New Year’s Eve
One night is even two years old, and five nights are divided into two days. At the end of the year, winter and winter snow melt, the warm palace chambers seems to be blowing in the genial spring breeze. According to the legend, every New Year’s Eve, the animals will come out to do harm. After a night of vigil and setting off firecrackers at midnight, people scare away the animals. What if I can’t see you the next day if I don’t keep my birthday?
Every year, the last day of the twelfth lunar month is called New Year’s Eve, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). On new year’s eve, people should get rid of the old and welcome the new, which means that the old year will be removed here and the new year will be replaced next year. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi in the New Year, and there is a custom of eating wonton in the South in the New Year. Eating noodles in the New Year is a wish for a long life.
Keeping old age on New Year’s Eve is the most important custom, which was recorded in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The main activity of observing the year is to protect jiaozi.
first day of the Lunar New Year
In traditional customs, New Year greetings on the first day of the lunar new year must be made by elders or neighbors, and they generally don’t go far away to pay New Year greetings. After New Year’s Eve, people open the door on the morning of the first day to congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck … ". The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to suppress evil spirits.
On the first day of the lunar new year, the custom is to set off firecrackers, celebrate the New Year, occupy the New Year, and gather wealth. On the New Year’s Day, you can’t use a broom, otherwise you will sweep away your luck and break your money.
Besides jiaozi, there are dumplings for breakfast on New Year’s Day. Its meaning is: Everything goes well and the whole family is happy. On New Year’s Day, dumplings are not called "dumplings" but "Yuanbao", and eating dumplings is not called "eating dumplings" but "getting Yuanbao".
Keywords: New Year’s greetings/opening firecrackers/occupying the new year/pasting chickens/gathering wealth
lunar january 2nd
On the second day of New Year’s Day, the golden bark heralds spring. Family members go to pay New Year’s greetings, while the owner stays for dinner and the western family arranges wine banquets.
The second day of the first month is also a New Year’s greeting, but the daughter who married on this day is going to take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride’s family can’t accept it all, and when she returns to her husband’s house, she will have to take some back.
On the second day of New Year’s Day, the married daughter will take her husband and children back to her mother’s house to pay New Year’s greetings. On this day, the daughter who goes back to her mother’s house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to give to her children and have lunch at her mother’s house.
In the north, the god of wealth is sacrificed on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to sacrifice the god of wealth. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup".
Keywords: Children’s Day/Sacrifice to the God of Wealth (Eid al-Fitr)
On the third day of the first month
On the third day of the lunar new year, the fat pig arch. The son-in-law visits her father-in-law and daughter-in-law to go back to her mother’s house, and presents her with even numbers.
In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry their daughters, so they should rest early at night and not disturb the mice to marry their daughters. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn’t let me have a good day, I’ll make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed to marry a daughter, rats will harm this family. Go to bed early for the harvest in the field!
The third day of the first lunar month is also called "Pig Day". Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the traditional view is that the first day of the first month is rooster day, the second day is dog day, the third day is pig day, the fourth day is sheep day, the fifth day is ox day, the sixth day is horse day, and the seventh day is human day. Legend has it that this is because when Nu Wa created all creatures, she created six animals first, and then people, so the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals.
Keywords: Sheep Day/Burning Door God Paper/Millet Birthday/Xiao Nianchao
The fourth day of the first month
On the fourth day of the lunar new year, three sheep open Thailand. Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, and welcomes Kitchen God back to the people.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the time when the gods return from heaven to earth. There is a saying that "sending God early, receiving God late". The so-called sending God should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive God in the afternoon. In terms of offerings, three animals, fruits, dining tables should be ready, and incense and candles should be burned to burn gold clothes. In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" someone, so he was not invited to worship God this day, and the other party knew it well and packed up and left.
According to legend, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year’s Day, the Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, so every household should stay at home, so it is not appropriate to go far away. Prepare rich fruits, burn incense and light candles and set off firecrackers to show their welcome.
Keywords: Welcome the Kitchen God
The fifth day of the first month
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it’s spring in Niu Geng. Five roads are connected to the god of wealth, east, west, north and south, and wealth is connected by five roads.
The fifth day is also called "breaking the fifth day", which is a big day for businessmen. It is this day to pray for a rich year and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open this day and set off firecrackers."
On the fifth day of the first month, according to the folk custom, it is the birthday of the five-way god of wealth. Therefore, it is necessary to welcome the god of wealth into the house, bless his family’s wealth in the new year, and it is naturally a day to send away the "poor", so there is a saying of "sending the poor out of the house". At the same time, this day is also commonly known as "breaking five", which means that many taboos in the previous days are over.
Keywords: Welcome the God of Wealth/Road God/Send the Poor/Open the Market
The sixth day of the first month
On the sixth day of the lunar new year’s eve, the horse arrived at success. Drink and worship the street. Thousands of households look at it, and no one does not send the poor.
