The Chinese Medicine Hospital in Daoxian County launches a Daozhou Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival prior to the Dragon Boat Festival. Medicine staff provide free diagnosis and health services, produce sachets, and conduct traditional Chinese medicine treatment, carrying forward fine traditional Chinese culture. The photo shows people selecting sachets. (Photo/He Hongfu and Wang Zhenwen)

The Dragon Boat Festival, a long-standing traditional festival in China, has many traditional customs, such as eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, and wearing sachets. A sachet is a small cloth bag filled with fragrant herbs or other aromatic materials.

The Chinese Medicine Hospital in Daoxian County launches a Daozhou Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival prior to the Dragon Boat Festival. Medicine staff provide free diagnosis and health services, produce sachets, and conduct traditional Chinese medicine treatment, carrying forward fine traditional Chinese culture. The photo shows medicine staff producing sachets. (Photo/He Hongfu and Wang Zhenwen)

The Chinese Medicine Hospital in Daoxian County launches a Daozhou Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival prior to the Dragon Boat Festival. Medicine staff provide free diagnosis and health services, produce sachets, and conduct traditional Chinese medicine treatment, carrying forward fine traditional Chinese culture. The photo shows medicine staff producing sachets. (Photo/He Hongfu and Wang Zhenwen)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday