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Why do chickens set off firecrackers when they enter a new house?

Gregorian calendar 65438+20091October 26th, the Spring Festival is here. But in fact, this is just to celebrate the Spring Festival, not the beginning of the Year of the Ox in the lunar calendar. The Year of the Ox in the lunar calendar is the tenth day after beginning of spring in the first month, which is the real beginning. However, celebrating the Lunar New Year in advance in China also has a very good feeling and a very auspicious feeling. So, what are the customs taboos and precautions during the Spring Festival? Common name for Chinese New Year greetings. In the past legend, it is an animal that brings bad luck to people every year. The last one. Trees wither and herbs are not born; After the New Year, everything grows and flowers are everywhere. How can it be the past year? Bombing needs firecrackers, so there is a custom of setting off firecrackers, which is also an expression and a vivid scene. The Spring Festival is a joyful and peaceful festival, and it is also a day of reunion. When children leave home to celebrate the Spring Festival, it has actually become a holiday party for the Lunar New Year in China.

12: 30: New Year's Eve, Gengwu Horse Day, the daily value breaks the mouse taboo. Rat people are a little unlucky, so they are very cautious. Although the folklore is "nothing", who can miss this very important day? Destroy gangs during the day, and at the same time offer sacrifices to the gods. The day before was a reunion night, and the little chef who burned incense and made a statue of the kitchen god at night 12 months old, please go home. From the transition of the old times, staying up late is one of the most important activities for vulgarity. On New Year's Eve, the whole family watched the Spring Festival Gala all night, and they got together to have a good drink. * * * When enjoying family happiness, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve in northern areas. Jiaozi's approach is to mix dough first and get close to the word; Jiaozi and salary are homophonic. Together, they have overlapping meanings, and more New Year's Eve dinners are needed. In the south, there is a sweet habit of eating rice cakes and sweet glutinous rice cakes during the Spring Festival, which is a symbol of sweetness.

The first day: nourish the heart and maintain the sky, and those who avoid cows should use it with caution. The new beginning is one yuan in the lunar calendar, and the folk customs of different eras come down one day. However, flares and sweeping the floor are generally forbidden on this day. Today, you can pray in Jishi Temple and visit the temple. Of course, visiting relatives and friends is the first thing in every new year. As the first rooster crows, or the New Year's bell rings, street firecrackers sound one after another, everyone is beaming, and the new year begins. Men, women and children all wear holiday costumes to give their families long-term New Year birthdays and children's lucky money. Today is the traditional "chicken" festival, and friends who belong to the chicken can feel these two ways smoothly today. Product inquiry is from grade one to grade seven. There has always been a saying in the ancients, who started as "chicken day", the first two days as "dog day", the third day as "pig day" (which can also be used for grain birthday), the fourth day as "sheep day", the fifth day as "cow day", the sixth day as "horse day" and the seventh day as "human day". Why do you say that? According to legend, the goddess who started to cook chicken for seven days turned into a dog two days ago and was not allowed to cook until the seventh day, so the beginning of seven days in a year is called celestial pole, dog day, pig day, Yang Jie day, ox day, horse day and human day, in which Xiaomi's birthday is three days.

February 2: Ren Shen Year of the Monkey, taboo belongs to the tiger, who should be careful of the tiger. Suitable for worshipping folk customs, opening lights, tombs, etc. And taboo contracts. Another problem on this day is that married couples will take their children home, which is one of the most important problems, but it is limited to having lunch at home and having dinner when they go back to their parents-in-law's house. The custom of unmarried men "leaving their husbands", but they also bring gifts to their girlfriends to visit relatives. Today is the dog's festival, and it is the dog's friend. Today, both men and women are easily praised by friends and relatives.

On the third day of the first month: a chicken a day, a rabbit should not be used, and rabbits should be used with caution. The auspicious day of the ecliptic is suitable for the breakthrough litigation of taboo words such as traveling, opening a shop, making a fortune, engagement and marriage, which is a folk legend. This day is also an important factor, that is, unmarried girlfriends bring salute to the husband's family. Qi Mei Teach, a married couple, also visited her husband at home. Red mouth for three days, three days the old man will remind the younger generation not to go to red mouth for the New Year; According to the custom-made family, the housewife scatters rice in public, mutters prayers, and then goes back to the back room to pray in the lobby, so as not to make noise and avoid litigation. Today, also known as "Pig Day", is a festival of "pigs". If pigs make people angry today, they are easily entangled in unofficial short tongues, especially those who belong to snakes. People also regard the third day of the first month as Xiaomi's birthday, so on this day, they hope auspicious prayers and fasting.

The fourth day of the first month: sober dog day, taboo dragons, people who want dragons should be careful. Folk is suitable for sacrifice, economic satisfaction and hunting, and it is forbidden to open tourism. From that day on, relatives were free to "walk around" without much pressure. This popular biography is because God of Wealth's birthday is five days early. In order to compete for rich profits, the fourth day chosen first is called "grabbing the road", also known as "God of Wealth". It's too late. The God of Wealth will start at midnight (23:00) on the fourth day. According to traditional customs, fish and mutton can be sacrificed. On the balcony or altar, sheep means "good luck", which means "fish" and "fish". Today is the traditional festival "Sheep". A friend who belongs to the sheep is very cute, because the god of wealth doesn't love you enough. It depends on your sincerity.

