What does it mean to start the second day of the Lunar New Year? The second day of the first lunar month is called the "beginning of the year", from this day, people bring three animals, glutinous rice, fried dumplings and other gifts, to visit relatives and friends. The following is what it means to start the second day of the Lunar New Year in 2024. Everyone is welcome to read it.
1. The beginning of the year.
Citation: (Northern Zhou) Yu Xin's "Xingyu Mountain Inscription": "The beginning of the year is cold, and the first month is spring." ”
Translation: At the beginning of the year, the cold has passed, and the first month can be spring.
2. Next year. Citation: "Chinese Song Materials: Bitter Songs (1): Bitterness Every Year": "I hope that this year will have a good start to the year, and I will wear a broken cotton jacket at the beginning of the year. ”
1. Sacrifice to the God of Wealth to make a fortune.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it is a day to worship the God of Wealth in many regions. This is especially important for people who do business. At noon on this day, we have to eat wontons, commonly known as "ingots soup". Fish and mutton were used for sacrificial offerings. The big merchants of old Beijing have carried out large-scale sacrificial activities on this day, and the sacrifices should be made with the "five major offerings", that is, the whole pig, the whole sheep, the whole chicken, the whole duck, the whole red live carp, etc., hoping to make a fortune this year.
2. Visit relatives and friends at the beginning of the year.
The second day of the new year is also called the beginning of the new year, which means that the real New Year's greetings begin on this day. People bring gifts such as three animals, glutinous rice cakes, fried dumplings, etc., to visit relatives and friends. Shaoguan Shatian area kills live chickens to start the year, taking the meaning of full of life. On the second day of the first lunar month, it is the day when the daughter and son-in-law return to their parents' home, that is, the son-in-law pays New Year's greetings to his parents-in-law, commonly known as "Welcoming the Son-in-law". Folks believe that the daughter who marries out cannot return to the door on the first day of the new year, and returning to the door will make her mother's family poor, and she can only return to her parents' house after the second day of the new year. In some folk proverbs there is this: "There is a father and a mother."
Second, third, there is no father and no mother. It means that daughters with parents, after the second day of the Lunar New Year, the mother's family will inevitably come to pick them up for reunion, only the daughter who has no father and mother, and no relatives miss it, so the mother's family will not send someone to pick it up.
On the second day of the first month of each year, it is the day of worship for the God of Wealth in old Beijing, and on this day people have to rush to the Temple of Wealth to burn "the head of the incense".
On this day, whether it is a commercial store or an ordinary family, a festival to the God of Wealth is held. Each family sacrifices to the God of Wealth brought on Chinese New Year's Eve. At noon on this day, you have to eat wontons, commonly known as it"Ingot soup"。Fish and mutton were used for sacrificial offerings. The big businesses in old Beijing all held large-scale sacrificial activities on this day, and the sacrifices were to be used"Five major offerings", i.e., whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks, red live carp, etc., in the hope of making a fortune.
According to the traditional saying, the farewell of the old on Chinese New Year's Eve, the first day of the new year to welcome the new year, the first day of the new year to eat fasting, the second day of the new year to lift the taboo such as fasting, is a new beginning, commonly known as "the beginning of the year". The custom of the beginning of the year is to eat"New Year's dinner"。This meal is generally prepared with cabbage, lettuce, fish, etc., with the intention of making money and profit.
Although cleaning is considered a basic behavior and measure to keep our lives clean in our lives and in traditional days, it is not to sweep the floor on the second day of the Lunar New Year during the Chinese New Year, which does not mean that we do not pay attention to hygiene. The second day of the new year cannot be swept on the floor, and it is best to wait until the fifth day of the first month. However, during this period, it is really necessary to tidy up, which can be carried out in the house, but not with a broom to sweep the door, but to sweep inside, and you can put the garbage in the trash can, but do not throw it away, saying that this can retain wealth.