Since the beginning of the beginning of the month of La Yue, almost every day has been a traditional festival, which is no wonder that there is a folk saying, "When you enter the gate of La Yue, every day is the year". Tomorrow (1.19) is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, less than 3 days before Chinese New Year's Eve, it can be said that it is nervous and exciting, and the long-awaited Year of the Rabbit has quietly arrived. In Chinese New Year culture, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is a very important day, and the "busy year" has begun to enter the final countdown.
When it comes to the twenty-eighth month of La Yue, it is said in the custom, "On the twenty-eighth day of La Yue, appliqué flowers make the face hair". On this day, there are 4 major things to do in the old tradition, symbolizing good luck and good luck in the Year of the Rabbit. Next, let's talk to you specifically, what are the 4 things? What to do?
First thing: appliqués
Appliqués generally refer to the pasting of Spring Festival decorations such as spring couplings, New Year paintings, and window flowers at home, in front of the door, behind the house, on the window and other places. The custom of appliqué flowers on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month has a long history, and it is said that the earliest origin of the ancient "peach talisman", which also appears in Wang Anshi's ancient poem "Yuan Day", "Thousands of doors and thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old talismans." ”
In ancient times, at the end of the year, people would write the names of the two gods "Shen Dao" and "Yulei" on peach wood boards, and then hang them at the door, which means to ward off evil spirits and drive away disasters and welcome blessings and auspiciousness. Nowadays, on the 28th day of the lunar month, families will tear off the old flowers of the past year and paste new flowers to express their good wishes for the new year and hope for good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.
The second thing: put the face off
In the old days, materials were relatively scarce, and people would start preparing and making food during the Spring Festival a few days in advance. Like the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of the lunar month, the preparation is New Year meat, and on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, what is to be prepared is the pasta to be eaten for the New Year. In the past, the way to make the noodles was relatively simple, and there was no baking powder that was as convenient as it is now, so people would send the noodles in advance a few days before the New Year.
In addition, the "eight" in the twenty-eighth month of La Yue can just echo the "fa" in the hair face, which is a very auspicious word in traditional culture, with the meaning of eight directions to wealth and the new year, and it is also to please the new year.
The third thing: steamed pastry
In the past, in the traditional culture of traditional customs and culture, there was a special emphasis on steaming steamed buns from the first to the fifth day of the new year, and people believed that if they were "steamed" and "fried" during the New Year, there was a meaning of "quarrel", which was not very auspicious. Therefore, after the noodles are served on the 28th day of the lunar month, people will steam them into steamed buns and other noodles in advance, and some of them will be kept for the New Year to avoid breaking the old rules.
Now, although there is not much attention to this, people still steam a pot of noodles on the twenty-eighth day and eat it for the whole family, taking its auspicious meaning. The "steaming" in steamed noodles means prosperity in the New Year, and good luck is "steamed", and the picture is an auspicious thing.
The 4th thing: wash the sloppy
In ancient times, people believed that on important days, you must bathe and change clothes, so that the whole body is clean from the inside out, which means that the old cloth is new, and everything is renewed. Therefore, bathing before the New Year is given a special meaning. In this regard, there is also a folk ballad that says, "Twenty-six baptism of Fulu; XXVII Cleansing Sickness; Twenty-eight washed sloppy".
Twenty-eight washing sloppy refers to doing a good job of personal hygiene, bathing, washing hair and changing clothes, whether it is yourself or at home, to keep it clean and tidy, symbolizing the unsatisfactory and obscure atmosphere of the past year, all washed away, to make room for the good luck of the new year, add blessings and wealth and good luck.
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