The first month: easy cough pig day, people who are afraid of snakes should use it with caution. Appropriate folk worship, opening up church members and schools to break ground, and forbidding planting and attacking hunting. This day is also called breaking five. Many customs called "bad five categories" are eager to flourish. At dawn, people set off firecrackers (now it can also be changed into cheerful music). Cleanliness refers to all unlucky things, and all demons will be blown out, so that they can stay as far away from us as possible. Cleaning is thorough cleaning. Every trash can house has been swept out of the house (note: before the twelfth lunar month to the first lunar month, cleaning is generally not allowed, only the house can be cleaned, and the garbage can only be in the corner house or trash can). Today is the festival of "cattle". It is never fun for friends who belong to cattle to make great efforts to show their health today.

June: Year of the Rat, avoid horses. Who should be careful with a horse? Suitable for folk sacrifice, network, brewing, funeral marriage taboo transmission. Sixth, on the day of "sending the god of wealth", many private shops have opened their doors so far. In front of the big orange pot shop, there must be many oranges, otherwise there will be too many oranges (Cantonese homonym "slash") and "meaning" will be bad. In addition, according to the tradition of "369, go out", many people will visit six major parks and tourist attractions during the Lunar New Year. In the park, if they consciously walk in a circle, it is said that in the new year, they will "ensure good luck" and get good luck. Rat boss will not choose to open today. Because today is the traditional "horse" festival and I am a friend. Although I made a "rush" to a horse, today should be blessed. It is possible to go for a walk in the park and talk about love.

The seventh month: the iconic ox day, taboo sheep, people who belong to sheep should be careful. Appropriate tailoring by the people has met the needs of finance, trade, columns, maintenance of cooking stoves, breeding and so on, and there is no breakthrough journey. Today is People's Day. Seven kinds of vegetables or fruits can be made into soup, which is called "Qibao soup". Most people in Qibaozhai don't cook these days, or even stir-fry porridge or noodles. After dinner, they went out to participate in various community activities and then came back. In case of fire, they will stay up until evening. According to the taboo of today's lucky day, when it is the best colleague, all departments should say hello and have the best lunch with colleagues in the same department; Although it is everyone's birthday, today there is a special friend like a mouse and a rooster who is deeply loved by the boss.

Lunar calendar 65438+10.8: Year of the Tiger, taboo monkeys, monkeys should be used with caution. Suitable for public places, bathing, shaving and traveling without marriage. In Bakai's early years, according to the custom of unmarried colleagues, married colleagues were ganged up to gain benefits. Yes, but at this time, you will inevitably be asked questions like "when to get married". Although this is a profession, I always hear some of the pressure! Zhu Xiao made many friends. Today, he was asked several questions. Surely marriage is worth it.

Ninth month: a rabbit a day, no rooster. People who use chicken should use it with caution. Four days is worthless, and this incident should not be counted as folk. However, people think that in early September, they can get married in the sense of "a long time". Nowadays, dogs can get along with friends who sympathize with unforgettable sweet experiences.

11th month: the Year of the Loong, no dogs. Dogs should be careful. The folks who came down on this day thought it should be: land reclamation, tourism, dating, construction, Tiananmen Square, marriage, funeral, and not trading wells. This day is the beginning of spring, the real beginning of the Year of the Ox, and a festival of reconstruction. This day is traditionally called "Diwali". According to the older generation, "lighting" means enriching the people and prospering. During the day, the simple open kitchen and banquet hall at home entertain relatives and friends, which is a metaphor for prosperity in the coming year.

1 month 1 1 day: snake for a day, pigs are taboo. Be careful who wants a pig. Folk is suitable for clay painting, marriage, monasticism, storage and maintenance, but not for Tiananmen Square. No 1 1 is the day when my father accepted the slaughter, commonly known as "slaughter day". Monkeys will be favored.

June 12: Horse racing festival, avoid rats. People who belong to rats should be careful. Based on folklore, development, tourism, meeting animals, education, feasting, agreement, planting is suitable for marriage, no litigation visit. 12 is called "the day when my daughter visits relatives". Today, you can go back to your parents' home and marry their daughter. The folk lanterns in the play also kicked off from this day.

June 13: sheep day, death day. People in the Year of the Ox should use it with caution. On that day, it was a folk holiday, and it was the year of the sheep, so it was not appropriate for major events. Thirteen years of "porridge mustard" said that it was eaten for several days. According to tradition, light porridge and mustard are eaten on this day. The lanterns playing games entered a small climax.

June 14: Year of the Monkey, Monkey Day, avoid tigers. People who belong to the tiger should use it with caution. On this day, the folk custom month broke through the value that the event should not have. However, folk operas play with lanterns, but they are thriving, and the old and young deserve to join in the fun.

Fifteenth: One day, Yiyou chicken is a rabbit. People who belong to rabbits should use it with caution. In the folklore of this day, the value of the solar eclipse should not be. This day is Lantern Festival, and the whole family eats rice cakes and glutinous rice balls together. This is a national custom, which leads to a beautiful family reunion and a happy life, so that people who love each other can get married hand in hand. This is also called the Lantern Festival as "China Valentine's Day". On the fifteenth night in ancient times, every decoration attracted the neighbors in front; Scholars write riddles and poems for tourists to guess or couplet, which is called "playing tiger". Today, there are still many community life activities to guess riddles on lanterns, and the prizes are candy or detergent.

Sixteen: Dinghai Pig Day, no snakes. People who belong to snakes should use it with caution. Suitable for folklore, rock-breaking, education, openness, marriage, haircut, travel, and no litigation for medical treatment. A few days later, the folk activities to celebrate the New Year in China slowly ended, the atmosphere of the New Year gradually faded, and people began to settle down and work.