What festival is on the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar? The historical development of Rensheng Festival
Our year has many festivals, and especially during the Spring Festival, there is basically a festival every day, because after all, a new start needs to have a good The meaning is to make the new year smoother.So on the seventh day of the first lunar month, what kind of festival is this day, let’s go and see together.
What is the festival on the seventh day of the first lunar month
The seventh day of the first lunar month is a traditional festival in the Chinese lunar calendar.This festival comes from the legend of Nuwa who created the world.When the female snail created the world, she created animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, and horses a few days ago, and then created humans on the seventh day.So this day is the birthday of human beings.The Han Dynasty began to have people’s festivals, and the Wei and Jin Dynasties began to pay attention to them.
Historical development of Rensheng Festival
After the Han and Wei dynasties, Renri gradually developed from a single divination activity to a festival that included celebrations, sacrifices and other activities.
Since the Jin Dynasty, there have been ribbon-cutting for flowers, ribbon-cutting for people, or engraved gold foil for people to stick screens and wear them on their hair.In ancient times, people had the custom of wearing "Rensheng".Rensheng is a kind of headgear, also called Caisheng and Huasheng.In the Tang Dynasty, the people still attached great importance to the People’s Day.In Gao Shi’s poem "Ren Ri Ji Du Er Supplements", there is a sentimental sentence that this year people will remember each other in the sky, and next year people will know where they are.
It proves that the Man’s Day Festival in the Tang Dynasty was not only dedicated to praying for good luck and peace, but also added an atmosphere of missing relatives and friends.Even today, there are also wanderers who go home before the year, and they can only go far away after the festival.On Human’s Day, we don’t travel far away, don’t visit relatives and friends, and reunite at home.Long noodles, also called lahun noodles, are usually eaten in the afternoon on Human Day.It means that during the Chinese New Year, people are wandering around, their hearts are wild, and it is time to prepare for spring plowing and production after the day is over.So eat ramen noodles, take your heart back, and prepare for spring farming.
What are the customs and cultures of this day
Eating Qibao Geng
The seventh day of the first lunar month is the Rensheng Festival.On this day, everyone will eat Qibao soup.Qibao soup is a soup made of seven kinds of vegetables, which is used to get good omens, and it is said that this thing can get rid of evil spirits and heal all diseases.The products are different in different places, the fruits and vegetables used are different, and the meanings are also different.Guangdong Chaoshan uses mustard greens, kale, leeks, spring vegetables, celery, garlic, and thick cloves; Hakka people use celery, garlic, green onions, coriander, leeks, fish, meat, etc.; Leeks, mustard greens, shepherd’s purse, cabbage, etc.Among them, celery and green onion are smart, garlic is good at calculation, mustard greens make people live longer, and Hakka people like to cook fish together, which means more food.The vegetable stalls in downtown Shantou will arrange 7 dishes on this day, regardless of the cost, and people are willing to accept it.Which household in the countryside owes one or two vegetables, and picks one or two plants of other people’s vegetables in the field to make up seven pieces, and no one says he is a thief.
Pancakes
Chinese folks will eat spring pancake rolls "box dishes" (cooked meat food) on this day, and spread pancakes in the courtyard, "Xiantian".
Dai Rensheng
On the People’s Day, Chinese women make little people out of colored paper, silk, soft gold and silver, and wear them on their heads.It is also pasted on screens and other places.
Give flowers to win
On this day, people make various Huasheng (Huasheng, shaped like flowers) as gifts to each other.
Law Yusheng
In some areas in the south, there is a folk custom of "fishing for yusheng" on Human Day.Wave the chopsticks to scoop up the fish, and keep shouting:"Catch! Catch! Fat! Fat!", and the fish must be fished higher and higher to show that you are rising every step of the way.
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