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What does the tail tooth in the calendar mean?
"Teeth" is a folk ceremony in China to worship the landlord. Traditionally, businessmen must prepare three kinds of animals and four kinds of fruits, incense sticks and paper money on the second and sixteenth day of each lunar month to worship the foundation owners (the earliest owners of land) and landowners.
The second day of the second lunar month is the head tooth, and the 16th of December is the tail tooth.
The origin of "making teeth" comes from good social customs and is passed down from generation to generation. The so-called "tooth" is the abbreviation of "tooth flag". Because of the endless wasteland and uncultivated land in ancient times, there was an era of fighting and beating. In order to facilitate identification, the west side of each area (or military flag) is painted with the shape of animal teeth, such as horns and horns. A symbol representing the people, people or army in each region. As for the buyers and sellers in ancient shopping malls, they are usually called "Ya Lang" or "Ya Huan". Therefore, businessmen express their gratitude to Yalang, and by analogy, the procedure of paying tribute to the landlord is called "making teeth".
The 16th day of the twelfth lunar month is called "tail tooth" in southern Fujian. A few years ago, many companies in southern Fujian would book several banquets on this day to greet the employees of the whole company. After a full meal, the friendship between colleagues has been enhanced, and employees' sense of belonging to the company has also increased.
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