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In the blink of an eye, it is another year of small years, and Libai has already ** the hot search of the twenty-third day of the lunar month, is the small year the twenty-third of the lunar month or the twenty-fourth of the lunar month? As long as it involves the customs and food differences between the north and the south, it is definitely a hot search for reservationsSo friends, are you in the south or the north, do you have a small year on the 23rd day of the lunar month or a small year on the 24th day of the lunar month? Share it with everyone in the comment section.
Li Bai liked the Song Dynasty very much,Then let's ask whether the "little year" of the Song Dynasty is the twenty-third or twenty-fourth of the lunar month？And what are the customs? Don't worry, the big guy is ready to go, listen to me.
Everyone knows that Libai likes to read books that record the customs of the Song Dynasty, such as "Tokyo Menghualu", which records the customs of Kaifeng, Tokyo, and "Wulin Old Things", "Menglianglu", which records Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and so on.
It is precisely with the mutual confirmation of these books that we can know that the "small year" of the Song Dynasty is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and the Southern and Northern Song Dynasty also followed many customs of the Northern Song Dynasty.
On the 24th, the New Year was handed over, and all the people invited the monks to read the scriptures at night, prepared wine and fruit to send to the gods, burned the family instead of money paper, and pasted the stove horse on the stove. (Tokyo Menghualu).It was called during the Song DynastyThe twenty-fourth day of the lunar month is the "handover year"., "Jiao" is the meaning of the alternation of the old and the new, and the so-called Jiaonian is the alternation of the new year and the old year, which was later also called the small year.
This sentence also tells us some of the customs of Kaifeng Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, such as preparing wine and fruit to send to the gods on this day, inviting monks and monks to recite scriptures, and sticking stove horses on the stove.
Stove horse and what we said a few days ago"Wealthy Gate Blunt Donkey".and"Turning back deer horse".The same is a woodcut printed calendar, on which in addition to the stove prince also printed some calendars.
We Chinese want to celebrate the 23rd of the lunar month or the 24th lunar month of the lunar New Year"Sacrificial stove"., the sacrifice isLord of the Stove
It is said that the Lord of the Stove is a god sent by the Jade Emperor to supervise the good and evil in the world, and at the end of the year, you will also go back to Heaven to report on your work, and talk about what good and bad things each family has done this year.
Therefore, in some places, there will still be small years of sacrifice to the king of the stove to eat "sugar melon" and "big sugar" (traditional sugar made of maltose), one is to "bribe" the king of the stove, and then to stick to the mouth of the king of the stove, so that he can not speak.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a similar custom, and they would smear the door of the stove with sake lees, which was called"Drunken Command"., directly drunk the stove prince.
In addition, the people of Kaifeng City in the Northern Song Dynasty will also light lamps under the bed at night, which is called"Wasted light".to drive away evil spirits.
Time came to the Southern Song Dynasty, the location of the Southern Song Dynasty capital Lin'an, let's take a look at the Southern Song Dynasty is also the twenty-fourth lunar New Year, and what are some customs?
In the ban, the 24th day of the lunar month is the night of the small festival, and the 30th day is the night of the big festival.The 24th is called "handing over the year". The sacrifice is replaced with flowers, rice bait and burning, and jelly bean porridge is made, which is called "the number of mouths".
As you can see, both the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty attach great importance to the small year, and many customs on this day are the same as Chinese New Year's Eve. The Southern Song Dynasty also shines on the false light, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, it will open the door to welcome the six gods, which are waiting for us to share with you on Chinese New Year's Eve.
The flower cake here is also a kind of sugar made of maltose, just like "Wulin Old Things" itself saidThe custom of Lin'an Xiaonian "rate the legacy of the eastern capital." ”
What is the number of mouths?
It is actually a kind of porridge, and this custom is really the custom of the Jiangnan area, which is the Wu peoplePorridge cooked with red beans and rice, or boiled into minced food, a large family to drink together, go out will leave a bowl, kittens, dogs, and chickens will also share a small bite, so called"Mouth counting porridge".and it is used to:Plague repellentTarget.
Regarding why there are three or four points in Xiao Nian, Libai really checked it, and found two reliable statements, which are also shared with you here.
First, the reason why Xiao Nian has two sets of "plans" in the north and south is because there are"Officials, three people, four ships, and five ships".It is said that because the north has always been the political center, it has followed the official pass.
Of course, this statement is not absolute, at least we can see from the customs books of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty that the Northern Song Dynasty officially celebrated the 24th day of the lunar month, but it is said that many places near the water system in the south do have the custom of celebrating the 25th lunar month of the lunar month.
Here we will only do to understand, and we will continue to share with you after reading more books in the future.
Let's talk about it laterAnother way of putting itIt is said that in the Qing Dynasty, at least when he was still the versatile Qianlong Emperor, it was always the 24th day of the lunar month, but it changed when it came to Emperor Jiaqing.
The 20th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty was recorded in the "Wenjiang County Chronicle".
On December 24th, the old legend of the god of the stove went to heaven to perform a thing, before the night of the 23rd, each with fragrant flowers, wine fruits, lamps and candles, field sugar, money and Chu to sacrifice.
What does that mean? That is to say, the god of the stove and his old man should go to heaven on the 24th of the lunar month to report on his work or go to the 24th, but people start to sacrifice and please his old man from the 23rd. Regardless of whether this is true or not, Libai thinks the logic is reasonable, hahahaha.
The reason why the northerners celebrate the 23rd lunar month is precisely because of the proximity to the political center, while the south retains the customs before the Qing Dynasty.
So friends, are you in the north of the 23rd lunar month, or in the south of the 24th lunar month, or in the waterside on the 25th lunar month?
What are the customs of celebrating the New Year in your hometown, share it with Libai and everyone in the comment area, and look forward to everyone's retweets
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Reference book: Tokyo Menghualu
Old Things of Martial Arts