Lunar calendar 17 January 20th19

February 2019 17, the 13th day of the first lunar month.

The origin of the custom on the 13th day of the first month;

In Nantong in the past, lanterns were put on the thirteenth day of the first month and turned off on the eighteenth day of the first month. At that time, there was a move of "putting lanterns on dumplings and turning off noodles", that is, eating dumplings on the thirteenth day of the first month and eating noodles on the eighteenth day of the first month.

On the 13th day of the first month, there are some customs, such as lighting lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls and offering sacrifices to Guan Gong.

1, there is an important folk activity called "Dengzhansheng" on the 13th day of the first month. On this day, people should light a lamp under the kitchen stove, which is called "lighting the stove".

2, the fifteenth day of the first month, usually from the thirteenth day of the first month, people began to decorate lanterns and tie lanterns!

3. "On lanterns, lanterns fall on the surface, and the fifteenth day of the first month is a small year." On the 13th night of the first month, the whole family eats glutinous rice balls, which means "round and full".

4. Sacrifice Guan Gong

In the countryside of Chang 'an District in Xi 'an, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to Guan Gong on the 13th day of the first month every year. There is also a kind of tribute to Guan Gong called "Jia Cai".