The festival is the life experience summed up by the ancestors according to the time law of nature. Every important festival has its own profound cultural connotations. Moreover, in traditional society, folk festivals have always been an important part of folk life, and they are the main content of folk customs.
Folk festivals not only play an important role in regulating production, but also regulate the rhythm of life of the ancestors. Among the many folk customs, the customs in the first month are the most numerous and the most exquisite. From the first month to February, almost every day is exquisite, and there are rules every day.
The same is true for the thirteenth day of the first month, although after the seventh day of the first lunar month, most people have begun their normal production life and ended the Spring Festival holiday. However, in ancient times, people's Spring Festival lasted until after the fifteenth day of the first month. Folk believe that the thirteenth day of the first month is a relatively unlucky day, and there are even rumors that the thirteenth day of the first month even the king of Yama, who represents death, should be taboo.
According to folklore, the king of Yama had thirteen sons, and he used himself as the governor of Yan Jun, who was in charge of life, old age, illness and death, and often said that even if he died one son a month, he would not die for a year. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he decided to punish Yan Jun. So from February onwards, every twenty-eight days one of Yama's sons died. On the thirteenth day of the first month of the following year, it happened to be the death of the thirteenth son of King Yama.
Therefore, yama is very taboo about this day!
In fact, there are many theories about the thirteenth day of the first month being the most taboo day for The King of Yama. But in the end, it can't escape the framework of the above story, it is nothing more than the protagonist in the story from Yama to other characters.
Such legends are actually derived from the "Yang Gong Thirteen Taboos", also known as "Yang Gong Jie". In the eyes of the old ancestors, there are thirteen days of Pepsi taboo every year. And the thirteenth day of the first month is among them.
In addition, the thirteenth day of the first month is still in the middle of the first month, so this day is particularly important in people's eyes!
On the thirteenth day of the first month, there is also a saying that "1 taboo and 3 do not do", that is, if you want to cross the hurdle of the thirteenth day of the first month, there are four things that need special attention.
The so-called "1 taboo" is to avoid going out.
Folk ancestors believe that the traditional thirteenth day of the first month is not suitable for the day, and at the same time, the people also believe that the thirteenth day of the first month can not go out. Of course, not going out on this day means not going out of the house, not not leaving home.
Folk ancestors live in a traditional society, and their words and deeds are influenced by traditional culture. We often say that "when we go out, we must see the imperial calendar", which also reflects the rules and taboos of the ancestors' travel from the side.
The so-called "3 do not do" means not to return late, not to sleep late, and not to talk about ghosts on the night of the thirteenth day of the first month.
The thirteenth day of the first month coincides with the "Lantern Festival", and folklore believes that this day is the birthday of the lamphead. Therefore, the ancestors of the people will light the lamp under the stove. At the same time, there are also folk "thirteen, fourteen gods to see the lamp, fifteen, sixteen people to see the lamp", people in many places in order to celebrate the arrival of the fifteenth yuan festival, in the thirteenth day of the first month, the lights began to be lit, until the eighteenth day of the first month will not fall on the lights.
Therefore, many people will go out to watch the lights on this day. But the old ancestor reminded us that even if we go out to watch the lights, we should not go home too late, let alone sleep late, and even do not talk about ghosts and gods at night.
These customs of the ancestors of the people are exquisite, although they are now relatively lacking in scientific guidance. However, these customs are exquisite, but they contain the beautiful wishes of the ancestors for future life, and they are also the precious cultural heritage left to us by the ancestors of the people!