Prayer for the release of life:On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, people take some of the fish and birds raised at home and release them into the wild, expressing their good wishes for the prosperity of all kinds of creatures in the world at the beginning of the new year.
Shunxing Festival:The eighth day of the first lunar month is the "Shunxing Festival", also known as "sacrificing the stars" and "receiving the stars". On the night of the eighth day of the first lunar month, whether people go to the temple or not to worship the star king (that is, Shunxing), after the stars in the sky are all together, each family has to hold a sacrifice ceremony for the stars. After the ceremony, the whole family gathers for a Lantern Festival.
Gu Ri:Folklore has it that the eighth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the millet. On this day, if the weather is fine, the Lord will have a good harvest of rice this year, and if the sky is cloudy, the year will be bad. "The custom of the grain day is to worship the tablet with the name of the grain written on it, and not to eat the cooked grain. This custom implies the idea of valuing agriculture and cherishing food.
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