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Hello everyone, I am Nalan Nanxi, a Chinese girl who likes Chinese history and traditional culture. Today, I will tell you about the festival of the 27th day of the first lunar month.
Let's talk about the New Year first! The first month, that is, the first month of the lunar calendar, is also known as "the month of Jianyin", "the month of Mengchun", "the month of Duanyue", etc. This is a very important month in Chinese history.
As early as the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, there were records about the first lunar month. For example, there is a description in the "Shangshu Yaodian" that "on the first day of the first month, by the end of Wenzu", which means that on the first day of the first month, Yaochan is located in Shun. In fact, the concept of the first month as the beginning of the year was not fixed in ancient times. From the literature, it can be seen that the determination of the first month of the first month varies from dynasty to dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty was dominated by agricultural civilization, so it chose January of spring when everything revived, which is what we now call the first month, as the starting point of the new year. The Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty adjusted the position of the first month according to their respective political needs and astronomical observations, with the Shang Dynasty taking winter and December as the first month, the Zhou Dynasty taking winter and November as the first month, and the Qin Dynasty changing it to winter and October as the first month.
The word "first month" is the ancients' respect for the beginning of the year, and "zheng" has the meaning of righteousness and regularity, which means that this is the authoritative month at the beginning of the specified year.
There is a saying among the folk that whether the first month is the year or not, so there are many folk customs and festivals in the first month since ancient times.
Today we are going to talk about the "Rensheng Festival" on the 27th day of the first lunar month, also known as the "Renri". Seeing this, you may be curious, isn't the seventh day of the first lunar month a human day? Seventeen too? Why is it still on the 27th day of the first lunar month? In fact, this stems from the people's attention to the festival and their good wishes.
The seventh day of the first lunar month is the "Human Day" for everyone. The seventeenth day of the first lunar month is the "human day" of middle-aged or middle-aged people. The 27th day of the first lunar month is the "human day" of the elderly, so the 27th day of the first lunar month is also called "Celebrating the Old Day".
On this day, there are many folk celebrations, and some local customs include Dai Rensheng, that is, women cut into the shape of small figures or flowers with colored paper, silk, soft gold and silver, etc., and wear them on their heads or stick to screens and windows, etc., implying blessings and celebrations. One of the most important activities is that the elderly make a bowl of longevity noodle soup, which means wishing them health and longevity, warmth and smoothness.
Because this year is the year of the dragon, the twenty-seventh day of the first month is still the day of Gengwu.
We all know that in the traditional calendar, each day will have a heavenly stem and an earthly branch corresponding to it, which is the so-called "Ganzhi Chronology".
There are ten heavenly stems, which are A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, and non dec. There are twelve earthly branches, which are Zichou Yin, Mao Chen, Si Wu, and Wei Shen Youxuhai. They are paired in pairs in a certain order, forming sixty combinations, which are used to cycle the days.
The 27th day of the first month of this year corresponds to the Ganzhi Day of Gengwu. Geng is the seventh of the heavenly stems, and noon is the seventh of the earthly branches, so the Gengwu day is the day when the seventh of the heavenly stems and the seventh of the earthly branches are combined. In some traditional cultures and folk beliefs, people will choose auspicious days and so on according to the daily stem branch.
Therefore, there is a popular saying among the people, "Three people don't go north, wealth and happiness come to the door", so do you know which three people you refer to?
First, the elderly who are over 60 years old. According to the principle of "water overcomes fire", if the elderly, especially those who are weak and have weakened yang qi, go to the north on a hot day like Gengwu Day, they may be restrained by water because of fire, and the earth means that they will be affected to a certain extent.
Therefore, on the day of Gengwu, the elderly over 60 years old should not go to the north.
Second, people with the zodiac pig should not go to the north.
In the traditional concept of Feng Shui numerology, the corresponding earthly branch of the pig is Hai, and the attribute of the five elements is water.
The north also belongs to water in the direction of the Bagua and the direction represented by the earthly branch, therefore, on the day of Gengwu Day, because Gengjin gives birth to water, and the noon fire can consume the power of Hai Shui, so for people who belong to pigs, Gengwu Day is a time when their own aura is relatively weak.
If you go further north, it will cause too much water vapor or consume too much of your own energy, which will be detrimental to your luck and health. Therefore, according to this theory, it is not advisable for people who belong to pigs to go to the north on the day of Gengwu.
Third, people with the zodiac rat should not go to the north.
In the traditional theory of the five elements of mutual growth and restraint and feng shui numerology, the earthly branch corresponding to the rat is the son, and the attribute of the five elements is water, and the north is the direction of water.
Gengwu day belongs to the day of fire, because the noon fire is the most prosperous time point of fire, for the five elements of water rats, the day may be due to the indirect influence of fire and gold, gold and water, resulting in their own aura is relatively weak.
If a rat person goes north on this day, according to the theory of the balance of the five elements, it may intensify the restraint of fire on water, which will hinder fortune and be detrimental to health and wealth.
Therefore, on the 27th day of the first lunar month, it is recommended that rat people avoid going north.