Tonight’s symbol
Five-colour thread (Changming lü)
A cord twisted from threads of five colours and tied on the arm at Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival. Ying Shao recorded the custom in the Eastern Han. Its name, changming lü, means ‘long-life thread’.
Record — China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network, on the long-life thread (citing Ying Shao, Fengsu Tongyi)
