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The eighth day of the first lunar month
The second working day after the Spring Festival holiday
It is also the birthday of the legendary Taniko
Hence the name "Valley Day"
In addition, the eighth day of the Chinese New Year is also called the Shunxing Festival, which is said to be the day of the nether realm of the stars, and the stars in the sky are the most complete.
But you know what? One of today's great customs is to eat! Yuan! night! According to the Tianjin Zhiluo, "The eighth day of the first month is the 'Shunxing Day', and the twilight is dedicated to the star god and the Lantern Festival." "What other new customs are there on the eighth day of the Chinese New Year?" The radio jun quietly tells you that there are enough "rules" for this day, don't miss it!
Valley Day
Legend has it that the first eight is Taniko's birthday. The weather on this sunny day indicates a bumper rice harvest this year, and the cloudy day is an apologetic year.
Release and pray for blessings
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, there is a "release" activity, that is, some fish and birds raised at home are taken outside and released into the wild.
Liu Tong of the Ming Dynasty recorded in the "Imperial Scenery and Material Strategy": "On the eighth day of the first month, shilei lane was released, caged birds and finches, potted fish and shrimp, basket snails, luotang front, monks do Sanskrit, thousands of opposite directions, vertical feathers fly in the air, evil on the house, move the time is to go, water and the like thrown into the imperial city Jinshui River in the net poppy bait hope." ”
The release of the eighth day of the first year not only reflects the ancient people's virtue of respecting nature and living in harmony with all things, but also expresses the good wishes of the beginning of the new spring and hoping for the prosperity and development of various creatures in the world.
Eight Immortals Festival
Folk take the pronunciation of the eight characters, and the eighth day of the first lunar month is transformed into the Eight Immortals Festival. The Eight Immortals are the eight immortals of folklore, namely Li Tieqiu, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Lü Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guo's uncle. Because he is not afraid of power and despises the rich, he often goes deep into the people and relieves the crisis and difficulties, and is deeply liked by the working people. On this day, folk customs prepare delicacies and fruits to sacrifice the eight immortals.
Shunxing
According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a yearly star, and the eighth day of the first lunar month of each year is the time when the stars meet, so on this day, it is possible to sacrifice the star king (that is, shun star), it is possible to get the blessing of the star king. Therefore, people went to the Baiyun Stargazing Shrine (i.e., the Yuanchen Hall) to burn incense and shunxing. However, whether or not to go to the temple to incense, it is the evening of the day, after the stars in the sky are out, each family must hold a ritual sacrifice to the stars.
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Scatter light flowers
Folk custom old routine: shunxing scattered lantern flowers. This day is the time for the elders to recognize the stars for their children and grandchildren. At this time, the elders should tell their children and grandchildren the truth of "one inch of time and one inch of gold". During the star offering, all the people in the family, whether they are high or low, or young or old, participate. Especially people who are born in the zodiac, they are not allowed to go out that night, and they must keep the lights until the lights are out to eliminate the disaster. The sacrifice is presided over by the elders, the candle is lit and incense is burned, and the whole family prostrates three times in the order of honor and inferiority, standing for about ten minutes, waiting for the incense candle to end, and then prostrating three times in turn.
When offering the stars, it is also necessary to light a "golden lamp (yellow lantern flower)" at the desk, stove, threshold, pot table, etc. In ancient times, at night, the family lit a flower lamp, at least 9 lights, known as "scattered lamp flower", which has the meaning of eliminating ominousness. Scattered lights are very romantic, let you hope, imagine.
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Eat the Lantern
After the ceremony, the whole family gathers for a Lantern Meal. Now when we talk about the Lantern Festival, many people think that it is the fifteenth day of the first month. In fact, the Lantern is not only eaten on the fifteenth day of the first month. In the early years, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, we would eat the Lantern Festival. The old saying often says "a star in the sky, a ding on the earth", using the stars in the sky to correspond to the population on the earth, there are many stars in the sky, which means that the people on the earth are prosperous.
Eating the Lantern on the eighth day of the first year is to seek the protection of the star god and express special gratitude to the star god. In addition, after the eighth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival is eaten from the thirteenth day of the first month, and this Lantern can be eaten until the seventeenth day of the first month.
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Edit | Gu Ying
Comprehensive | Tianjin Broadcasting People's Daily Xinhua net, etc