When is Guzi’s birthday?

Guzi’s birthday is the eighth day of the first lunar month.

According to folklore, Nuwa created "millet" on the eighth day. Therefore, the people regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the birthday of "Millet", which is called "Grain Day".

Folks regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the birthday of "Millet", which is called "Grain Day". It is also said that the eighth day of the lunar month is the birthday of "King Yama", and people also call this day the "Shunxing Festival". On the eighth day of the first lunar month, there are also different customs and taboos in different places.

The eighth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Cereals. According to folk tradition, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, people eat some delicacies with good meanings to worship grains and pray for a good harvest this year. Therefore, the food you eat should be mainly pasta. Because dumplings are shaped like ingots and have the meaning of "bringing in wealth", on the eighth day of the lunar month, many places in the north have the custom of eating dumplings. Moreover, people also put coins in the dumplings. Whoever eats the coins will have good fortune this year.

In Guangdong, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, there is a custom of eating oranges or giving oranges to relatives and friends. Because eating oranges means "good luck and good fortune", many people eat oranges on the eighth day of the first lunar month to pray for good weather throughout the year, a bumper harvest of various grains, and better people's lives.