I am a post-60s generation, and after I became sensible, it was the late stage of the Cultural Revolution, and there were slogans of praise everywhere on the wall. Primary school in the Shen family ancestral hall to school, the ancestral hall is built high and big, carved dragons and phoenixes on the house, into the gloomy, after the four old, the ancestral hall in the gods, family trees are smashed to pieces, in front of the garbage thrown into a pond by a dung pit.
During the Chinese New Year, the family did not allow the portraits of the God of Wealth and the Lord of the Stove, just some political portraits, at that time, it was said that the first day of the new year did not move the knife and scissors, and the first month of the year cut the dead uncle, all said that it was feudal superstition. A whole generation of people, under the influence of the Cultural Revolution, criticized the fine traditions of the Chinese nation, such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, as feudal dross. However, looking back, many folklore does not necessarily have scientific truth, but it is a constraint on human behavior, reminding people to have a sense of reverence for nature. Take the Chinese New Year as an example, the old rule is "don't use knives and scissors on the first day of the new year, visit relatives and friends on the second, third and fourth days of the new year", and when it comes to the fifth day of the new year, it is commonly known as breaking the fifth, and there are more rules.
On the fifth day of the first month, the God of Wealth is to welcome the God of Wealth, it is said that the God of Wealth on the East Road is Bigan, the God of Wealth Guan Yu on the West Road, the God of Wealth Chai Rong on the South Road, Zhao Gongming on the North Road, and Wang Hai, the God of Wealth on the Middle Road. These characters are all chivalrous and courageous, loyal to the king and serving the country, and in order to prove his loyalty, Bigan actually dug out his heart; Guan Yu rode alone for thousands of miles, unmoved by Cao Cao's wealth and beauty, and left a good story for history; Chai Rong is Zhao Kuangyin's benefactor, and it can be said that without Chai Rong, it would be impossible to have a family world with the Zhao and Song dynasties. Zhao Gongming is a mythical character; Wang Hai is the ancestor of Chinese businessmen, invented Niu Niu, promoted **, and is respected as the God of Wealth in the Middle Road. In fact, knowing the origin of these gods of wealth is equivalent to learning some historical knowledge, as for why the ancients named these people as talents, it is unknown.
There is also the poor ghost, which is said to be related to Jiang Ziya, a famous late-bloomer figure in Chinese history. In his early years, his family was poor, and when he was in his 30s, he did not have any property, so he went to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate immortals in a fit of anger, and for 40 years, he studied legislation and literature and knew that he was going to soar in his life, and became a general-style character. The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. After coming down from Kunlun Mountain, he is 72 years old, and people always have to dress and eat, which is the basic way of survival. At this time, someone introduced him to Majiazhuang's Ma's Ma's, who was 68 years old, but was still a yellow flower girl, and after the two lived together, Ma's used her dowry and gold and silver to be soft. Encourage Jiang Ziya to do business. But what did he do, first he did a bamboo business, but no one cared about it, and then they did a flour business, not only did they not sell it, but they scattered it everywhere. Later, the two opened a big restaurant, making ends meet every day, and lost all their capital. At this time, Ma complained to him, he was an idiot who couldn't do anything, and did everything. And Jiang Ziya thinks that it is Ma's bad luck and a broom star. Later, Jiang Ziya in order to wait for his nobles, so he fished directly by the Wei River, which is the origin of "Jiang Ziya fishing a wish to take the bait", and then finally met with Ji Chang, the two hit it off, Jiang Ziya decided to assist Ji Chang to help Zhou Xuan. And Jiang Ziya's wife Ma Shi didn't want to go to Xiqi with them, she just wanted to live some ordinary people's lives, and then he found one, and then found a man, and this man couldn't do anything. Later, when Jiang Ziya was a god, he named his wife Ma as a broom star, a poor ghost. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the bedroom should be cleaned, and then the garbage should be sent outside and firecrackers should be set off, which means that the poor ghost will be sent! I don't know these folklore, do you know?