The seventeenth day of the first month? White Tiger Festival? That's what I said that day.

The 17th day of the first month of every year is White Tiger Festival. Traditionally, it was a sacrifice to the white tiger, and later it developed into a fight against villains. The villain does not turn over, the snake hits the Yangtze River, and the white tiger goes to the distant mountains to solve the age lag. From now on, nobles will meet, and six horses will support peace and good luck all the year round. Therefore, on this day, unlucky people can hit villains to welcome the New Year.

The Origin of White Tiger Speaking Day

After the Lantern Festival, there will be a "shocking" solar term. It is said that the tiger was the first to wake up in the forest. At this time, many animals are still in hibernation, and their vigilance is low. At this time, tigers can easily catch prey, so people call it "White Tiger Day". People are not ashamed of the tiger's behavior of "tripping while others are unprepared", thinking that it is the same as the "villain behavior" in life, so others will sacrifice to the white tiger on this day, hoping not to "hurt people secretly". Later, it was extended to the "villain" in life, and people hated it very much, so they had the custom of "hitting the villain".

The process of sacrificing white tiger

The folk method of offering sacrifices to the white tiger is to paste three small pieces of raw pork, three boiled duck eggs, three small strips of raw salted fish, three small rice balls, a pair of red candles, powerful and noble paper, all the scriptures of the gods and buddhas in the sky, seven incense sticks and eight gold ingots on the forehead of the white tiger, that is, four pairs, that is, four pairs of sworn enemies, seven incense sticks and eight gold ingots, that is, beat the villain to pieces. I want to pay tribute to the incense burner three times. I'd like to invite Master Zhao Nian, the general squatting on the mysterious altar, and the general Tiger and Wolf. I want to ask Master Tan Xuan to give me a way to protect my body and my family, so that the villain can leave.

A simple way to defeat villains

In some places, eight gold and silver paper ingots will be prepared to form four pairs, homophonic "enemies" and then seven incense sticks will be lit, and then simple chanting and worship will be carried out. The moral is to beat the "villain" to pieces, which is popular in the southeast coastal areas and Hong Kong and Macao. There are special booths here. People will write the names of "villains" on paper and then carry out so-called punishment, but please remember the bottom line, "Don't do whatever you want.