[Fu] The eleventh day of the first month, "Son-in-law Day", is the son-in-law of the son-in-law who feasts on the son-in-law, the eldest
On the second day of the New Year, the son-in-law sent a large bag of gifts to the father-in-law's house, in line with the principle of "coming and going without being rude", on the eleventh day of the first month, the father-in-law wanted to return to the son-in-law, but said that it was a banquet, but it was actually to clean the leftovers, entertain the son-in-law and daughter, but it was not wasteful at all.
There is a folk saying: the first month is the year, which means that as long as the first month is not over, the year is not over. Folk customs include:
[Fu] 1, "Son-in-law Day", the first nine to celebrate the "Tiangong Day" leftover food, in addition to eating in the first ten days, there is still a lot left, so the mother's family does not have to spend money, they use these delicacies to entertain the son-in-law and daughter, called "eleven please son-in-law"
2, Xingcai Bridge, with a strong local color of the "Xingcai Bridge" custom, is an important folk matter in Chaoshan Province, the "Xingcai Bridge" that began on the evening of the eleventh day of the first month is called "Xingtou Bridge", when the night of Mu descended, the lanterns were first on, people were in groups of three or five, helping the old and the young, and they were enthusiastic to the Caiqiao, "Xingtou Bridge" When people have to pick down the banyan branches and bamboo leaves of the bridge, and each make four sentences "Picking banyan leaves, every day there is money hawthorn (take). Take it home and stick it on the lintel to pray for good luck.
3, eat the branded hezi, "he" and "and" are all sounds, implying that the son is living in harmony and beauty, praying for a year of blessings and salaries, and the harmony is beautiful, auspicious and good luck. The ancients believed that "ten" is a beautiful number that is complete and perfect, and the cycle begins again and again, and adding a "one" above ten has the meaning of a new beginning, so the four days before the Lantern Festival are used as the time period for "worshiping the old age", "not more than fifteen, all can worship the New Year", eating the branded hezi, which means that the circle is complete, auspicious and good luck.
4, cannon you festival, is a kind of folk dragon dance, larger than the common dragon dance, about 40 meters long, short 7 knots, long 11 knots, "cannon dragon" to the place, each family set off firecrackers, the road to meet, there is "cannon sound does not stop, dragon dance more than "said", so called "cannon dragon".
5, "He Tian Ding" every year in the first month of the folk regions have the custom of celebrating "Tim Ding" (that is, having a boy), the first ten, eleventh day of the first month of the first month to send "rice cube sugar" Hakka area "lantern to do the banquet" to entertain the villagers, hang up the "human lamp" for the new Ding blessing, the new Ding good wishes and expectations.
6, Shangcai Yue, there is a long history, meaning to welcome the spring Nafu, before the Lantern Festival, the first eight to eleven have the habit of sending lamps, generally grandparents to the grandchildren, granddaughters.
7, Feng Zigu, the eleventh day of the first month, the sacrifice of Zigu, Zigu, the name of the legendary goddess, folklore that it is the toilet god, and also as a zigu, toilet gu, Maogu, pit girl, pit three girls, etc., so big that Zigu is a concubine of the people, jealousy of the original match, oppressed and pursued, and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Jade Emperor took pity and named her a toilet god. Folklore has it that she is the protector of evil and good, and prays for the health and happiness of her family.
