Shop and eat during the Spring Festival holidayIt's the end in a flashDid you all have a good time? Is it refreshing to eat? Are you tired of visiting relatives and friends?
Broadcast Jun warmly reminds you
Today is the eighth day of the first lunar month
Spring Festival holiday
Last day
Hurry up and take a look at this day
What are the customs that are very rich in the flavor of the year?
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The eighth day of the first monthAlso legendaryMillet's birthdayHence the name"Valley Day".
The eighth day of the Lunar New Year. This day is called againShunxing Festival
Legend has it that it is the day of the lower realm of the stars.
The sky is the most complete starry.
The eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
According to the "Tianjin Chronicles"."The eighth day of the first month is the 'Shunxing Day', twilight, sacrifice to the star god, for the Lantern Festival. ”I didn't expect it, the eighth day of the Lunar New YearOne of the great customs turned out to be eating! Yuan! Night!
Why do you eat Lantern Festival on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and what are the other customs on this day?
Let's take a look. "Valley Day".
Legend has it that the eighth day of the first lunar month is Guzi's birthday. On this day, the weather is fine, which indicates a good harvest of rice this year, and the weather is cloudy, and the year is bad.
Pray for the release of life
Liu Tong of the Ming Dynasty recorded in the "Imperial Scenery and Things": "On the eighth day of the first month, Shi Pei Lane was released, cage birds, potted fish and shrimp, basket snails and mussels, in front of Luo Tang, monks did Sanskrit, thousands of each other, vertical feathers flew in the air, sin fell on the house, moved the time is gone, and the water and the like were cast into the imperial city Jinshui River net bamboo shoot bait to hope. ”
The release of life on the eighth day of the first lunar month not only embodies the ancients' virtue of respecting the harmony of all things in nature, but also expresses the good wishes of the beginning of the new year and the prosperity of all creatures in the world.
Festival of the Eight Immortals
The folk take the pronunciation of the eight characters, and the eighth day of the first month has evolved into the festival of respecting the eight immortals. The eight immortals are the eight immortals in folklore: Li Tiegui, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guoshu. Because he is not afraid of power, despises wealth and nobility, and often goes deep into the people to relieve danger and help the poor, he is deeply liked by the working people. On this day, it is customary to prepare delicacies and fruits to worship the eight immortals.
Shunxing
According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a star for the year of the yearThe eighth day of the first month of each year is the period for the gathering of the stars, so it is possible to obtain the blessing of the stars by sacrificing to the stars (i.e., shunxing) on this day. Therefore, people go to the Baiyun Stargazing Temple (i.e., Yuanchen Temple) to burn incense and shun the stars. But whether you go to the temple or not, it is the evening of the day, after the stars in the sky come outEach family has to hold a ritual of worshipping the stars.
Scattered light flowers
Folk customs: Shunxing scattered lanterns. This day is the time for elders to recognize the stars for their children and grandchildren. At this time,Elders should tell their children and grandchildren the truth of "every inch of time is an inch of gold". During the star festival, all members of the family, regardless of the elderly, participated. In particular, people in the natal year zodiac are not allowed to go out at night and must keep the lights until the lights go out, so as to eliminate disasters and solve problems. The sacrifice is presided over by the elders, the candles are lit and the incense is burned, and the whole family kowtows three times in the order of respecting and humbling the elders and the young, standing solemnly for about ten minutes, and then the incense and candles are exhausted, and then three kowtows in turn.
When sacrificing the stars, it is necessary to light a "golden lamp (yellow lantern)" at the desk, stove, threshold, pot and other places, in the evening of ancient times, every family points up the lantern, at least 9 lights, the name is "scattered lantern flower", there is the meaning of removing the ominous. Scattered lanterns are very romantic, let you look forward to it, imagine.
Eat Lantern Festival
After the ceremony, the whole family gathers for a Lantern Festival. Now when we talk about the Lantern Festival, many people think that it is eating on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In fact, Lantern Festival is not only eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the early years, the Lantern Festival was eaten on the eighth day of the first lunar month. As the old saying goes, "a star in the sky, a ding on the ground", the stars in the sky correspond to the population on the earth, and there are many stars in the sky, implying that the people on the earth are prosperous.
Eating Lantern Festival on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year is just forSpecial gratitude to the Star God. In addition, after the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is eaten from the thirteenth day of the first month, and this Lantern Festival can be eaten until the seventeenth day of the first month.
*: Tianjin Broadcasting.