The fifth day just welcomed the god of wealth into the door, and the sixth day will send away the poor god. On the day of sending the poor god, we should do a general cleaning at home, and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and so on. In addition, you should also drink a vegetarian soup, which is made of seven kinds of vegetables such as spinach and green vegetables.
On the sixth day of the first month, "sending the poor" is a very distinctive custom in ancient China, which means offering sacrifices to the poor ghosts and gods. Han Yu, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Sending the Poor". Yao He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Three Poems to Send the Poor on a Bad Day", the first of which said: "Every year, on this day, we will drink and worship the streets. Looking at thousands of households, no one does not send poverty. "
Keywords: Stone Birthday/Send the Poor (Send the Son)
The seventh day of the first month
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, people have a long life. Spread pancakes and eat seven treasures, settle down and recuperate.
Also known as "People Victory Day", "People Celebration Day", "Population Day" and "People Seven Days". Legend has it that Nu Wa created animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, cows and horses at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people wore the custom of "Man wins". Man wins as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people have cut ribbons for flowers, cut ribbons for people, or put gold foil on people’s screens and put them on their hair.
Taoism thinks: "Mr. Heaven and Earth is a chicken, a dog, a pig, a sheep, a cow, a horse, and a stranger." Dong Fangshuo’s "Zhan Shu" in the Han Dynasty also said: "On the first day of the first lunar month, it accounts for chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses, people and valleys."
In the traditional customs of China, on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, people celebrate their birthdays by cooking seven kinds of vegetables into seven treasures, that is, cooking seven kinds of vegetables into miscellaneous vegetable soup. In the agricultural society, everyone hopes to eat seven treasures and have a bumper harvest in the coming year.
Keywords: Man-day/fishing for raw fish/spreading pancakes/hiking/climbing.
The eighth day of the first month
On the eighth day of the lunar new year, release and pray. On the day of the lower bound of the stars, a small lamp was made to burn and sacrifice it, and an inch of time was an inch of gold.
Taoism and folk people regard the eighth day of the first month as the lower limit of the stars, and make small lanterns to burn them, which is called Shunxing, also known as "offering stars" and "receiving stars". It is also said that the eighth day is the birthday of millet. If the weather is fine, the rice harvest will be good, and if it is cloudy, the year will be sorry.
According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a year-old star, which is also called "the fleeting stars" (the sun, the moon, the water, the fire, the wood, the gold, the earth, the Luo Hou, and the planning capital nine planets take turns to take care of the year).
The fate of a person in a year is entirely in the hands of the star who is in charge of the year, and the eighth day of the first month of each year is the date of the gathering of the stars, which is also known as the "lower bound of the stars". Therefore, it is possible to get the blessing of the stars on this day. Therefore, some people go to Baiyun Guanxing Temple (namely Yuanchen Temple) to burn incense and shun Xing. However, whether or not to go to the temple to make incense, it is the evening of Sunday, and after the stars are out in the sky, every family will hold a ceremony to worship the stars.
Keywords: Gu Ri/Shun Xing
the beginning of september
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Jade Emperor was born. It is the highest god who dominates the universe, and people will hold ceremonies to celebrate.
The ninth day of the first month is the day, commonly known as "Heaven’s Birthday". It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. Whenever the Jade Emperor’s Birthday is celebrated, people will hold ceremonies to celebrate it. The main Taoist and folk customs include offering sacrifices to the Jade Emperor, worshipping the Heaven through Taoist temples, and so on. In some places, when it is sunny, women prepare fragrant candles and bowls, and place them in the open air at the corner of patio lanes to worship the Heaven and pray for God’s blessing.
In the old days, on this night, men and women gathered under a big tree (preferably osmanthus tree) to sing songs, and invited the seven fairies, the youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor’s favorite, to come down to earth. The songs they sang must be happy and auspicious, so that the seven fairies will be happy. When she is happy, her father, the Jade Emperor, will bless everything on earth.
Keywords: Sunrise/Worship God
The tenth day of the first month
On the tenth day of the lunar new year’s day, offering a stone to give thanks. One day, there was still land, and houses for people and animals, rice, wheat and rice were all born in the land.
On this day, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can’t be moved, and even a sacrifice is set up to enjoy the stone, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move". Henan custom: On this day, every family pays tribute to burning incense on stones. I must eat steamed buns for lunch, thinking that eating cakes will lead to prosperity within one year. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a move to lift the stone god. In early kuya, a crock was frozen on a smooth stone, and ten boys or girls took turns carrying it. If the stone doesn’t fall to the ground, it indicates a bumper harvest that year.
On the 10th day of the Lunar New Year’s Eve, it is the birthday of the stone. On this day, no stone tools such as grinding and grinding can be moved, and even the stone is sacrificed. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a saying that God lifts stones. At the beginning of kuya, people frozen a crock on a smooth big stone. On the morning of the tenth day, the nose of the crock was tied with a rope and carried by ten boys in turn. The stone did not fall to the ground, which indicated a bumper harvest that year.
Keywords: stone does not move
Eleventh day of the first month
On the eleventh day of the first month, Zigu was sacrificed. The oppressed women regard her as the protector of the weak women.
