What is the festival on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month in Sichuan? The legend of sending grubs
There are many things in our year There are festivals, but some festivals are more famous, but some festivals may not be so big, so they are not well known.So now let’s go and see what kind of festival is on the 14th of the first lunar month, the day before the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and what are the customs.
Grub Festival on the 14th day of the first lunar month in Sichuan
According to the traditional culture of each previous year, in fact, the activities of sending grub lanterns and shaking young bamboos will start after nightfall.At that time, villagers and tourists from all over the world will sing folk songs, hold grub lamps of different shapes, and send the "giant grub" to the edge of the field or river a few kilometers away from the town to pray for health and safety..In addition to the traditional celebration of sending grub lanterns at night, there are also folk performance groups such as dragon dance, lion dance, and car Yaomei performing in the streets of the town during the day, and large-scale theatrical performances of the grub festival are held in Changzhen."The unique folk performances and wonderful theatrical performances will bring more good luck and a better atmosphere to the masses to celebrate the Toad Festival.
The legend of sending grubs on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month
This can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, when a sudden "Grub Plague" attacked the local villagers.Later, an eminent monk pointed out that it was "Grub Plague" that was harming the world.So the local folks used homemade "grub lamps", waved bundled torches, carried colorful dragons, and held a grand memorial ceremony with gongs and drums to drive away "grub plague".From then on, every year on the fourteenth night of the first lunar month, every household puts up "grub lanterns" to send "grub plague", which has continued to the present life.
What does the grub lamp mean?
According to the change of time, there are more and more colorful "grab lamps" nowadays, including lantern-shaped, square, and gourd-shaped.Since the grub lamp is a symbol of plague in people’s minds, the tied lamp can only be inserted in the soil outside, and cannot be brought into the home.When night fell, every household would light their own "Grub Lanterns", blowing suona, beating gongs and drums, carrying colorful dragons, waving torches, and marching mightily towards the small river by the village...When they reached the bridge, they would meet the colored lanterns.After the dragon sacrifice, people will insert the "grub lamp" into the soil or put it into the river.The lights and shadows swaying all over the mountains and fields are as dense as the stars in the summer night sky, and there will be a very magnificent momentum that day.
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