Time flies so fast, tomorrow is the tenth day of the first month, I believe many friends have returned to work today. Many people think that there is no New Year's flavor on the tenth day of the first lunar month, but in fact, you don't know the New Year's customs of this day. In the past, people paid attention to the year before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because each of these 15 days was given a different taboo for the year.
It's just that with the passage of time and the progress of people's thoughts, these taboos have been forgotten or eliminated, so I feel that the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker. So what is the focus on the tenth day of the first lunar month tomorrow? Remember: eat 5 foods, spend 4 days, avoid 3 things, and burn 2 things, so that everything will go well in your Year of the Dragon!
What do people eat on the tenth day of the first month? In the past, people could only eat something good during the holidays, but for the older generation, these 5 foods are very precious.
Noodles are a kind of noodles unique to the north, which is made by grinding wheat, and will be eaten in all parts of the north on the tenth day of the first lunar month. The women use their palms to knead the noodles into long strips, and rub ten noodles at a time, which means perfection. The long noodle fish also symbolizes longevity.
Some places also eat steamed buns, steamed buns are made of flour, people compare the finished steamed buns to stones, because the tenth day of the first month is also the stone day, and eating steamed buns on this day is the most appropriate time. The appearance of the bun is round and white, implying that the new year is full and complete. In some areas, lipstick will also be used to put a red dot in the middle of the bun, and then place it in front of the land lord, hoping that the land lord can bless himself with a bumper harvest this year. Others would break the buns and put them in the corner of the house for the rats to eat, praying that they would not destroy the rest of the food.
Because the tenth day of the first lunar month is the festival of the stone god, so on this day, the common people will eat stone cakes. The round stone cake represents consummation and reunion. The way of making stone cakes is different in each place, with flour used in the north and glutinous rice in the south.
Tofu, homonym "Duofu", "Dufu", means that everyone in the family can be blessed. In the eyes of the common people, tofu is a very auspicious food, so no matter what you do, you will always prepare tofu. As the saying goes, grinding tofu on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, people used to prepare tofu for dozens of catties, which shows the importance of tofu in the hearts of the people.
Eating corn on the tenth day of the first month also has the implication of being full of gold and jade. In the past, people didn't eat corn all year round, and most of them gathered up corn residues to eat. Because corn residue is very hard, people cook it into porridge. The common people compare corn dregs to stones, which means turning stones into gold. Eat some corn on the tenth day of the new year, it is also good for the body, corn is a common coarse grain, it has the effect of relieving greasy, and I have eaten a lot of greasy food during the New Year.
The 10th day of the first lunar month is also known by other names, and people give it four names according to different particulars.
According to the story of the deification, the first seven human days, the first eight grain days, the first nine days, and the tenth earth day. In traditional culture, the earth day is a festival with special significance, people believe that this day is the day of the earth's vitality, so the common people put the tenth day of the first month of the first month as the day of the earth. In the past, the common people mainly relied on the heavens and the earth for food, and in order to pray that the earth would produce a large amount of food in this year, people gave it a birthday to show their reverence for the mother earth.
The 10th day of the first lunar month is also the "Stone Day", and it is said that this day is the birthday of the stone god. It is also said that the homonym of "ten" is "stone", so this day is designated as Stone Day. But don't think so, if you just rely on homophony to set a festival, it's too sloppy.
The origin of the stone day has to start with the actual role of the stone. In the past, people built houses without bricks, only stones, so stones were the homes that everyone relied on to live. Looking at the tools used by the common people, grinding discs and utensils for carrying things, they are basically made of stone. In order to express their gratitude to the stone, the common people accepted a stone god. On the 10th day of the lunar month, people worship the stone god and pray that it will bless the whole family.
There is an old saying that goes like this: "Seven people, eight grains, nine vegetables and ten fruits". Nuwa Niangniang created all things on the earth with the colored clay left over from mending the heavens, and created human beings on the seventh day, but what did people eat? So Nuwa Niangniang created millet, vegetables and fruits in the next few days, so that people could have something to eat.
The tenth day of the first month is the fruit day, on this day everyone must eat some fruits, especially auspicious fruits, such as kumquat on behalf of money, apple on behalf of peace, etc. The old people also pay attention to the fact that even the fruit that is broken on this day cannot be thrown away, in order to show respect for the fruit day.
