From Chinese New Year's Eve, it seems that every day of the first month has a special saying. "Wear it on the 20th day of the first month, and wear it on the 21st day", so the 20th day of the first month is called the "Day Wear Festival".
Legend has it that in ancient times, the heavens and the earth collapsed, volcanoes erupted, and floods were monstrous, and mankind was about to die. In order to save everyone, Nuwa Niangniang tried her best to find the five-colored divine stone.
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, she refined these sacred stones into a thick liquid, plugged the holes in the sky, filled the cracks in the ground, extinguished the heavenly fire, stopped the flood, and saved all things in the world.
In order to commemorate the greatness of Nuwa Niangniang, people set the twentieth day of the first lunar month as the "Heavenly Wear Festival". This festival is usually presided over by the housewife of the family, and it is really a unique festival.
The 20th of this year is the day of the month of Bingyin. Among the sixty Jiazi, Guihai is ranked last, so this day is called "Liujia Poor Day".
According to tradition, this day is a "day of non-luck". The so-called Lu is actually income, and the ancients made a living by cultivating the land or working for the imperial court. However, if there is no son on this day, that is, there is no position, then it means that there is no income**.
In order to increase wealth and position, the ancients would perform the ceremony of "mending the sky" on the twentieth day of the first lunar month. This ritual is simply to eat the bread and then throw it to different places.
The custom of eating bread is that the hostess of the family makes the cake with her own hands, and then makes it into a "mending cake" in a round and thin way. The longest-lived women would throw one of the loaves of bread onto the roof as a sign of "mending the sky";
The other is thrown into the corners of the yard and into the well, which means "to mend the ground". After completing this ritual, the whole family can eat the "mending cake". It is said that eating this cake can be used to heal diseases and prolong life.
According to legend, when Nuwa Niangniang made the five-colored divine stone, the heat was absorbed by the water under the mountain, and the result was a hot spring water that flows in all seasons.
This hot spring water contains the magic power of Nuwa Niangniang, so it is particularly powerful, and can ward off evil spirits, dispel poison, eliminate disasters, and eliminate diseases. Therefore, in ancient times, people not only ate "mending cakes" on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, but also went to soak in hot spring water.
As the saying goes, "If you want to attract wealth, you must first recruit the God of Fortune Boy to come". On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, it is the birthday of the "Lucky Boy".
It is said that it is recorded in the "Huayan Sutra" that when the "Lucky Boy" was born, the whole room was full of fragrance, and a lot of gold and silver treasures appeared, so people called this day "Lucky Boy Day". It is believed that on this day, the Lucky Boy will bring good luck and wealth to everyone.
Because the "Lucky Boy" is often a child, so on the twentieth day of the first month, there is also a folk custom, that is, "do not teach children". They feel that lecturing their children will affect the Fortune Boy and may lead to bad luck.
Several years passed after the death of Emperor Wa, and the four seasons were reincarnated, naturally. Only the housewives of the world mend the heavens with a piece of pancake". The twentieth day of the first month has arrived, the "Heavenly Wear Festival", what other different thoughts do you have about this festival?