Time flies so fast, the statutory holiday of the Spring Festival this year has ended, and I believe that many friends have been struggling at work. Although everyone has started to work, the Spring Festival is not over yet. As the old saying goes, no new year is a year. In our northern region, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, every day has a different annual custom, but many young people do not know about it, soTomorrow is the tenth day of the first month, and the old people often say that "the first ten days of the sixth day do not move, and the people are more prosperous", so what does this 6 do not move?
In the past, the 10th day of the first lunar month was called "Earth Day", and people celebrated the birthday of the earth on this day. In ancient times, people attached great importance to agriculture, and land was very important to everyone, not only to grow crops, but also to build houses, in short, all aspects of people's lives were inseparable from land. At that time, it was a very happy thing for the common people to have a field of their own.
On this day, the common people will also be grateful to the earth, in order to express their gratitude, pray for a good New Year, good harvest, people agree that on the tenth day of the first month, the soil will not be moved, such as planting land and building houses, etc., all activities related to the land can not be carried out. It is believed that the groundbreaking on the 10th day of the first lunar month is disrespectful to the land lord. From this incident, it can also be seen that the common people are in awe of the land.
In traditional Chinese culture, it is a very important custom not to move the soil, not only during the Spring Festival, but also on some special days, otherwise it will bring disaster to the family. So how did this taboo come about? According to historical records, the idea of immovable soil originated in ancient farming cultures. In the past, people attached great importance to agriculture, and they believed that the groundbreaking in the first month would affect the stability of the land, and if the land was unstable, the grain harvest would naturally decrease.
However, it is believed that the New Year is a festive day, and it is usually a big event to break ground, and breaking ground on such a festive day will ruin the festive atmosphere. Therefore, on the tenth day of the first month, we pay attention to immovable soil.
The tenth day of the first lunar month is also called the Stone Festival, and the folk also call this day the day of the rat marriage. Ten homonyms "stone", in some areas, people still believe in the stone god, believing that the tenth day of the first month is the birthday of the stone god. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the common people pay attention to not touching stones. Why is that?
We all know that primitive people lived in caves, and their houses were made of stones, so stones played a very important role in the lives of ordinary people. Therefore, in order to show respect for the stone god, the people will worship the god of stone and pray for their protection and safety on this day.
Due to the irregular shape of the stones, there are many holes in the corners of the stone house, which are the doors for rats to enter the house. The tenth day of the first lunar month is a big day for the rat family, and they will choose this day to marry their daughters-in-law. In rural areas, people will also put some food in the corner to feed the mice, and in some areas, they will also burn paper and incense, the purpose of which is to congratulate the mice.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, not only do you not move the stones, but you can't even move things made of stones, such as stone mills, stone grinders, stone mortars and other utensils. In the past, metal utensils were very expensive things, and the metal utensils used by ordinary people, and the tools used by people were basically made of stone, so stones became an indispensable item in the lives of ordinary people. The first ten stones do not move, which also means that this year is perfect.
In the northern rural areas, there is a custom of not moving the lights on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and there are three theories about the origin of this custom.
Saying one, this day is the day when the rat welcomes the daughter-in-law, and the rat is usually active at night, so in order to avoid disturbing the rat and angering the rat, people agree not to move the lamp on the tenth day of the first month. On this day, people would turn off the lights early to go to bed, but the children could not sleep, so they pestered the adults to tell the story of the mouse welcoming the daughter-in-law. The children will take it seriously, they are very curious about how the mouse picks up the daughter-in-law that day, so they want to sneak a peek at night.
In order not to let the children disturb the mice, the adults told the children that only by smearing the donkey dung eggs, sheep dung eggs, chicken feces and other dirty things on the body, and then quietly hiding on the grinding plate, can they see the scene of the rat marrying. When the children heard that it was so dirty, even if they were curious about the mouse marrying a daughter-in-law, they didn't want to look at it.
Saying two, after the tenth day of the first month, it is far away from the tenth day of the first month, every year on the fifteenth day of the lantern festival, from the tenth day of the first month, people prepare all kinds of lanterns. At that time, the lanterns were basically paper paste, very fragile, and once damaged, it would affect the fifteenth place of lanterns. On the evening of the tenth day of the first lunar month, people stopped getting the lanterns, for fear of disturbing the rat god, and they destroyed the lanterns in a fit of rage. It is also unlucky if the lantern is damaged, so the people agree not to use the lamp on the tenth day of the first month to avoid bad things from happening.
