How many days before the Spring Festival today?

Today is 45 days from the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month of the Spring Festival.

The 30th of the twelfth lunar month, also called New Year's Eve, refers to the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). On New Year's Eve, people will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, which means that the old year will be removed here and the new year will be replaced next year. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi in the New Year, while the South has the custom of eating wonton in the New Year. Eating noodles in the new year is to hope to live longer.

Keeping old age on New Year's Eve is the most important custom, which was recorded in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The main activity of observing the Year is to protect Jiaozi.

The first day of the lunar new year

In traditional customs, New Year's Day greetings must be paid by elders or neighbors, who generally don't go far away. After New Year's Eve, people open the door on the first morning and congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck ... ". The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

On the first day of the lunar new year, the custom is to set off firecrackers, celebrate the New Year, occupy the new year and gather wealth. On New Year's Day, you can't use a broom, otherwise it will sweep your luck and break your financial path.

In addition to jiaozi, there is jiaozi for breakfast on New Year's Day. It means: everything goes well and the whole family is happy. Eating jiaozi in the New Year is not called "jiaozi" or "Yuanbao", and eating jiaozi is not called "eating jiaozi" but "getting Yuanbao".

The second day of the first lunar month.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the golden bark indicates the arrival of spring. Family members go to New Year's greetings, the host stays for dinner, and western families arrange banquets.

The second day of the first month is also a New Year's greeting, but the daughter who got married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.

On the second day of New Year's Day, the married daughter will take her husband and children back to her family to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, the daughter who goes back to her parents' home must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and have lunch at her parents' home.

In the north, the god of wealth sacrifices on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to worship the god of wealth. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup".

On the third day of the first month

On the third day of the lunar new year, the fat pig arch. The son-in-law visits her father-in-law and daughter-in-law to return to her mother's house and presents even numbers.

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.

The fourth day of the first month

On the fourth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, three sheep bloom in Thailand. Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, and welcomes the kitchen God Hui people.

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.

According to legend, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, and every household should stay at home, so it is not advisable to travel far. Prepare abundant fruits, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers to show welcome.

The fifth day of the first month

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it is spring in Niu Geng. Five roads lead to the god of wealth, east and west, north and south, and wealth is led by five roads.

The fifth day, also called "Breaking the Fifth Day", is a big day for businessmen. This day is to pray for a bumper year and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open its doors and set off firecrackers on this day."

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.

The sixth day of the first month

On the sixth day of the lunar new year's eve, the horse arrived at success. Drink and worship the street. Thousands of families are watching, and no one does not send the poor.

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.

On the sixth day of the first month, "seeing the poor off" is a very distinctive custom in ancient China, which means offering sacrifices to poor ghosts and gods. Han Yu, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote Send the Poor. Yao He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Three Poems to Send Poverty Day", the first of which said: "Every year on this day, we have to go to the streets to drink and worship. Looking at thousands of households, no one is not poor. "

The seventh day of the first month

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people live a long life. Spread pancakes and eat seven treasures, and live in peace.

Also known as People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seven Days. 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.

Taoism believes: "Mr. Heaven and Earth is a chicken, a dog, a pig, a sheep, a cow, a horse and a stranger." Dong Fangshuo's "The Challenge Book" in the Han Dynasty also said: "The first day of the first month accounts for chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses, people and valleys."

In the traditional custom of China, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people celebrate their birthdays by cooking seven kinds of vegetables into seven treasures, that is, cooking seven kinds of vegetables into mixed vegetable soup. In the agricultural society, everyone hopes to have a bumper harvest in the coming year.

The eighth day of the first month

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, release the blessings. On the day of the lower bound of the stars, build a small lamp to burn it, one inch of time and one inch of gold.

Taoism and folk people regard the eighth day of the first month as the lower limit of the stars and make small lanterns to burn, which is called Shunxing, also called "offering stars" and "receiving stars". Some people say that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine, the rice harvest will be good. If it is cloudy, it will be a hard year.

According to Taoism and astrologers, everyone has a year-old star, also known as the "fleeting star" (the nine planets of the sun, the moon, the water, the fire, the wood, the gold, the earth, the Luo Hou and the planned capital take turns to take charge of the year).

The fate of a person's year is entirely in the hands of the stars in charge of the year. The eighth day of the first month of each year is the day when the stars gather, which is also commonly known as the "lower bound of the stars". So this day may be blessed by the stars. Therefore, some people go to Baiyun Guanxing Temple (namely Chenyuan Temple) to burn incense and enjoy happiness. However, do you want to burn incense in the temple? It's Sunday night. After the stars come out in the sky, every household will hold a ceremony to worship the stars.

Early September

On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Jade Emperor was born. Is the supreme god who rules the universe, and people will hold ceremonies to celebrate.

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

In the old days, on this night, men and women gathered under a big tree (preferably under a osmanthus tree) to sing, and invited the jade emperor's favorite little daughter, the seven fairies, to descend to earth. The songs they sing must be happy and auspicious, so that the seven fairies will be happy. When she is happy, her father, the Jade Emperor, will bless everything on the earth.

The tenth day of the first month

On the tenth day of the lunar new year, the stone is sacrificed to give thanks. One day, land, houses for people and animals, rice, wheat and rice were all born on land.

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. If the stone does not fall to the ground, it indicates a bumper harvest that year.

On the 10th day of the Lunar New Year, it is Stone's birthday. On this day, no stone tools such as grinding and grinding can be moved, and even stones must be sacrificed. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a saying that God lifts stones. At the beginning of Kuya, people frozen a crock on a smooth stone. On the morning of the tenth day, the nose of the crock was tied with a rope and carried by ten boys in turn. The stone didn't fall to the ground, which indicated a bumper harvest that year.