The eighth day of the first month is also called Why Festival.

On the eighth day of the first month, it is also called Shunxing Festival, Guri Festival and Eight Immortals Worship Festival.

On this day, I mainly learned astronomy from the names of the stars listed by Ma in the incense wax shop. The star-offering ceremony of Shunxing Festival is held in the evening. The rich hang 108 lanterns, and ordinary people can also hang 49 lanterns, at least 9 lanterns, representing nine fleeting stars, namely, the sun, the moon, the water, the fire, the wood, the gold, the earth, Luohou and Du Ji. The lamp bowl is shaped like a small goblet with muddy copper and soybean oil in it. The lamp is twisted with "lamp paper".

China folklore says that the eighth day of the first lunar month is Xiaomi's birthday. It's called Valley Day. Sunny, I wish you a bumper rice harvest this year, cloudy, and apologize for this year. In addition, China folk pronunciation of the eight characters has turned the eighth day of the first month into the Eight Immortals Festival.

Taboos on the eighth day of the first month

1. Don't leave the rice jar empty.

In order to prevent the worry that cooking will be broken in one year, the rice jar at home should not be empty on this day. In ancient times, even if the family was poor, people had to try their best to fill the rice jar (the size of the jar), which meant that the new year would be full of food and clothing.

2. Don't break the utensils.

Don't break the plate on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year's Eve, otherwise it will be "bad luck". But if you accidentally break it, you can wrap it in red paper, carry auspicious words like "Peace through the years" on your back, and worship the gods for several days to solve it.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-the eighth day of the first month