The seventh day of the first lunar month of the Chinese lunar calendar is called "People's Day"
Legend has it that when Nuwa created man
They were built six days before the first month
Chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows, horses
The seventh day created man
Therefore, the seventh day of the first lunar month is the birthday of human beings
In order to commemorate the People's Day, people will eat seven treasure soups, wear people to win, and give flowers on the seventh day of the first lunar month.
According to expert writings, the human day has a history of at least 2,000 years in China.
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Scissors win
Cut the colored paper into a human form, or engrave the gold leaf into a human form, decorate it on a screen, or wear it on the head.
"Win" means jewelry or ornaments.
Tang Wentingjun's famous "Bodhisattva Man" has the sentence "The autumn color of lotus silk is light, and the victory of people is uneven".
Ascend to poetry
On the day of the People's Day, there is also the custom of ascending to the heights and making poems and chants.
Eat vegetables and eat red beans
In the "Chronicle of the Jing Chu Dynasty", it is said that "seven kinds of vegetables are used as a constellation".
Cai Xiang's "Ren Hitachi Spring Boat Trip To Fuzhou Yan ErSi Feng" Yun: "Spring plate food dish thinking three nine, ren ri shu chant hundred thousand." ”
Spread the pancakes
On this day, Chinese folks should eat spring cake roll "box dish" (cooked meat food) and stall pancakes in the courtyard, "smoked heaven".
Gifts win
On the seventh day of the first month, people make various flowers to give each other gifts .
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.
It is also said that people generally eat long noodles in the afternoon of the Day Festival, also known as pulling soul noodles.
This means that during the New Year, people go east and west, their hearts are wild, and it is time for people to prepare for spring ploughing and production after the day has passed.
Therefore, he ate the ra soul noodles, took back his heart, and prepared for spring ploughing production.
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Do not discipline children and execute them
The seventh day of the first lunar month is the birthday of a person, and the birth after a person is a person's honor.
On the day of the people, we must respect everyone, even the government cannot execute criminals on this day, and parents cannot teach their children on this day.
Avoid quarrelling and cursing
On the seventh day of the first month of the first month, avoid quarrels and curses, quarrels will be defeated for a year, and scolding will bring evil.