"Every day of the first month is a festival, and I look forward to the year all year round", every day is not idle, all kinds of festivals,FolkloreIt's dizzying. On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, do you know what festival it is? The twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month is Chinese folkTraditional festivals——"Warehouse Filling Festival", this day has a deep historical heritage and colorful customs, which is worth learning about.
The cang-filling festival was originally based on people's worship of Tiancang Star, and there are several different folk sayings about the specific identity of the "cangshen". The first theory believes that Cangshen is Chun Yuyan, a minister of the Western Han Dynasty, who was deeply loved by the people during his tenure as a grain and grass official, and was later falsely imprisoned and pardoned on the twenty-fifth day of the first month. Another version calls the warehouse filling festival the "Heavenly Piercing Festival", and it is said that this day isNuwaMake up for the day. NuwaThe family came in five colorsColored stonesAfter smelting day and night, after refining for 7749 days, the sky was finally repaired on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month. Regardless of who Kurajin was, they contributed to the people and were therefore admired by the general public. In order to commemorate the warehouse official, people set the 25th day of the first month as the "warehouse filling festival", and it has been passed down.
The twenty-fifth day of the first month is the warehouse filling festival, and the older generation often explains that they do three things to pray for blessings and food, and prosperity throughout the year.
1. Remember to do a good job of "adding positions".
In the past,RuralEvery household has a warehouse to store grain. On the 25th day of the first lunar month, people will add grain to the granary at home, symbolizing that this year's grain can increase the harvest and make the granary full. In addition, there are some places that will stock up on food in their own yards. On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, people will be before the sun risesGrass and wood ashI put it in a dustpan and beat it as I walked, letGrass and wood ashIt falls on the ground to form a round hoard similar to hoarding grain, and puts some grains such as wheat grains and millet into it, implying that you are rich every year and your life is rising step by step.
2. Remember to eat rice with fish soup
The 25th day of the first lunar month is also known as the festival of "dry rice and fish soup". It is said that in ancient times, due to the serious rodent infestation, people raised cats to catch mice in order to prevent food from being eaten and spoiled by rats. On the day of the warehouse filling festival, people will cook fish soup to drink, and at the same time drink the fish soup, they will feed the fish to the family cat, thank the cat for a year of care, protect the grain in the granary from destruction, meaning "the warehouse filling festival, the grain is full,."KittensThe credit is unstoppable".
3. Remember to eat spring rolls and cakes
On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, there is still foodSpring cakescustoms. The elderly or housewives of the family will make someSpring cakesFor family consumption, it means "filling the warehouse", and some people will also put itSpring cakesIt is made in the shape of a box and called a "cover warehouse". This custom symbolizes the hope of a good harvest and abundant food, and a year of abundance and abundance for every family.
The Warehouse Filling Festival is a folk festival in ChinaTraditional festivalsIt has a deep historical heritage and rich and colorful customs. On this day, people do three things to pray for abundance: reticang, rice with fish soup, spring rolls, and cakes. Through these customs, people express the hope of a good harvest and abundance, hoping for a good start to the new year. The Warehouse Filling Festival is ChinaFarmersThe festival is also a festival for people to inherit and carry forward Chinese traditionsCultureimportant moments.