These two kinds of saying that the lights do not move are related to mice, which is enough to see that the ancients hated and feared mice. Then you must ask, if the rat is so hateful, why should it be allowed to marry and reproduce? In the past, the living environment was harsh, and people's life expectancy was generally not long, so if a family wants to prosper, it needs to continue to reproduce, and the reproduction ability of mice is very strong. Some families also put up mouse-shaped window grilles to pray for prosperity.
Saying three, in the past, people's main way of life was farming, and at the end of the year, the crops were harvested, and the people could live better in the second year, so in the old society, these taboos set by people were also related to the grain harvest. In the area of Jinnan, on the tenth day of the first month, the common people will pinch twelve lamps with noodles, symbolizing the twelve months of the year, and if they encounter a leap month, they will pinch thirteen lamps. After steaming, people observe whether there is water in these lamps, if there is, it means that there is enough rain this year, and if not, it also means that there will be a big drought this year. In order to prevent the water from flowing out of the lamp, people were careful not to move the lamp. This matter has been passed around, and there is a special attention to not moving the lights at the beginning of the tenth year.
Old people often say that when needles and scissors are moved in the first lunar month, it is inevitable that the tongue will be right and wrong. During the Chinese New Year, we all hope that the new year will be smooth and harmonious, so the most taboo is to move sharp items in the first month, and the tenth day of the first month naturally cannot be moved. We all know that needlework, thread, scissors, and other items are used when doing needlework, and these sharp things are full of danger in themselves, so they are also a symbol of bad luck. Some people say that the first ten moving scissors will cut off the financial road and career. Some people also say that if you move the needle and thread at the beginning of the tenth year, you will get eye diseases.
As the old saying goes, the first ten needles are not taboo, and ten fingers are dropped. The New Year has moved the needle, do you really want to drop your fingers? The answer is definitely no. The proverb that seems to be baseless, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it is still reasonable. In the past, the clothes, shoes, etc., that people wore were sewn by women, so throughout the year, women spent most of their time dealing with needlework, and their fingers were always scarred by needlework. Even many women often stay up late to sew in order to catch up with their work, and in the end, their eyesight is not good. This year, the women worked too hard, and during the Spring Festival, the women also wanted to take a break, so there was a saying that the needlework would not be used in the first month. The 10th day of the first month of the first month does not move the needle, which is also a manifestation of people's care for women.
Throughout the ages, the Spring Festival is the most important festival because it is the first festival of the year, and if there is a quarrel during this festival, it is a sign that there will be constant quarrels throughout the year. The tenth day of the first lunar month is the tenth day of the Spring Festival, so it is definitely not allowed to quarrel. When people get along, it is inevitable that there will be differences of opinion, at this time, you must communicate with each other calmly, don't make a big deal because of a little thing, which can not solve the matter, but also provoke a stomach. And the older generation often says that if you quarrel on the tenth day of the new year, the good luck of the family will also be taken away.
There are places,On the 10th day of the first month, the cabinet cannot be moved。In the past, rats used to hide in the corners of the cabinets, and sometimes they ate all the food and clothes in the cabinets. It was also mentioned earlier,The tenth day of the first month is the day when the mouse marries his daughter-in-law, so in order not to disturb the mouse, so the cabinet is not moved on the tenth day of the new year.
It is also said that ten stands for "perfect", which means perfection. In the past, people put fragile utensils in the cabinet, if the cabinet is moved on the tenth day of the first month, it is easy to break the utensils, which is an unlucky thing, so people are the most taboo to move the cabinet on this day. In addition, moving the cabinet also means to move the good luck, so people set the taboo of not moving the cabinet on the first ten days.
I believe that many people have not heard of the taboo of the first ten days of the cabinet. Now people will clean up before the New Year, and everything in the house will be cleaned up, and it will only be ten days before the tenth day of the new year, and things have not been placed in a mess, so people will not turn over the boxes and cabinets on the tenth day of the new year. There is also the fact that the current cabinets are whole, unlike the ancient people who were cabinets, which are easy to move, even if people usually do not move the cabinets, not to mention the day of the tenth day of the first month, so the taboo of the first ten days of the cabinet is ignored.
Do you understand the above 6 immovables? In my opinion, these taboos are exquisite, but they also reflect the difficulties of people's lives in ancient times. In the past, people relied on the sky and the earth to eat, what to plant and what to eat, if the weather is not good this year, it is very likely that there is no harvest, and because of this, the ancients often did not eat enough, did not wear warm. At the beginning of the new year, the people are looking forward to a year of smooth weather and smooth weather, and they can be well fed and clothed, so in order to avoid unlucky things, the people have set too many taboos.
With the development of society, many young people regard these taboos as superstitions and gradually eliminate them. And the older generation still pays attention to these, in fact, they also hope that their children will have a safe and smooth New Year.