On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, every household has to build a lamp shed to hide the lamps
In Chinese New Year At that time, in addition to the festive atmosphere of reunion, as well as the biggest festival of the year, the Spring Festival, there are also many festivals, and we all have some customs in these festivals, so let’s go and see what festivals we eat on the twelfth day of the first lunar month , What is the saying about hiding lights?
What does the twelve hidden lights of the first lunar month represent?
Hiding lanterns is a traditional custom in China on the twelfth day of the first lunar month.In the first year when a new daughter-in-law is married, the natal family will hold a grand lantern-sending event for the bride’s family, commonly known as chasing lanterns.The grand scale of chasing lights and the quality of lights depend on the degree of wealth.Wealthy people give a pair of glass palace lanterns, some with nanmu frame and cement grinding, some with pearls, jade and gemstones, and some ordinary ones.In addition to the main lamp, a small lantern is added, commonly known as "yindeng", which means to guide the newlywed daughter-in-law to give birth to a baby early; after the husband’s family accepts the chasing lamp, the newlywed wife will follow her mother’s family to her mother’s house to "hide the lamp".
Customs and culture on the twelfth day of the first lunar month
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, every household has to set up lamp sheds, make offerings, make Zhaitou, and set up firecrackers.The etiquette of "making zhaitou" is complicated.In the morning, the gods should be invited home from the temple, and they should sit on the lobby and offer candy incense; "Getting the love of God will bring good luck, and you will make a fortune in the coming year, and your wishes will come true, so you will do it grandly; "making Zhaitou" usually puts Zhaitou wine.From now on, people start preparing to celebrate the Lantern Festival, buying lanterns and building lantern sheds.There is a nursery rhyme that goes:"On the 11th, we shout and chatter, on the 12th we set up a lamp shed, on the thirteenth we turn on the lights, on the fourteenth we turn on the lights, on the fifteenth we line up for half a month, and on the sixteenth we finish the lights." So the twelfth day of the first lunar month is also a very beautiful day.
微信扫码关注
更新实时通知