New Year's Day 7 (Day)
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, legend has it that this day is the birthday of mankind, that is, the birthday of man, and the folk once called this day "Man Day", "Man Day Festival" or "Man Victory Day". Folklore experts said that as an ancient festival, "People's Day" has a history of more than 2,000 years in the mainland, and folk have customs such as eating seven treasure soups to pray for blessings and wearing people to please caitou.
"Human Day" is derived from the creation myth
"Man's Day" is derived from ancient creation myths and legends. In ancient times, there were no creatures on the earth, and originally created by Nuwa, who created a creature every day for seven days, and in the first six days chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses were born, and it was not until the seventh day that people appeared. Later, the ancients derived other stories of human origin on this basis, and in addition, there were additions in the folk, such as the first nine as "heavenly day" and the first ten as "earth day".
Xiaobian suddenly thought, if so, what constellation should human beings be?
A year of auspiciousness to see the seventh day of the first year
Ren Day, also known as "Ren Chen" and "Ren Sheng Festival", is one of the most important festivals in the next year. The ancients believed in signs, believing that "heaven must be like", auspicious and evil have precursors, according to various signs, can indicate the reproach of future events, of which the day of direct interest with people, it is recorded as "human day", warning people what is appropriate to do or what is not appropriate to do.
During the Han Dynasty, the day of the people was integrated into the new year customs, and it was officially set as the seventh day of the first lunar month, which became part of the new year divination. In the Book of Occupation, it is recorded that "one day chicken, two days dog, three days of pigs, four days of sheep, five days of cattle, six days of horses, seven days of people." That is to say, the seventh day of the first month is the day of the occupation. Probably because man is the spirit of all things, the day of divination is more important in the days of divination in the new year, and it is gradually highlighted.
As an important aspect of traditional Chinese culture, the concept of unity between heaven and earth people has always been respected, and the ancients believed that the weather in the first month will affect the luck of the year. The seventh year of the first year is no exception. Every day on this day, people will get up early to wait, if the weather is clear, then the population is safe and smooth in this year; if the weather is gloomy, it will be bad, this year must be something going badly.
Today's weather... Therefore, these traditional statements cannot be completely taken seriously.
Parents cannot discipline their children
The seventh day of the first year is the birthday of a person, and the person who is born after him is a person who is respected. Even the government cannot execute criminals on this day, and parents cannot teach their children a lesson on this day. On this day, young people over the age of 16 can freely go to the street to play, and there is a beautiful landscape of "chickens do not cry, dogs do not bite, and eighteen-year-old girls run all over the streets" appear on the street.
There is also a custom, probably many female friends do not like it, some places, people day, men and women of all ages must use the scale to weigh the weight, people's birthdays, naturally to care about the physical condition of people.
What are the customs of "People's Day"?
Eat noodles
On this day, according to the traditional customs of many places, people eat noodles, which not only symbolizes the long distance, but also means to wrap the legs of the years with noodles, taking the meaning of longevity. In addition, there are some places according to the first seven, seventeen, twenty-seven divided into "little people seven", "adult seven", "old man seven" regulations, it is said that eating noodles these days can be healthy and long life, noodles rolled thin and long can bless health and longevity.
Eat Shippo Soup
"Jingchu Chronicle" records that on the day of the people' day, each family should cut seven kinds of vegetables into small pieces, and after the five flavors are mixed, they are boiled into a paste-like soup to eat, due to the different products in different places, the fruits and vegetables used in the "Seven Treasure Soup" are different, and the meaning is also different. Guangdong Chaoshan uses mustard greens, kale, leeks, spring vegetables, celery, garlic, thick cloves; Hakka people use celery, garlic, onion, coriander, leeks with fish, meat, etc.; Taiwan and Fujian use spinach, celery, green onions and garlic, leeks, mustard greens, cabbage, cabbage, etc. Among them, celery and green onions mean cleverness, garlic means calculating, and mustard greens make people live longer.
Dai Huasheng
At that time, everyone in Jiangnan also had to wear "rensheng" ornaments on this day, which was also called "caisheng", "Huasheng", "huasheng" and "qiaosheng", which were patterns or humanoids cut out with multicolored silk fabrics and colored paper, and more advanced ones were hollowed out with gold leaf. In addition to wearing on the head, rensheng jewelry can also be attached to the screen and window, which is very beautiful, intended to dispel diseases, ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, and seek a good color in the new spring.
Ascend to the heights and pray for blessings
Another common custom on Human Day is ascension. The concept of passive avoidance of disasters is different from that of Chongyang ascension, and the ascension of the human day has the content of positive blessings and blessings. This should be the earliest spring trip after the long winter, and it was still very popular until the Tang Dynasty. On this day, some areas in southern China also have the custom of "fishing for raw fish (similar to eating sashimi)", which means that fishing higher and higher, step by step.
Eat tofu
Tianjin also has a unique custom of the first seven, that is, "every seven water mill small tofu", that is, eating tofu, bean porridge. There is also a Tianjin New Year song that sings like this: "The first wonton is the first two sides; the dumplings of the five or six are evil and pitiful; the seven small tofu heads are not painful; the eight days of the Hezi family is not scattered; and the fifteenth Lantern reunion." ”
Ask the Son to make man on the Day of Man
Legend has it that Nuwa created a man out of loess on this day, and mankind took this day as his birthday, and every seventh day of the first month, he cut out a string of conjoined villains with paper to sacrifice the creator of man, in order to make people prosperous.
In the Tang Dynasty's "Four Hours of Compendium", it is recorded that on the seventh night of the first month, "whoever is childless, and the husband and wife steal the lamp from the rich family and rest under the bed, they are pregnant in the same month." In the Weinan region of Shaanxi Province, the day is also called "Renqi Festival", every household will put an oil bowl in front of the land temple, and a few people in the family will put a few lamps in the bowl and light it all night long, called "Changming Lantern". Taiwan's Guan Ren Day is called "Seven Yuan Day", and seven candles are ordered at home, and five-colored raw fruits are placed on the offering table to pray for immortality for everyone.
So, want to have a baby tiger, this day... So...... Xiaobian wishes everyone a happy holiday!!!