The customs and taboos of the fourteenth day of the first month are what is exquisite
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Introduction: Unconsciously, the new year comes to the fourteenth day, this day is also an important day, it is said that this day is the day of worshiping the water lady, in addition, it is also said that it is the birthday of Fuxi, in short, this day has a lot to do, and need to pay attention to the customs and taboos. So, what is the specialty of the fourteenth year of the year? Let's take a look at the customs and taboos of the fourteenth day of the first month.
Customs of the fourteenth day of the first month
1. Pray to the Water Lady
Folk refer to the fourteenth day of the first lunar month as the birthday of the "Lady of Linshui" (also known as the "Virgin of Suncheon"). Legend has it that Linshui Niangniang, surnamed Chen, was a person during the Tang Dynasty and later became a god who saved women from difficult childbirth. Therefore, the folk shrine was enshrined, called "Linshui Niangniang" and "Suncheon Virgin". In fact, it is a protective god that women have shaped for themselves in an era of no status and underdeveloped science, and it is also a way for them to encourage themselves for fear of dystocia.
2. Eat wheat flow
On the fourteenth night of the first lunar month, every day of dinner, every household in Ninghai's urban and rural areas must eat wheat flow. Wheat flow is the dried leaves and incense
Silk, shrimp skin, sweet potato flour dough are cooked together, and then the wheat flour is put down and stirred to become a thin paste, which is called "wheat flow". Why does Ninghai have to eat wheat flow on the fourteenth night of the first month? It is said that this is related to Qi Jiguang's resistance to the Wo.
3. Drink eye-catching soup
Xinchang has the custom of drinking eye-catching soup on the fourteenth day of the first month. There is a folk saying that as soon as the fourteen nights of bright soup are drunk, it means that the Spring Festival has almost passed, and everyone must start to cheer up their spirits and start the work of the new year. Bright eye soup is a bowl of green vegetable mochi soup. Cut the mochi into strips the size of a small finger, then combine the washed greens into one, cook them in a pot, add the right amount of salt and soy sauce, and pick a pinch of boiled lard, which becomes the traditional folk eye-catching soup.
4. Eat "paste spicy soup"
On the fourteenth day of the first month of Xiangshan, there is a lantern festival, and there is a custom of eating "paste spicy soup". On that day, the children brought their own dishes and chopsticks, walked the streets and alleys, and ate the paste spicy soup door to door, saying: "Eat the fortune soup!" "The owner does not distinguish between acquaintances and strangers, one scoop per person." "Paste spicy soup" is made of oysters, shrimp, fish, clams, etc. as the main ingredient, plus cut into fine meat, taro, radish, eggs, sausages, shredded vegetables, etc. to make mature food, mixed in stir-fried and finally added water to make the soup. It is said that the more children knock on the door and eat, the smarter they will be. The more people who are annoying, the more the owner will get rich.
5. Test the flower lamp
In order to prepare for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, the people and the imperial court will build a lantern shed on this day, hang the lights and color, and do some preparatory activities for amusement programs to become "test lights" to welcome the annual Lantern Festival. As for the vendors selling lanterns in the market, they have long prepared a variety of lanterns to sell and become a "lamp market".
6. Eat bad soup
In Taizhou, the Lantern Festival is the fourteenth day of the first month, and its festive atmosphere also has unique characteristics and connotations, and Taizhou Lantern Night Eating Bad Soup is unique in the country. The method of making bad soup is simple and unique. According to the Qing Dynasty's "Taizhou Outer Book", during the Lantern Festival, "meat, vegetables and flour, miscellaneous water and bamboo shoots are used as soups, and more is expensive, which is called eating bad soup." "Seasonal vegetables such as mustard greens, shredded meat, pig ears, pig tails, bean noodles, winter shoots, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, dried tofu, oil bubbles, Sichuan bean boards, taro, etc., cut into cubes or minced, cooked in a pot, add water to boil, and then use rice flour to mix the water, pour into the pot and stir well, burn into a paste. In ancient times, it was mixed with sake lees, so it was called "bad soup".
7. The God of Wealth
From the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the first month, from the doll who has just toddler to the children of twelve or thirteen years old, they all hold a thread in their hands, pull the rabbit lamp, hold the hands of adults, run all over the street, and candles are lit on the rabbit's stomach, illuminating the white rabbit thoroughly. At this time, every room in every household is lit with candles, commonly known as "intermittent greeting", to indicate the greeting of the god of wealth. At the same time, on this night, every household lights up the "long night light", which is bright from the evening until the next morning.
8. Stealing green
Since ancient times, the Hakka people have the custom of "stealing green" on the fourteenth day of the first month, called "stealing green festival", and on the night of the fourteenth day of the first month, young men and women are paired up in three or five, taking the cover of night to "steal green" in other vegetable fields. Shallots, garlic, turnips, wheat vegetables, lettuce are their goals, and "stealing vegetables" heralds the "stealing" of a year's good fortune back home. If you are accidentally discovered by the owner and scolded, it is a good luck.
The fourteenth day of the first month is contraindicated
1. Avoid red celebrations
In ancient times, few men and women married in the first month, and in ancient times, there was a saying of 'looking up red', that is, men and women married in the first month, but the month was too old to pressure the head, which was unfavorable to children and grandchildren, so few new people married in the first month.
2. Do not break utensils
Breaking the dishes, cups and plates on this day means that there will be "broken luck" in this year, and the remedy is to wrap it up in red paper, read auspicious words such as "peace of the years" in the mouth, and place it on the god case for a few days to resolve the disaster. It can also be wrapped in red paper and thrown into the river after the New Year, chanting "breaking the porcelain, a lot of money and silver".
3, the rice cylinder can not be empty
So as not to risk cutting off the cooking in the middle of the year. This is called "gathering wealth." Chinese New Year's Eve night, the water tank can not be empty, after filling, the country also held a well sealing ceremony. That is, cover the well surface with a large dustpan and worship the god of the well. The dustpan cannot be uncovered on the first day, because people often regard water as wealth water, and once the dustpan is uncovered, it will use water.
4. Funeral
Some local customs are to avoid funerals during the first month. When they encounter it, they think it is not auspicious, and the Lord has a calamity in this year. But some places to meet
Funerals are auspicious, Because "coffin" and "official" are harmonized, "material" and "wealth" are harmonious, there is "mouth gloss" to be discussed, and the lord "promotion" and "wealth".
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