What's the point of grasping for a week?

The folk "Catch Tuesday" ceremony is usually held before eating "longevity noodles" at noon.

Grasp the week, also known as "trial week", "test child" and "week", that is, the ceremony held when the child is one year old. This custom was first spread in Jiangnan as a divination sign, similar to drawing lots. Grasping Zhou, which really means "testing the child", is said to have originated in the Three Kingdoms period. Soon after Sun's rise, Prince Sun Deng died of illness, and Sun Quan worried that other sons would make friends with the powerful ministers and compete for the throne.

A civilian named Jingyang made a suggestion: besides the prince, we should also look at the moral character of the grandson. So Sun Quan chose an auspicious day for the emperor and his grandchildren to grab at will on a plate full of pearls, ivory, rhinoceros horn, jade, bamboo slips and ribbons. Only Sun Hao, the son of Sun He, grabbed bamboo slips and ribbons in one hand. Sun Quan was overjoyed and made Sun He a prince. Although there were some coups later, Sun Hao finally became emperor a few years later. So many people test the future of their children and grandchildren in this way. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, this custom gradually became popular all over the country, and the word "grasping Zhou" did not appear until the Qing Dynasty and has been circulated ever since.

Extended data:

Based on the grasp of children's week, this paper objectively tests how birth mothers, nannies and wet nurses lead children and how to carry out enlightenment education. Therefore, some parents are not superstitious, but they still advocate that children should pay attention to their ears, which is one of the reasons why this custom has been circulating among the people for a long time.

If the child catches the seal first, it means that when he grows up, he will take advantage of God's grace and prosper in his career. Grasping stationery first means that when you grow up, you will be eager to learn, and there will be splendid articles, which will eventually be ternary harmony; If a child grasps the abacus first, it means that he will be good at managing money when he grows up, and will become the career of Tao Zhu. If a girl first masters sewing utensils such as scissors and rulers or cooking utensils such as shovels and spoons, it shows that she is good at housework when she grows up. In a word, the elders have high hopes for their children's future, so it's good to bless them when they are one year old.

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People's Network-Grasping Zhou is a kind of witchcraft for divining signs.