Ghost Festival on the third day of the first lunar month What is the third day of the first lunar month?
In our country, yes There are many festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.They are all relatively important festivals, and there are also some customs in the festivals.Then some people say that the third day of the Lunar New Year is Ghost Festival, let’s go and see if there is such a saying.
Is the first month of the month a ghost festival?
August 25, 2023, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is Ghost Festival, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival.So the third day of the first lunar month is not a ghost festival.
What is the holiday on the third day of the first lunar month
The third day of the first lunar month is also known as the Xiaonian Dynasty, also known as the Red Dog Day.As an ancient Chinese traditional festival, it is said that the Nuwa Empress created pigs on this day.According to Chinese folklore, the night of the third day of junior high school is the day when rats get married, so most people turn off the lights early to sleep, so as not to disturb the rats (some people say that turning off the lights early at night is to prevent rats from being able to see and get married, so as to reduce their reproduction speed).Sprinkle some rice grains and cakes in the corner of the house for the mice to eat, which is called mouse cents, which means sharing a year’s harvest with the mice.Chinese folks regard the third day of the first lunar month as the birthday of millet.On this day, they celebrate and pray for the new year, and they fast for rice.
What are the customs on the third day of the first lunar month
Xiao Nian Chao
The third day of the Lunar New Year is also called "Xiao Nian Chao" opening day.Qing Gulu’s "Qing Jialu · Xiaonianchao"; "(the first month) the third day is Xiaonianchao, no sweeping, no begging for fire, no drawing of water, the same as Sui Dynasty." On that day, there is a well next to the house At home, in the morning, offering incense and vegetarian dishes to the well fence, and removing the red paper that was sealed on the well on New Year’s Eve, is called opening the well; Another intersection, to show off the poor.
Tianqing Festival
The three-day celebration of the first month of the lunar year is a court festival in the Song Dynasty.In the first year of Song Zhenzong’s Dazhong Xiangfu, because it was said that a book from heaven descended to the world, Zhenzong issued an edict to set the third day of the first month as the Tianqing Festival, and officials and others have a five-day holiday.Later, it was called the Xiaonian Dynasty, and it did not sweep the ground, beg for fire, or draw water, which was the same as the Sui Dynasty.
Burning Menshen Paper
In the old days and nights of the third day of the lunar new year, the pine and cypress branches and the gate gods’ door stickers hung during the festival were burned together to show that the new year is over and it is time to start making a living.As the saying goes, "If you burn the door god’s paper, you will find your own life", so some businesses officially opened their doors in the third day of junior high school.
The various activities on the third day of the Lunar New Year are really exciting.There are also a lot of delicious food during the Spring Festival, which is enough to fill our stomachs.I believe everyone can live a new year full of memories and welcome the colorful world tomorrow.
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