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The seventh day of the Lunar New Year: Human Day
Introduction to the festival
The seventh day of the first lunar month is the "human day" in the traditional Chinese custom, that is, the "birthday of mankind", which has a history of at least two thousand years in China. Chinese folk call the seventh day of the first month "Human Day", "Human Victory Festival" or "Seven Yuan Day".
According to folklore, when Nuwa created man, the first six days were made of chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cattle and horses, and the seventh day of creation of people, so the Han people believe that the seventh day of the first month of the first month is the birthday of human beings, commonly known as "human day".
The ancients believed that it was better to be sunny on the seventh day of the first lunar month, which meant that life was abundant and the world was in harmony. In the Han Dynasty Dongfang Shuo's "Book of Zhan", there is a saying that "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 be reconciled". It can be seen that the term "human day" has been circulated at least during the Han Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty began to have the custom of "Human Day", which began to be paid attention to after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Ancient people's day has the custom of wearing "human victory", human victory is a kind of headdress, from the Jin Dynasty there are ribbon cutting for flowers, ribbon cutting for people, or gold leaf for people to paste the screen, also worn on the hair, therefore, "human day" is also called "human victory festival".
Festive customs
Custom 1: Spread pancakes
On this day, folk people eat spring cake roll "box dish" (cooked meat food), and spread pancakes in the courtyard, "smoked day".
Custom 2: Eat shippo soup
A soup made of seven kinds of vegetables is eaten on human days as a good omen, and it is said that this thing can dispel evil qi and cure all diseases. Different products are different in different places, the fruits and vegetables used 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, onion garlic, leeks, mustard greens, cabbage, cabbage, etc. Among them, celery and onion are smart, garlic is good at calculation, mustard greens make people live longer, and Hakka people like to cook fish together, and there is more than enough to eat.
Custom three: wear people to win
During the Human Day Festival, the shape of a villain is made of colored paper, silk veil, soft gold and silver and other materials, which are worn on the head and pasted on screens and other places.
Custom 4: Give flowers to win
People make various flowers to win (humanoid wins, style flowers) to give to each other.
Custom 5: travel, ascend
The Human Day Festival is also a day of travel and the literati inkers ascending to the top of the poems. Tang Gaoshi's poem "Ren Ri Send Du Er Shi Yi" poem Yun: "Ren Ri inscription poems are sent to the grass hall, and the old people are thinking of their hometown." The wicker color can't bear to see, and the plum blossoms are full of empty branches and broken intestines. Being in Nanfan is unpredictable, with a thousand worries. This year people remember each other day and day, and next year people know where to go. Lying in the east mountain for thirty springs, do you know that the book sword is old and dusty. The dragon bell also weighed two thousand stones, ashamed of the people of the east, west, south and north. ”
Custom Six: Fishing for raw fish
Some areas in the south have the custom of "fishing for raw fish (similar to eating sashimi)", which means that the fishing is higher and higher, and the step is rising. When fishing raw, often many people gather around a seat, pour the fish, ingredients and sauce into the large plate, everyone stands up, waves chopsticks, fishes the fish, and constantly shouts in the mouth: "Fishing! Fish! Hair! Hair! ", and to fish higher and higher, to show the step by step.
Custom Seven: Eat noodles
Most places also have the custom of eating noodles on this day, which means to wrap noodles around the legs of the years and take the meaning of longevity. In addition, the seventeenth and twenty-seventh day of the first month are also regarded as "human days". On the seventh, seventeenth, and twenty-seventh days of the first lunar month, these three days are the "days" of children, adults and the elderly, and whoever wants to live a "day" must eat noodles.
Festivals are taboo
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. Legend has it that if the day is sunny, it means that the human body is comfortable; if it rains, the disease and plague will be born. Also known as the "Seven Days of Fire", it is not appropriate to do anything, especially to avoid going out for a long trip.
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Source: Network
Editor: Yang Yaru 丨 Review: Ma Cui Mao Shunlin
Producer: Wei Chunjing
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