On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, we remind everyone to do five things well and bless the whole year with good luck
On the night of the sixteenth, men, women, and children were happy when they fried twist flowers, picked baskets, burned torches, picked people, cursed people, and drove wooden stakes. In the blink of an eye, it is the sixteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which is called the "New Year", and from today, it represents the end of the year, and all taboos will be lifted. It can be said that from this moment on, adults and children can release their true nature to their heart's content and will no longer be bound by the customs of the year. That's why the old people say that sixteenth is a happy holiday.
During this festival, people will have many different customs, such as the following five habits. According to the elders, if you can do these five points, then the new year, you will have smooth sailing and peace. So, what are these 5 things?
One is to carry the basket, this method is to tie a bag of quicklime at one end of the scale, and then grab the other end of the scale with your hand, throw it on the ground vigorously, and then leave a white mark on the ground. People call it "carrying the fence bucket".
Usually, in the evening, when the villagers prepare their dinner early, they will carry out the "fence fighting". According to tradition, they would "carry" things on the banks of the river around the village, and then slowly "carry" until they returned home, "carrying" the house and yard, which were full of white spots. If you "carry" more, you will have more white spots on your body, and the grain yield will be higher this year.
Second, the waving of the torch.
After that, it's time to wave the torch. They would run around the fields, symbolizing that the more flames there were, the more abundant the crops.
In addition, when the torch is almost burned, adults and children walk by the torch, symbolizing that the "bad luck" will be burned clean so that there will be good luck in the coming year.
Thirdly, fried twist.
The so-called fried hemp, in fact, is to put the corn kernels in a large pot to burst, or replace with other grains, the main thing is to hear the crackling sound, the louder is better, which means that the fried more fiercely, and the more killed.
Fourth, fanning the flames.
This is the children of the village, who want to provoke the adults in the village and are reprimanded by them. Legend has it that on the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, people will be called "auspicious days", so in ancient times, people had the saying of "scolding bad luck".
Normally, his friends would gather and go to the next house to knock on windows, kick doors, set off firecrackers, and get them to be scolded. If he wasn't cursed by the person next door, he would have to go to the next one, until there was no one he could scold. So that everyone can get rid of bad luck in the new year.
Fifth, send cattle. The so-called "cattle shed" means that the young people in the family want a son, and they will invite the young people of the village to the house of the men in the village that night, steal their shoes, socks and chopsticks, and then hand over the stolen items to the master, who will put the items at the head of the bed, implying the early birth of the son.
In general, if more young people are invited, there is a good chance that it will happen. In addition, if there is a boy in the family, then you have to take the shoes and chopsticks you stole to the other party's house, give gifts to the other party, and then let the other party be your own daughter, be your own daughter, be your own wife, be your own wife, let your daughter marry each other, let the other party marry your son, and you can live a happy life.
In addition, some areas will also "run a hundred diseases" on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, which is similar to the "hundred diseases" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in order to go out at dusk, in order to avoid disasters and avoid disasters, so that the family does not suffer from illness.
In any case, today is the "New Year" of the lunar calendar, and on this day, there are many interesting customs that represent that everything goes well in the new year, and those who are interested can follow this tradition and there will definitely be unexpected gains.