In the coming year, if you don't send it, you will see the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and tomorrow will be the twenty-eighth of the lunar month, what does it mean?
In the blink of an eye, the year 2023 of the lunar calendar is almost here, and this Wednesday is the 28th day of the 12th lunar month and the last day of the 8th lunar month.
The arrival of this day not only means that the preparations for the Spring Festival have entered the final stage, but also contains rich cultural connotations and popular customs.
In the folk, there is"Whether there is hair in the coming year, the wax moon will look at the twenty-eighth"Is that what it means? The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is a public holiday, what does this mean? Behind this proverb is people's anticipation and hope for the New Year.
In traditional Chinese culture, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is"Eight"The last day of the month, too"Eight"The last day of the year. Folk have"If you want to be rich, don't leave eight"Because eight is considered an auspicious number, and the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is also considered to be a very auspicious day.
In addition, the 28th day of the lunar month is also an important traditional festival, which is passed down among the people"On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, eight noodles"It means that on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, you will start making noodles with noodles. Because the 26th and 27th of the lunar month are the days of preparing meat, and the 28th of the lunar month is the day of making the staple noodle.
The ancients had detailed preparations for each day of the year, and the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month was mainly reflected in the preparation of noodles and staple foods. On this day, people choose leavened noodles as a staple food because noodles made from leaven noodles are more shelf-stable and less likely to spoil than other foods.
At the same time, it also means that the new year will be"Fortune", that is, prosperous financial luck and auspiciousness. This custom stems from the limitations of material conditions in ancient times, and people needed to prepare enough staple foods before the year to meet the food needs during the Spring Festival.
Nowadays, with the improvement of living standards, this custom has gradually evolved into a cultural tradition, representing people's yearning for a better life and anticipation for the new year.
And the reason why there are still a few days before the Spring Festival is because it is necessary to start fermenting the noodles and preparing the dough. This is because the conditions were not as good as they are now, and there was no baking powder to make dough, so you can only use ordinary flour to start fermenting a few days in advance. And the winter temperature is very low, the fermentation time is longer, according to the experience of the ancients, generally in the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the dough fermentation situation is ideal, so that from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, you can prepare the staple food.
There is another very important reason why there was this custom in the past, that is, the previous custom, from the first day of the new year to the first **, you can light a fire and steam steamed buns.
While"Whether it will be sent next year or not, I will see it on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month", here is to remind people to send noodles on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, this custom can not be missed. Another point is that the effect of sending noodles on this day is good, and it can also be the harvest next year.
If the day goes well, it is a good omen, indicating that the coming year will be good and prosperous, and there will be a good harvest of grain, so there is"Whether there is hair in the coming year, the wax moon looks at the twenty-eighth"said.
Steaming flour is a custom in the north, though, while in the south, steamed flour is commonly used to make rice cakes and pancakes. One of the most representative is steamed rice cakes. Rice cakes are a traditional Chinese food, which means that there is more than one year and one step at a time.
On the 28th day of the lunar month, people will prepare various ingredients in advance to make various flavors of rice cakes, such as glutinous rice cakes and yellow rice cakes. The steamed rice cakes are dried in a cool place and reheated and eaten during the Chinese New Year. The taste of rice cakes is fragrant and glutinous, which means that the new year is full of money and career success.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, in addition to making noodles and preparing staple food, there is also the custom of pasting window flowers. "Window grilles"Not only the window flowers, but also the custom of pasting blessing characters and couplets.
Window grilles are a traditional Chinese craft that decorates windows with paper cuts and stickers to fill them with a festive atmosphere. On the 28th day of the lunar month, people will put on a variety of window flowers with auspicious meanings, such as blessing characters, couplets, etc., to pray for peace, happiness and success in the new year.
The patterns and words of the window grilles contain rich cultural connotations and folk wisdom, reflecting people's pursuit of a better life and the inheritance of traditional culture.
In addition to the above customs, there are also activities such as dusting, bathing, and haircutting on the 28th day of the lunar month. Dust sweeping is an important preparatory activity before the Spring Festival, and people have to clean up and remove dust and garbage from their homes to show goodbye to the old and welcome the new.