In ancient Chinese myths and legends, Nuwa created the world, and after creating animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows and horses, she created people on the seventh day, and people and animals have their own birthdays.
The birthday of the chicken is the first day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the dog is the second day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the sheep is the third day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the pig is the fourth day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the cow is the fifth day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the horse is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the birthday of the person is the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Over time, the birthdays of other animals have been forgotten, but the human birthday has been preserved.
This day is called "Human Day".
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Nuwa created man and feared the Way of Heaven
In Chinese mythology, Nüwa created man, and in Western mythology, God created man.
This is the wisdom of the ancestors.
They believe that human beings are children of nature and must obey nature and obey the way of heaven.
The Western Han Dynasty Dongfang Shuo said in the Book of Zhan: "The first seven days, from Dan to dusk, the moon is clear, the stars are seen at night, the people are safe, and the monarchs and courtiers will meet." ”
The ancients believed that if the weather was sunny on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the population of the Lord's year would be safe and smooth; it also indicated that the life expectancy would be abundant and the world would be the same.
This is not superstition, but the ancient people's reverence for nature and the way of heaven.
Human beings are born in nature and grow up in nature, so they cannot rebel against nature and do things against the laws of nature.
The laws of the Heavenly Dao must be higher than the cleverness of people.
Human beings must know how to be humble and have a reverence for heaven and earth, for ghosts and gods, and for nature.
Now many people are not afraid of anything, without a little reverence, which is very dangerous.
For Chinese, the heaven and earth ghost god is a reverence, but also the guardian of the inner principle.
The reason why many people do no evil is that they do not have a little reverence, the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, and they do all bad things.
With more awe, we can better restrain ourselves and be kind to others.
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Day by day, the Father is humane
"Father By Day" is a myth and legend story of ancient Chinese times, and the story comes from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas and overseas north classics".
Legend has it that in the time of the Yellow Emperor Dynasty, one of the leaders of the Kwa Father Clan wanted to leave the sun behind, so he began to go day by day.
He ran non-stop, drank the Yellow River and Weishui when he was thirsty, prepared to go to the north of the big lake to drink water, and died of thirst on the way to Daze Road.
His cane transformed into Dunlin and became the Peach Garden.
It is rumored that this peach forest is lush all year round, shading the passers-by, and producing fresh peaches, quenching people's thirst, allowing people to eliminate fatigue and start the journey again.
Human beings are the children of nature, but they are also the spirits of all things.
In addition to the Way of Heaven, there are also humanities to uphold.
The so-called humanity is an endless effort and a blessing that benefits others.
"The flowing water does not rot, the household center does not beetle", the constant flow of water does not stink, and the often rotating door shaft is not mothed.
People who have been running hard and working hard can have lasting vitality and exuberant vitality.
This is the way of heaven and the way of man.
In the I Ching, it is said: The house of good deeds will have yuqing.
His father died, but he left Taolin behind to protect his descendants to continue their efforts.
Human beings are small, and they always have to help each other in order to reproduce to this day.
Having good intentions and helping others is not only a blessing for one person, but also a blessing for the human race.
On the day of the Human Day Festival, people wear people to win, eat shippo soup, eat noodles, and ascend to poetry.
On the one hand, it is to pray for blessings and express the fear of the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.
On the one hand, pride, an expression of respect for people themselves.
Source: Ru Fengjun, the copyright of the picture and text belongs to the original author
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