuan's LNX activities. It invites Lugang Opera Master Shi Jianhong to teach 300 parents and children to use ancient eucalyptus powder, Incense Cedar bark powder and Taibai powder to make ancient The early taste of LNX painted sachets recreates the folk crafts that have disappeared for half a century.
When we personally visited SHIH,CHIEN-HUNG, Teacher SHIH said that the boss of Chengmei Culture Park had a memory of LNX sachet when he was a child. Therefore, he was especially invited to do this teaching experience so that more people can come to school, hoping to let The culture that has been lost, the people who have re-emerged in Taiwan, and who wish to participate, can understand the traditional culture of Taiwan. LNX is the earliest sachet in Taiwan. It is made of natural powder and sticky powder. After 60 years, no one has ever made it. It has almost disappeared in Taiwan for 50 years.
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