In the past, ordinary people lived in bungalows, and rats often came to visit their homes, and the food that people hoarded would be eaten by rats. In order to prevent rats from harming the grain, the common people set a "marriage day" for it. The reproduction ability of mice is very strong, and on the day of the rats' marriage, people are looking forward to the mother mice marrying, so that there will be fewer and fewer mice in the house, and the food will be safe.
On this day, each place has different habits. In some places, peanuts and other nuts are prepared and placed in the corner for rats to eat, meaning that they are told to leave as soon as they finish eating. The old people often say that if you disturb it for a day, it will disturb you for a year, so some places will turn off the lights early to rest, so as not to delay the auspicious time for the rat to get married. Interestingly, due to the different local customs, some places do not pay attention to turning off the lights at night, and they will place candles in the corners of the houses to light the way for mice. Either way, it's all about getting a rat to marry a girl.
The older generation pays attention to not being able to do some things during the festival, and the tenth day of the first month is a very important day, so there are many taboos to abide by on this day, and the people have decided not to do 3 things on this day according to their wishes and expectations.
In the past, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, people were most taboo to touch stones, such as stone grinding, stone grinding, etc., which were not used. In order to prevent people from touching them by mistake, some people put red paper on them on Chinese New Year's Eve, and they can only take off the red paper after the tenth day of the first month, which means that the stone tools are unsealed on the tenth day of the first year. If you accidentally touch a stone on this day, you have to apologize quickly, for fear that the stone god will blame you.
On this day, in order to show their reverence for the earth, the common people agreed that they would not break the ground on that day, and that if there was farm work, the day would have to be suspended. On this day, people worship the god of the land to pray for the protection of the god of the land. According to folk sayings, the first month of the year is the most important month of the year, as the old saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, so at the beginning of the year, I am afraid that a lot of difficult things will happen, so people agree that the first month does not move the earth, and naturally the tenth day of the first month can not break the ground.
According to Feng Shui, soil is also a kind of wealth, if the soil is moved, you have to get a part of the soil out of the house, which means that wealth leaks out, so it has a bad impact on the family's financial luck. It is also said that a lot of waste will be generated during the groundbreaking period, and if these waste products cannot be thrown away in time, it will bring bad luck to the family, so in order to avoid bad things, people simply do not break the ground for the whole New Year.
In rural areas, the tenth day of the first lunar month is the day when rats marry girls, and rats are not allowed to be hunted on this day. I still remember going to my grandmother's house in the countryside when I was a child, and I could often see rats scurrying around in the corner, which was very scary. These rats often steal food from ** milk, and for this reason grandma also has two kittens. But on the tenth day of the first month, grandma will also hide the kitten, at that time I don't understand why grandma did this, and when I grow up, I know that grandma is to not disturb the mouse to marry a girl.
There are many folk sayings about the first ten days of the first month, and it is said that the fire is a custom passed down from other peoples. Foreigners live in desolate places all year round, and the temperature is very low at night, so people light fires in order to keep warm and drive away monsters in the wild. At that time, people of a tribe would gather around the fire, and when they were happy, they would dance hand in hand. This joyful behavior also spread to the Central Plains, and the people found this ritual very interesting, and it also set off the lively atmosphere of the New Year, so the roasting fire has continued to this day.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, almost every household will light a fire, and at that time, the elders will also let the children of the family go to other people's houses to roast a fire, also known as a hundred fires, which means that they will not get sick this year. So what do people burn? These are the main things.
In the past, people would hold a fire burning ceremony on the 10th day of the lunar month, and during the day, people would go out together to collect cypress wood, and in the evening, people would pile the collected wood together and set it on fire. The family sat around the fire and chatted, and the elders would tell the children stories of old myths. The reason why people choose to burn cypress wood is because cypress wood has the meaning of warding off evil spirits. After the fire bears fruit, if there is any remaining cypress wood, people will ask a carpenter to carve it into a lock for the child to wear, so that the children and grandchildren will live a long life and be free from evil spirits.
In the past, people's clothes were worn and worn, sewn and sewn, and if adults couldn't wear them, they would change them and continue to wear them for children, and the children would throw them away if they couldn't wear them. So on the tenth day of the first month, those old clothes that could not be worn were taken and burned, as the saying goes, the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come. Burning old clothes also means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
Although these customs have no scientific basis, it is a precious culture left by the ancestors, and learning and remembering these customs is also the promotion and inheritance of traditional Chinese culture.