What customs and cultures are there in the first month?

The traditional culture of the first month includes: avoid taking medicine, staying up late, moving scissors, opening doors and setting off firecrackers, eating jiaozi and rice cakes; On the second day of the first month, I went back to my mother's house, ate the New Year's Eve dinner, got up early and worshipped the God of Wealth. On the third day of the first month, it is the day of "Year of the Pig" and "Rats Marry Women", so you should rest early. On the fourth day of the first month, send God and "Sheep Day"; On the fifth day of the first month, greet the god of wealth, "light incense sticks" and clean up; On the sixth day of the first month, send the poor, "horse day", and go to the fields to prepare for farming; On the seventh day of the first month, eat "seven kinds of soup"; On the eighth day of the first month, the stars are sacrificed and silkworms celebrate the New Year. The ninth day of the first month is the day, and there is a custom of climbing; On the tenth day of the first month, the stone is grateful; On the eleventh day of the first month, offering sacrifices to Zigu and the "Gun Dragon Festival"; Set up a light shed on the twelfth day of the first month; On the thirteenth day of the first month, we light the kitchen lamps and tie lanterns. On the fourteenth day of the first month, the birthdays of Queen Linshui and Fuxi; On the fifteenth day of the first month, we eat Lantern Festival, Torch Festival and worship Buddha in Ming Di.

1, the first day of the first month:

Avoid taking medicine. It is said that "if you take medicine for a whole year on the first day, nothing can be cured", so no matter how heavy the patient is, he will not take medicine on the first day. Don't sleep late. Sleeping late on New Year's Day is said to have been lazy for a year. Don't touch knives and scissors. "The first time you move a knife and scissors, it is inevitable that your tongue is right and wrong." On the first day, there is the custom of opening doors, setting off firecrackers and eating jiaozi and rice cakes.

2, the second day of the first month:

On the second day of the first month, the married daughter will take her husband and children back to her family for the New Year. Daughters who go back to their parents' home will bring some gifts and red envelopes to their children and have lunch at their parents' home. At the same time, I have to accompany my husband to pay New Year greetings to all my elders and relatives. In terms of food customs, the lunch on the second day of the first month is called "New Year's Eve", and the dishes are rich and varied, all of which are auspicious. On the second day of the first month, there is also the custom of getting up early to worship the god of wealth.

3, the third day of the first month:

In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry girls, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry girls. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family. Go to bed early for the harvest in the field!

The third day of the first lunar month is also called the Year of the Pig. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the traditional view is that the first day of the first month is rooster day, the second day is dog day, the third day is pig day, the fourth day is sheep day, the fifth day is ox day, the sixth day is horse day and the seventh day is human day. Legend has it that this is because when Nu Wa created everything, she created six animals first and then people, so the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals.

4, the fourth day of the first month:

The fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the time when immortals return from heaven to earth. There is a saying that "send God early and receive God later". The so-called sending of God should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive God in the afternoon. In terms of offerings, three animals, fruits and dining tables should be prepared, and incense sticks should be lit to burn gold clothes. In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left.

5, the fifth day of the first month:

On the fifth day of the first month, according to folk customs, it is the birthday of the five-way god of wealth. Therefore, it is natural to welcome the God of Wealth into the house and wish his family good fortune in the new year. It is a day to send away the "poor", so there is a saying of "sending the poor out of the house". At the same time, this day is also commonly known as "breaking five", which means that many taboos in the past few days are over.

6, the sixth day of the first month:

On the fifth day, I just welcomed the god of wealth into the door, and on the sixth day, I will send away the poor god. On the day of sending the poor god, we will do a general cleaning at home and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and the like. In addition, you should also drink a vegetarian soup, which is made of seven kinds of vegetables such as spinach and green vegetables.

7, the seventh day of the first month:

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is also called "People's Victory Day", "People's Celebration Day", "People's Seventh Day" and so on. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". The man won as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair.

8, the eighth day of the first month:

Folk people take the eighth day of the first month as the lower limit of the stars, and make small lanterns to burn sacrifices, which is called Shunxing, also known as "offering stars" and "receiving stars". Sacrifice uses two divine symbols, the first one is printed with Xingke, Suzaku and Xuanwu. The second is "the core monument of life-longevity and longevity". Two pieces of paper are stacked one after another, clipped on the paper clip and placed in the middle of the back of the table in the yard.

9, the ninth day of the first month:

The ninth day of the first month is Heaven Day, commonly known as God's birthday. It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and people will hold ceremonies to celebrate it. The main Taoist and folk customs include offering sacrifices to the Jade Emperor and fasting the sky through Taoist temples. In some places, when the weather is fine, women will prepare incense sticks and fast bowls and put them in the corner of the courtyard lane to worship the sky in the open air, praying for God's blessing.

10, 10th day of the first month:

On this day, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can't be moved, and even sacrifices are set up to enjoy the stones, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move". Henan custom: On this day, every household pays tribute and burns incense on stones. You must eat steamed stuffed buns for lunch, thinking that you can make a fortune within one year after eating cake. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a move to lift the stone god. In early Kuya, a crock was frozen on a smooth stone, and ten boys or girls took turns to carry it.

1 1, the eleventh day of the first month:

The eleventh day of the first month is commonly known as "Zigu Day" (in some places it is the fourteenth day of the first month). The earliest document that recorded Zigu was Bieyuan written by Liu in the Southern Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, Zigu is somebody else's concubine. She was jealous of the original match and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first month. God sympathized with her and named her Ce Shen. However, people worship Zi Gu not because she is Ce Shen, but because Zi Gu represents oppressed women, so she is worshipped by women and sacrificed as a protector of disadvantaged women.

12, 12th day of the first month:

On the twelfth day of the first month, a light shed was set up. The Lantern Festival is coming, so we began to prepare for it.

From the new year to the eleventh day of the first month, most of the food people eat is greasy. So from this day on, people began to eat lightly, clearing intestines and moistening dryness. More importantly, since the Lantern Festival will be celebrated in three days, we should start making preparations from this day. At home, we will buy lanterns and build a light shed.

13, 13th day of the first month:

On the 13th day of the first month, there is an important folk activity called "the birthday of the lampstand". On this day, people want to light a lamp under the kitchen stove, which is called "lighting the stove lamp". In fact, because the Lantern Festival is coming on the fifteenth day of the first month, all the lamps made by families are called "lamp holders".

14, 14th day of the first month:

In most parts of China, everything on 14 is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the Lantern Festival was officially opened for the public to buy lanterns. For the Lantern Festival, performances such as dragon and lion dances began to be staged in the street. Some people write riddles on lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere. In China, riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles. Adults and children like to solve these problems.

15, 15th day of the first month:

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a kind of food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao". There are white sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnuts, nuts and jujube paste in the Lantern Festival. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors.