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In the last issue, we talked about the traditional cultural customs of the Spring Festival, such as New Year's greetings, New Year's money, group visits, and genealogy, and today we continue to take stock of other customs of the Spring Festival.
Back to my parents' house:
There is a saying among the people that "the second day of the Lunar New Year, the day of welcoming the son-in-law". On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the daughters began to go back to their parents' homes to visit relatives, because most of them were married together, so it was also called "Son-in-law Day". Of course, when you go back to your parents' home, you will inevitably bring gifts and red envelopes to your parents' children. Therefore, people invented the custom of returning to their parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, in fact, to provide an opportunity for sisters who have not seen each other for a long time.
Sacrifice to the ancestors:
The folk spread the custom of "the third day of the first lunar month, sacrifice to the ancestors", and in ancient times, people believed that the third day of the first lunar month was the "Red Dog Day". The so-called red dog seems to be the god of anger, and it is also one of the five emperors of the ancient Wei family, the god of the south, and the presiding summer. Therefore, the ancients believed that it was not appropriate to go out to pay New Year's greetings on this day, in order to prevent disputes with people and cause unnecessary trouble, and this day could be used to worship the ancestors.
Break the fifth section:
Folk spread the custom of "the fifth day of the first month, come to break the five", in the old days, people called the fifth day of the first month as the "break five" festival, the so-called "break five" is to be able to break many taboos before on this day. The fifth day of the first lunar month also carries people's hopes and longings for the future life, of course, there are many customs on this day, such as must eat dumplings, women can not visit the door, etc., and after the fifth day of the first month, many taboos are lifted. It is recorded in the "Yanjing Chronicles": "The fifth day of the first month is called 'breaking five', and raw rice is not allowed to be used as cooking within 'breaking five', and women are not allowed to go out to ......."”
In some places, there is also the custom of "driving out the five poor". The common name of the "five poor" people in the old days was also called the "five ghosts". It refers to the five kinds of poor ghosts of "intellectual poverty, academic poverty, literary poverty, life poverty, and friendship poverty". Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty once wrote: "All these five ghosts are my five troubles." "So people have to send them away politely. People generally use firecrackers and brooms to send them away. It is also people's good wishes to welcome the new year.
Passing Day:
The folk spread the custom of "the seventh day of the new year, passing the day". According to legend, Nuwa Niangniang is the ancient god of the creation of the world, when he created all things, he first created six animals, and then there were human beings, so the first day to the sixth day of the first month are the birthdays of the six animals, and the seventh day of the first month is naturally the birthday of human beings, and the ancients called it "the festival of human days". According to most of China's regional customs, if the weather is sunny on the seventh day of the first lunar month, it means that the year is safe and sound; If the seventh day of the first month is cloudy and windy, it indicates that there will be a disease. Therefore, in ancient times, people also called the seventh day of the first month as the "seven evil days", and it was not suitable to go out for a long trip.
The above are the many customs about the Spring Festival, do you still know those customs of the Spring Festival, welcome to leave a message in the comment area**.
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