The first month of the Lunar New Year, the first month of the Lunar New Year, there are many traditional festivals, large and small, these festivals are the cultural treasures left by the ancients, of course, the ancients also left many traditions related to the festival.
The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, which is the first full moon night of the new year, from ancient times to the present, people pay great attention to the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival is mainly festive and lively. The most important program of the Lantern Festival is to enjoy the flower lanterns and visit the lantern market, so the Lantern Festival is also known as the "Lantern Festival"
On the eve of the Festival of Lights, what is the point?
The day before the Lantern Festival, the thirteenth day of the first month, is known as the "lantern head birthday", on this day, some places and households, will light a lamp on the stove, the stove god is one of the most important gods in the workshop, this custom is also known as "lighting the stove lamp", heralding the new year, red and red.
The fourteenth day of the first month is not without taboos, but "avoid doing one thing, doing one thing, and worshiping one God"
For example, the Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty began on the eighth day of the first month of the first month and lasted until the seventeenth day of the first month, while the Lantern Festival of the Song Dynasty began from the fourteenth day of the first month and lasted until the eighteenth day of the first month.
1. Avoid doing one thing. The fourteenth day of the first month is the night before the Lantern Festival, which has a special significance, on this day, every household will light the lamp, and many places have such a taboo, that is, the married woman does not return to the mother's house, which is the saying that "the girl does not see the mother's lamp"
2. Do something. One of the things to be done on the fourteenth day of the first month is the "test flower lantern", which can be simply understood as the flower lantern of the pilot Lantern Festival, because the Lantern Festival is "lively" and has a variety of activities, "test flower lantern" is actually a preview and preparation for the Lantern Festival.
3. Worship one God. On the fourteenth day of the first month, some places, especially in the Fujian area, will worship Linshui Niangniang, whose common name is Chen Jinggu, and it is said that she was a strange woman during the Tang Dynasty calendar, and after cultivating the positive fruit, she was ranked in the Xianban, also known as: "Our Lady of Shuntian" or "Empress Chen of Linshui"
It is believed that worshipping Linshui Niangniang can "save labor, protect the fetus, and bless the people", and those who have pregnant women in folk homes will go to worship Linshui Niangniang and pray for the safety of mothers and children.
The above is the fourteenth day of the first month to avoid doing one thing, to do one thing, to worship the gods, namely: the married woman is afraid to return to her mother's home, to prepare for the lively Lantern Festival, and to worship the Linshui Niangniang.
Of course, there are different winds in ten miles, and different customs in a hundred miles. The customs of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month vary from place to place.
Some places will eat two kinds of food on the fourteenth day of the first month, one is "drinking eye-catching soup", the other is "eating bad soup", after eating these two foods, it indicates that the Spring Festival is coming to an end and the journey towards the new year will begin.
In some places, the "god of wealth" will be "guarded" on the fourteenth day of the first month, and it will be like Chinese New Year's Eve "keeping the age", keeping vigil until the fifth day.
In addition, the fourteenth day of the first month is also the Taoist "Fuxi Birthday" and the "Tenth Fasting Day" of the Shi family, and there will be related commemorative customs in some places.
In the past, the fourteenth day of the first month was the "lively and festive" Lantern Festival, in the lively sound of the Lantern Festival, on the night of the full moon, the Spring Festival drew a successful end, indicating that the Spring Festival has passed.
The above is some introduction about the eve of the Lantern Festival, the fourteenth day of the first month, these traditional festivals are cultural treasures left by the ancients, which deserve people's attention, understanding and inheritance.