When hanging gourds, we should pay attention to some basic stresses and taboos. For example, it is best to hang the gourd alone, not with other feng shui items or decorations. Don't hang the gourd on the mirror, and don't look at it. Artificial gourds, such as Jade Gourd and copper gourd, have good decorative effect and certain functions, but they are not as good as natural gourds.
The origin of hanging gourd on Dragon Boat Festival
There is a folk legend that in ancient times, a village was poisoned by a fairy, but there was a kind-hearted young man in the village. The gods were kind and didn't want to hurt him, so they told him how to avoid disaster.
On the fifth day of May, young people told the villagers the solution of "making some paper gourds to hang under doors, windows and eaves before sunrise". As a result, the whole village was saved, and only this young man was "petrified" because of the leakage of the outdoor unit. Since then, in order to avoid disasters and to commemorate this young man, it has become a custom to hang gourds on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year.