Every day, the annual | the seventh day of the first year, "fishing for raw fish" and shouting "fishing up"!

Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

According to traditional customs, from the first day of the New Year to the seventh day of the New Year, it is Chicken Day, Dog Day, Pig Day, Sheep Day, Cow Day, Horse Day, and Man Day.

It is said that this statement existed in the Han Dynasty. Many ancient works quote the Han Dynasty's Dongfang Shuo's Book of Zhanshu, which refers to the eight days after the year as "one day chicken, two days dog, three days pig, four days sheep, five days cattle, six days horse, seven days people, eight days valley".

Some scholars believe that this saying that "the Jin Dynasty did not speak much before" only became popular after the Jin Dynasty. According to the Northern Qi Shu Wei Shu Biography, Jin Yilang Dong Xun's "Etiquette for Answering Questions" states that the folk have "the first day of the first month as a chicken ... Seven days for man".

But in any case, from the first day of the new year to the seventh day of the new year, the "six animal days" and "people's day" have a history of at least nearly two thousand years.

The customs of the seventh day of the Chinese New Year have since ancient times, such as wearing people to win, giving flowers to win, traveling, ascending to heights, and eating seven treasure soups.

The so-called "wearing people wins" is to cut the appearance of adults with colored paper, gold leaf, silver foil and other materials, and wear it on the head to celebrate the festival. "Flower Giving" is to make flowers from various materials and give them to each other.

Qibao soup, also known as seven dishes, seven kinds of soup, etc., is a delicacy that conforms to the "seventh day of the first year". The Southern Dynasty Emperor Zongyi 'Jing Chu Shi Ji' Yun: "The seventh day of the first lunar month is a human day, with seven dishes as a soup." "Seven dishes" some refer to garlic, celery, onion, leeks, fish, meat, rice and rice; some refer to garlic, celery, green onions, leeks, meatballs, mustard, coriander; some refer to garlic, celery, leeks, mustard, spring vegetables, mustard greens, mustard greens, thick combination. Although the varieties of dishes used in different places are different, they all imply auspiciousness.

In addition to eating seven treasure soups, Guangdong people also have the custom of "fishing for raw fish" on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Cantonese people eat raw fish, and there are many records in the literature. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Qu Dajun said in the "Guangdong New Language and Sayings": "When there is a banquet, it will be respected to cut the raw fish." Chen Huiyan of the Qing Dynasty said in the "Travels of South Vietnam": "Lingnan people like to take grass carp live people, cut into crumbs, accompanied by melon seeds, fallen peanuts, radish, fungus, celery, fried noodle bait, vermicelli, rotten dried, and mixed food, known as 'fish raw'." Boiling soup is boiling under the wine, so get rid of its cold also. ”

In the past, on the winter solstice and the seventh day of the New Year, Guangdong people would eat raw fish. Eating raw fish on the winter solstice is to drink alcohol, the purpose is to drive away the cold. Wang Zhaoquan's "Yangcheng Bamboo Branch Words" Yun: "The winter solstice fish is born everywhere, and the fresh fish is cut into jade and exquisite." A glass of hot wine to cool off, like the former morning wind. ”

On the seventh day of the new year, "fishing for raw fish" means "fishing up" (thriving and developing). "Fishing raw" is to mix fish raw with various materials and eat it raw. When everything is ready, everyone uses chopsticks to pick up the raw fish and colorful ingredients on the plate high, and shouts in Cantonese at the same time: "Fish up!" Scoop it up! One year is better than one year! ”

Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter Zhong Kui

Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Zhang Yu