The 11th day of the first month is commonly known as "Zigu Day" (in some places, it is the 14th day of the first month). The earliest document that recorded "Zigu" was "Different Garden" written by Liu Jingshu, a Southern Song Dynasty man. Generally speaking, Zigu was somebody else’s concubine. She was jealous of the original match, and was killed in the toilet on the 15th day of the first month. The Emperor of Heaven took pity on her and named her Ce Shen. However, people worship Zigu not because she is Ce Shen, but because Zigu represents the oppressed women, so she is worshipped by women and sacrificed as the protector of weak women.
At the same time, the eleventh day of the first month is still "son-in-law’s day", which is the day when the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. There is a lot of food left over from the celebration of "God’s Birthday" on the ninth day, except for eating one day on the tenth day, so the bride’s family doesn’t have to spend any more money, so she uses these leftover foods to entertain her son-in-law and daughter. The folk song is called "Please ask your son-in-law".
In folk songs, there is a saying that "the eleventh day invites a son-in-law", that is, the eleventh day of the first month is the "son-in-law’s day", on which the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. According to legend, this is because the food celebrating the "Heavenly Born" on the ninth day can’t be eaten until the tenth day, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day, and the bride’s family doesn’t have to spend any more money on it.
Keywords: son-in-law day
The twelfth day of the first month
On the twelfth day of the first month, a light shed was built. The Lantern Festival is approaching, so we began to prepare for the Lantern Festival.
From the New Year to the eleventh day of the first month, most of the foods people eat are rich and oily. Therefore, from this day on, people began to eat lightly, clearing intestines and moistening dryness. More importantly, since the Lantern Festival will be held in three days, preparations should be made from this day. At home, we will buy lanterns and build a light shed.
Folk commonly known as "the twelfth day of the first month to build a light shed." It means that the Lantern Festival is approaching. From this day on, the village managers will gather skilled craftsmen and young adults to prepare lanterns and make all kinds of preparations for enjoying the Lantern Festival.
There is a nursery rhyme that says, "Eleven people clamor, twelve people set up a light shed, thirteen people turn on the lights, fourteen lights are on, fifteen lines and a half months, and sixteen people finish the lights."
Keywords: building a light shed
The thirteenth day of the first month
On the thirteenth day of the first month, light the kitchen lamp. The lights made by each pilot. Tie lanterns and eat dumplings.
Today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. Preparations for the Lantern Festival are still going on. In the south of China, lanterns are appreciated on this day. An endless stream of China people will go to the Chenghuang Temple to enjoy the lanterns on this day. And this is just the prelude to the Lantern Festival. Besides the traditional red lanterns, there are many different styles of lanterns. The lantern show usually starts today and ends on the 18th day of the first month.
There is an important folk activity on the 13th day of the first month, which is called "the birthday of the lamp holder". On this day, people have to light a lamp under the kitchen stove, which is called "lighting the stove lamp". In fact, because the day of the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is approaching, the lamps made by all families are called "lamp holders".
On the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns are usually tied from the thirteenth day of the first month. On the thirteenth day of the first month, it is "on the lamp"; 14th is "lamp test"; The fifteenth day is the "positive light"; On the 17th, the lights were turned off. Since the 13th day of the first month, people have started to put on lanterns and tie colored lanterns!
Keywords: buying lanterns/lighting
The fourteenth day of the first month
On the fourteenth day of the first month, I worship the water goddess to protect the health of women and children. Test lantern.
The fourteenth day of the first lunar month. In most parts of China, everything on 14th is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the Lantern Festival is open for the public to buy lanterns. For the Lantern Festival, performances like dragon and lion dances began to be practiced in the streets. Some people write riddles about solve riddles on the lanterns to increase the festive atmosphere. In China, riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles. Both adults and children like to solve these problems.
People call the 14th day of the first month the birthday of the "Goddess of Waterfront" (also known as the "Lady of Shuntian"). Legend has it that Empress Linshui, surnamed Chen, was born in the Great Calendar of the Tang Dynasty, and later became a fairy to save dystocia women. Therefore, the people set up a shrine to worship, which is called "the goddess near the water" and "the virgin of Shuntian". In fact, it is a protector that women have created for themselves in an era of no status and underdeveloped science, and it is also a way for them to inspire themselves for fear of dystocia.
In order to prepare for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, both the people and the imperial court will set up light sheds, hang lanterns and make colorful decorations on this day, and do some preview activities of entertainment programs to become "test lights" in order to welcome the annual Lantern Festival. As for the vendors selling lanterns in the market, they have already prepared all kinds of lanterns, ready to sell them and become a "lantern market".
Keywords: solve riddles on the lanterns
The fifteenth day of the first month
On the fifteenth day of the first month, Lantern Festival, watching lanterns.
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried and steamed, which means a happy reunion. Shaanxi dumplings are not wrapped, but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, hot and round.
Source: local chronicles are compiled on the internet.
