The fourth day of the Lunar New Year
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The fourth day of the Chinese New Year is the fourth day of the New Year, the day when we welcome the vesta god back to the folk, and it is also the "sheep day" of the nuwa creation myth. There are some customs and taboos about this day that we may not know, so the next step will be for Xiao Tuanjun to understand with you.
Traditional customs
Meet God
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the time when the gods return to earth from the celestial realm. There is a saying that "sending The Gods early, receiving the Gods late", the so-called sending of the gods should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive the gods in the afternoon. In terms of offerings, the three animals, fruits, wine and vegetables should be prepared, and incense should be burned and candles should be burned to burn gold clothes. From the first to the fourth day of the first grade, the shops are closed, and women do not need needles and threads.
Pick up five
Connecting the five roads, originally referring to the five roads of the gods, later evolved into the five roads of the god of wealth. In the old days, after the Spring Festival holiday, merchants generally received the five-way god of wealth on the evening of the fourth day of the first month, and opened the market on the fifth day of the first month to make a fortune.
The owner of the five roads must bring incense candles to the East, West, South, North, and Middle Five Directions of the Fortuna Hall to ask for pick-up, and every time the God of Wealth is received, a string of hundred cannons is fired in front of the door. After all was received, the master and the companions prayed to the god of wealth in turn, and after the worship, the mantle on the original offering table was cremated to show his respect to the god of wealth. The ceremony is over.
Sheep Day
The fourth day of the first lunar month is the "Sheep Day" of the creation myth of Nuwa. The Jin Dynasty Dong Xun's "Asking Etiquette" says: "The first day of the first month is a chicken, the second day is a dog, the third day is a pig, the fourth day is a sheep, the fifth day is a cow, the sixth day is a horse, and the seventh day is a man." Zhengdan paints chickens at the door, and sticks people to the tent for seven days. "In the old imperial calendar, the sheep are occupied, so it is often said that "three sheep (yang) kaitai" is a symbol of auspiciousness and a day to welcome the god of Vesta back to the folk.
Traditional contraindications
Avoid going far away
Avoid going far away, this day is the day of the folk custom to receive the gods, to welcome the gods, the king of the stove and the god of the family to come back to protect the family, the king of the stove will be named, so it is not appropriate to go out. The stove prince had to check the household registration, so every household had to stay at home, prepare rich fruits, burn incense, light candles, and set off firecrackers to show their welcome.
Do not shave your head during the first month
The shaver worked from the early morning of the thirtieth, whether he shaved his head and braided, washed and cut the man's head, and worked all night until the morning of the first day. At that time, most of the shaving masters were Baodi people, and at dawn they rolled up their bags and returned to their hometowns, shaved their heads again, and could not find the master. This is to urge people to do all the cleaning and sanitation work before the New Year.
Don't break things
Usually, breaking utensils is taboo, and breaking utensils in the New Year is even more a bad sign. In the old times, folklore believed that if the utensils were broken in the first month, there would be bad fortunes in the new year. Therefore, when breaking the utensils, we must quickly say "the age (broken) years (broken) peace" or "the more you fight, the more you fight", "the old does not go to the new and do not come", etc., as a solution.
Avoid quarrelling and cursing
Avoid quarrelling and cursing in the first month. In the old days, folklore thought that quarrels in the first month would be ruined for a year, and swearing would bring evil.
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival holiday has passed the halfway point
On a day like today
May everyone cherish it
Days to spend time with family
Give them a little more company
Where there is a home, there is a way home!
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Huizhou Vocational college of economics
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Editors: Junxu, Zebin
Preliminary: Wen Ying, Man Rong, Jia Ru
Review: Huang Yun, Wang Peixin
Final Judge: Lin Ke
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