庆阳市位于甘肃省最东部,地处黄河中上游的黄土高原,是陕

庆阳市位于甘肃省最东部，地处黄河中上游的黄土高原，是陕甘宁三省的交会处。秦时为北地郡，隋代改庆州，宋代定为庆阳府。当地流传的庆阳香包又称"绌绌"，是庆阳的一种民间民俗物品。按照剪纸的图样，在丝绸布料上用彩色的线绣出各种各样的图案，然后缝制成不同的造型，内芯填充上丝棉、香料，就做成一种小巧玲珑、精致漂亮的刺绣品。这种刺绣品又叫荷包，庆阳民间称作耍活子。吉祥如意，祝愿祈福，禳（rang）灾避邪，祛病保平安是庆阳香包祈祝这个大千世界的亘古主题。

Qingyang city is located on the east part of Gansu Province, which covers the area of Huangtu Plateau on the upper end of Huanghe River, where Shanxi Province, Gansu Province, Ningxia Province meet here. In Qin dynasty, it is called Beidi County, later in Sui Dynasty, its name was changed into Qing City, while in Song Dynasty, Government decided the name of Qingzhou City. In local area, Qingyang Perfume Bag is very popular, whose nickname is ChuChu, and it is some kind of stuff indicating the local custom. ChuChu is some kind of embroidery that people embroidered it into various designs on the silk cloth through colorful thread according to the paper-cut design, then people sew and make shape, therefore they filled it with silk floss, spice, finally, a small and pretty fine embroidery is finished. This embroidery is also called small bag, common people in the city call it Shuahuizi. Luckiness and Willingness, Avoiding Evil and illness, Keeping Peaceful are the eternal theme in the world, for which people use Qingyang Perfume Bag to pray.

据史书记载，香包，又称荷包，亦称香囊、佩帏、容臭，庆阳俗称"绌绌"或"耍活"。庆阳地区有端午节制作佩带"绌绌"（"绌"原指原始骨针的一种缝制方法，后借称用布缝制、袋口能松能紧的包袋）的习俗。其起始时间尚不可考，据说形成于公元前两千三百多年，《黄帝内经》的作者歧伯曾携一药袋防疫驱瘟、禁蛇毒，开创"薰蒸法"。因歧伯生于庆阳，故此法在当地渐成习俗，流传不断。草药被称为"香草"，因而药袋便称为"香包"或"绌绌"。中华医学最早的经典之作《黄帝内经》中就有关于香包的记载。庆阳现存的最古老的香包历史也在800年以上。2001年，庆阳市华池县在对境内宋代双石塔进行整体搬迁挖掘时，在塔体内发现了一只香包。据考证，这只香包距今至少有800多年，但仍色泽艳丽，图案如新，被称为“千岁香包”，这是迄今发现的最早的香包。

It is said in historical books, Perfume Bag, also named Small Bag, or Spicy Bag, Peiwei, Rongchou, which is called “Chu Chu ” or “Shua Huo” by the local people. In Qingyang city, it has the custom that people wear “Chu Chu” in dragon boat festival. (Chu is originally some sewing method which was used needle made from bones, later people called it bags which was sewed by cloth, and the openning of the bag could be make loose or make tight.). Nobody knows its origins, but it is said the time is before BC 2300, Qibo, author of The Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic,The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine used to carry a medicine bag to avoid illness and plague, and to keep from snake poison, and invented the Method of Smoke and Steam. Because Qibo was born in Qingyang, so this method was used and became some custom and has come down to the later times. Herbal medicine is called “Perfume Grass”, so the medicine bag is called Perfume Bag or Chu Chu. The earliest classic work of The Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic,The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine in China has the record of Perfume Bag. The oldest Perfume Bag existed in Qingyang now, the age of the bag is more than 800 years. In 2001, in Qingyang City, Huachi county, when people moved and dugged the Shuang Shi Tower as a whole that was built in Song Dynasty, they found a perfume bag in it. According to the investigation, the perfume bag at least had the age of over 800 years, but it was still colorful and new, and was called Perfume Bag of 1000 Old. It is the earliest perfume bag to be found up to