The seventh day of the first month is called People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seventh Day. Why is this?

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, spring begins, and plum blossom is a new color. If this person is in the hall with Zhang, he is suspected to be a Shouyang imperial concubine.

In ancient times, the seventh day of the first month was regarded as the "People's Day", and the story recorded the first establishment of the "People's Day" in Dong Fangshuo. Legend has it that when Song Wudi was born, Princess Shouyang was lying in the hall with chapters, and plum blossoms fell on the princess's forehead under the eaves to form a decoration; Maid-in-waiting effect, with red spots on the forehead as "plum blossom makeup"

This custom spread to the Tang and Song Dynasties, and women painted various patterns on their faces. There are names such as "oblique red, face enamel"; Lip paintings have names such as "Wanjinhong, Dahong, Neijiayuan". In fact, stippling and decoration on women's faces rose as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Chu female figurines unearthed in Changsha have dots on their faces. In the Tang dynasty, sticking gold foil flowers on the face developed into a beauty fashion.

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Also known as People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seven Days. Legend has it that the mother snail first created the world, and after she created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals, she created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind.

There is a custom of eating "seven dishes for people" on the seventh day of the first month. This dish is made of seven kinds of vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, radish, onion, ginger, garlic and soybeans. Why do you have to eat "seven dishes for people" on this day? "The Chronicle of Jingchu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties said,' The seventh day of the first month is one day, and seven dishes are soup'. People are eager to eat' seven dishes for people' on the seventh day, which can bring a bumper harvest.

In the Tang Dynasty, "seven days for the people" was called "Victory Day". Regardless of "victory for the people", "seven days for the people" or "human feelings", this day is a person's birthday according to custom. On this day, many places use sunny weather to predict the prosperity and personal health of this year. Noodle should be eaten for lunch, and noodles should be eaten in this "Seven Days" to show respect for the elderly and love for the young, and the whole family will live a long and healthy life.

In the old society, there were many activities of worshipping gods during the "Seven Days of Man", which just showed that people prayed for a good weather and a safe life at that time. For example, Linyi, this day in the form of grinding to send god, send the land god; On this day, the activity of sending Vulcan to Shan County was very grand. Generally, the whole village gathered in the open field and boarded the Vulcan shed. There was a red-faced Vulcan statue in the shed, holding a flamingo pigeon.