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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, enjoy the lanterns, guess the lantern riddles, eat the Lantern Festival, and after the fifteenth day, it means that the Spring Festival is officially over! In fact, there are many customs and exquisiteness on the 14th day of the first lunar month, according to the customs of the past, the 14th day of the first lunar month is the day of the "God of Wealth". Will you be puzzled to see this young friend?
As we all know, the fifth day of the first month is the day to welcome the God of Wealth, and the fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival. Therefore, the old tradition pays attention to the "God of Wealth" on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. It means to keep the "God of Wealth" in your own home, so that you can make a rich and prosperous life in the new year.
Secondly, there is also a saying among the people that on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the day when the God of Wealth inspects the lower realm, so people hope to keep the God of Wealth and look forward to prosperity in the new year. Therefore, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the old tradition not only pays attention to "guarding the God of Wealth", but also "eats 3 things and does 3 things", which means that the Year of the Dragon is blessed with wealth!
Generally speaking, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, most of the food eaten should be related to "wealth" and "luck", and chicken is homophonic with "auspicious", so eating chicken has the meaning of good luck, meaning that the new year will continue to be good luck and smooth and prosperous.
Pig's trotters have different meanings in different regions, in the north, eating pig's trotters on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month has the meaning of "holding money", and gnawing pig's trotters is "scratching money"; In the south, eating pig's trotters means that you have a windfall in your hand and you get rich, so the north is called pig's trotters, and the south is called pig's hand, and the name is derived from this custom.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the custom in the north is to eat dumplings, because the appearance of dumplings is very similar to small ingots; In the south, it is to eat glutinous rice balls, which not only have the meaning of reunion and family harmony, but also roll up and down in the pot because of its round shape, so eating glutinous rice balls also has the implication of rolling wealth.
The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so try whether the lanterns at home are lit on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. Secondly, lighting the lantern has the meaning of "adding Ding" in the folk, and lighting the lantern means that the family is prosperous.
If you want to be prosperous, you must guard the God of Wealth on the fourteenth day of the first month. Some friends will ask: How to keep the God of Wealth? In fact, according to the older generation, the family has to stay at home for the night on this day, even if they are going out to visit relatives and friends, they have to rush back, and they have to go to bed early, and they have to put their shoes neatly.
Why did the God of Wealth put his shoes in order? According to legend, the God of Wealth is to give people wealth and blessings on this day. However, when giving wealth, it is necessary to look at the number of people in each household, so that the wealth can be given according to the number of people. So, how do you know the population of each household? Just look at the shoes on display!
In many areas, there is also the custom of worshipping the ancestors on the 14th day of the first lunar month, and the ancestor is Fuxi, who is respected as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation, the head of the three emperors, and also represents the origin of civilization and cultural inheritance of the Chinese nation. Worship the ancestors in order to pray for a good harvest in the new year, and everything will be fine. In the same way, worshipping ancestors also has the meaning of not forgetting the root and thinking of the source of drinking water.
The above is the content shared with you today, in fact, the so-called New Year's customs, customs, are all people looking forward to a better life in the coming year, and it is these expectations that have turned into a strong New Year's flavor in our hearts! Finally, ask my friends, what are your customs on the 14th day of the first lunar month?
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