Peach trees play an extremely important role in China's folk culture and beliefs. Peach wood, also known as "dragon wood" and "ghost wood", is the most widely used material for exorcism and ghost control. Legend has it that Kuafu chased the sun and threw Shenmu into a peach garden before he died. The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China were all made of red boards, also called Taofu. For thousands of years, redwood is said to ward off evil spirits and is called Shenmu.
Peach function:
The ancients once called peach wood fairy wood. According to legend, peach wood was transformed by a scepter in the hands of the giant Kuafu. Even more legendary, Hou Yi was killed by his apprentice Feng Meng. Feng Meng's tool for plotting against Hou Yi is a mahogany stick. After his death, Hou Yi became a god named Zongbu. Holding a tiger, leading the ghosts to test, it is the ghost king.
Whoever does evil among ghosts will be eaten by tigers. Peach can kill the ghost king and avoid ghosts. Since the legend of peach wood to ward off evil spirits spread, Xing Yang talked about how to use peach wood to ward off evil spirits.