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When is the Stone Festival?

The tenth day of the first lunar month is called the Stone Festival, which is the birthday of the stone god, and it is called "Stone Mill Day", "Ten-Child Day" and "Stone Immortality".

Stone Festival generally refers to Earth Day Festival. On the 10th day of the first month, it is called the Stone Festival, and China folklore is the birthday of the stone, also called the wedding day of the mouse, commonly known as the Ten Fingers. In many parts of China, on this day, people in China avoid moving stone tools and do not move stones.

Avoid moving stones. Friends who have lived in rural areas since childhood should know that when mechanization was not popularized in the past, the most commonly used stones and stone mills in rural areas were made of stones, and the flour eaten at that time was processed with these stone tools.