The 14th day of the first lunar month, the day before the Lantern Festival, is already lit up to welcome the arrival of the 15th day of the first lunar month, the final celebration of the Lunar New Year. On this day, the people regard the birthday of Linshui Niangniang as an important celebration, she is revered as a god who saves women, and the women have created a protector for themselves in the era of no status and underdeveloped science, which is also a way for them to inspire themselves.
In addition to the birthday of Linshui Niangniang, there are many other customs on the 14th day of the first lunar month. In the Ninghai area, people will eat wheat flow, which is a kind of food that cooks vegetable leaves, dried shreds, shrimp skins, and shredded sweet potato flour together, and then puts down the wheat flour and stirs it to become a thin paste. It is said that this is related to Qi Jiguang's resistance to the Japanese invaders. In the Xinchang area, people have the custom of drinking bright eye soup, and a bowl of green vegetable mochi soup can brighten the eyes, which means that the work will be smooth in the new year. In Taizhou, eating dregs on the night of the Lantern Festival is even more unique, made of meat, vegetables and flour and other materials, and it is said that eating can make people smart.
In addition, there are some customs related to children on the 14th day of the first lunar month. From this afternoon onwards, the children will run around the streets with strings and rabbit lanterns, lighting candles. Candles are also lit in every room of the house to welcome the God of Wealth. At the same time, on this night, every household lights up the "long night light", which is lit from the evening until the next morning.
In addition to these local customs, there are also some interesting traditional activities on the 14th day of the first lunar month. In the Zhoushan island area, there is the custom of walking the ten bridges, it is said that after walking and worshipping the ten bridges, you can get through the bad luck, throw away all kinds of diseases, and enter and exit safely. In addition, there are divination activities such as Bu Zigu and Bu Liuhua, and women invite Zigu God to divinate good fortune and misfortune and miscellaneous matters at home.
On this day, there is also a custom called "biting spring", that is, eating spring cakes on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month to celebrate the harvest of spring and pray for a good harvest in the new year. Spring cakes are pancakes made from flour and usually filled with bean sprouts, leeks, pork, etc. People wrap spring cakes in dishes and then eat them together, symbolizing reunion and a good harvest. 
In the Jiangnan area, people also eat tangyuan on the 14th day of the first lunar month, symbolizing reunion and happiness. In addition, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, people also carry out some preparations. For example, they would hang lanterns to warm up the festive mood. At the same time, merchants will also make some special decorations, such as placing lanterns and decorations, to attract customers to come and watch and shop. In short, the 14th day of the first lunar month is a day full of folk traditions and local characteristics. Whether it's to prepare for the Lantern Festival, or to celebrate the birthday of Linshui Niangniang and other local customs, the day is full of joy and prayers. These traditional customs not only enrich people's lives, but also inherit the essence of Chinese culture.