Today is the eleventh day of the first month, and many rural youth have returned to the city one after another and begun the busyness of the new year, and the "New Year's flavor" of the countryside has dissipated.
However, in the past, it was important to pay attention to "not more than fifteen years", so the eleventh day of the first month also had a lot of exquisite and taboo, and this day has the saying of "worshiping the old age", all the relatives and friends who did not visit during the Spring Festival, it is not too late to visit on this day, and the other party will not be angry.
Of course, with the approaching of the "Lantern Festival", the people have also begun to prepare in advance, so the eleventh day of the first month is also very lively, this day do not forget the "6 traditions and 3 taboos", the Year of the Tiger family happy fortune arrived!
I. Keeping in Mind the "6 Traditions"
1. "Son-in-law Day"
On the second day of the first lunar month is the "Day of Welcoming the Son-in-Law", the married daughter will bring the whole family to visit her parents at her mother's house and pay respects to her parents, but after lunch, the daughter and son-in-law will go home, if they do not go back on this day, the old man will think that the daughter's family will take away the "wealth" of the mother's family, which is not a good meaning.
The ninth and tenth days of the first year are "days of heaven" and "day of the earth", and every family will prepare chicken, fish, meat and eggs for worship, because food is stored for a long time and is easy to spoil. To this end, on the eleventh day of the first month, the father-in-law will invite the son-in-law's family to come to the reunion to solve the remaining food left in the family, which is also the embodiment of people's cherishing of grain.
To this end, on the eleventh day of the first month, there is a saying of "Son-in-law Day", which expresses the ancient people's expectations for family joy and reunion. Of course, on this day, grandparents also want to send their nephews "lanterns", which means to welcome xiang Nafu and hope that the child will be safe for a whole year.
2. "Please Zigu Day"
According to legend, Zigu is the god of the toilet, responsible for managing the toilet in the world, and she is also the protector of women, protecting women from being bullied. Of course, although Zigu is a toilet god, she has the ability of a "prophet", so on this day people will take her home to divinate and ask about the future, hoping to bless herself with peace and smoothness.
Folk believe that Zigu is a Laiyang native, who was taken as a concubine by Li Jingna because of her beautiful looks, but was jealous of Lady Zhengmu and persecuted in the toilet. When Zigu died because of his grievances, Zigu wept night after night, and when the Jade Emperor learned of this, he showed great pity for him and appointed him as the goddess of the toilet.
Later, people set the eleventh day of the first month as "Zigu Day", because Zigu is the protector of women, many people will worship her on this day, hoping that Zigu can come to their home and bless the family with peace and happiness, living and working in peace and contentment, and family happiness.
3. "Dragon Festival"
The Cannon Dragon Festival has appeared as early as the Song Dynasty and has been developed for thousands of years, and it is also considered to be the "carnival" of the East. The "cannon dragon" is the "dragon dance", but everywhere the dragon dance goes, firecrackers are set off to celebrate the New Year.
Of course, the "dragon dance" on the Dragon Festival is larger, growing around 40 meters, and wherever the "dragon dance" goes, every family will set off firecrackers to celebrate, hoping that the new year will be rich in grain and life.
The firecrackers fired on the Dragon Festival are called "Dragon Cannons", and their power is not too great, but the folk believe that the more the dancing "Long Dragon" explodes, the better the effect of the blessing, and the more prosperous the people's blessings.
4. "Xingcai Bridge"
This custom is a traditional folk custom unique to the Chaoshan region and has been popular as early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Its origin is also very interesting, it is rumored that some people dreamed of immortals, and the other party sometime flooded and needed to walk on a rainbow bridge to survive the disaster. Everyone did as the immortals instructed, and sure enough, they were safe.
To this end, every year on the eleventh day of the first month, people will decorate the local bridge, and the bunting flags and lanterns will fly everywhere, looking dazzling.
On this night, men, women and children will pass through the colorful bridge, and when crossing the bridge, they will also pray in their hearts, hoping to drive away bad luck and welcome blessings. The whole scene is very lively, just like a grand event.
5. "Planning Day"
Because the fifteenth day of the first month is the "Shangyuan Festival", which is also the first festival of the year, the ancients attach great importance to it, and people will sacrifice their ancestors on this day and hold a "lantern delivery" ceremony to facilitate the ancestors to find their way home.
However, in order to run the "lantern party" of the Lantern Festival, people will make planning arrangements in advance, and on the eleventh day of the first month, they will gather together to plan, and everyone will express their opinions and unify the specific plan. Therefore, this day is also called "Planning Day".
6. "Eat the zygotes"
During the festival, there are different special foods every day, and the eleventh day of the first month is no exception, on this day the northerners will eat "branding", as for why, but also because of the "combination" with "and", this day itself is "son-in-law day", daughters and sons-in-law eat "branding" in the father-in-law's family, symbolizing the couple and harmony, love like lacquer, the new year and anger and wealth.
Second, the "3 taboos" cannot be forgotten
1. Avoid mixing mouths between husband and wife
Because the eleventh day is the "son-in-law's day", the father-in-law will invite the son-in-law's family to return to the mother's house as a guest, so on this day the husband and wife should be harmonious and harmonious, and they cannot talk and quarrel, otherwise they may not have a good relationship for a year.
2. Avoid lying in bed
On the eleventh day of the first month, the son-in-law and daughter's family will go to the father-in-law's house as a guest, and this day pays attention to "early and not late", so it is necessary to leave early and avoid bed.
3. Avoid women's needles and threads
Eleventh day is the "son-in-law's day", in fact, the father-in-law misses his daughter to set up a banquet, so only if the woman has a status in the in-laws' family, the parents-in-law will be generously entertained. If parents see their daughter working with needles and threads on this day, they will naturally be distressed and prejudiced against their son-in-law, so they should avoid needlework on this day, otherwise they will cause misunderstandings.
The above is the eleventh day of the first month of the exquisite and taboo, of course, there are other customs in some regions, such as "Tim Ding Day", "Shangcai Day", "Spring Ploughing Day" and other sayings, what do you think?