What are the customs of the Spring Festival from the first day to the fifteenth day?

The first day of the first month was originally called "New Year's Day", and the original meaning of "yuan" was "head" and later extended to "start". This day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring, and the first day of the first month, so it is called "Sanyuan Festival". On the morning of the first day of junior high school, people should set off firecrackers first. This is called "setting off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is covered with broken red, which is called "full house". People get up early, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, pay New Year greetings to each other and wish the New Year.

When paying New Year greetings, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. The elders can distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "old" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend the first year safely when they get lucky money. You can't use a broom on the first day of the first month, otherwise it will ruin your fortune, attract a "broom star" and cause bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside.

2, the second day of the first month

On the second day of the first month, the married daughter will go back to her mother's house, and her husband will follow, so it is commonly known as "welcoming husband day". On this day, the daughter who goes back to her mother's house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and have lunch at her mother's house, but she must return to her husband's house before dinner. This is the so-called "full first month". In the past, the family would choose this day to take a family photo.

The north will also offer sacrifices to the god of wealth on the second day of the first month. Whether you run a shop or an ordinary family, you should hold activities to worship the God of Wealth. In the past, big businesses in old Beijing held large-scale sacrificial activities on this day, and the sacrifices also used "five sacrifices", that is, whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks, red live carp, etc., hoping to make a fortune this year.

3, the third day of the first month

In most parts of the country, the time to "return to my parents' home" is usually arranged on the second day of the first month, but in Shandong and other places, it is only the third day. Some areas in the north call the third day "broom day". Because on this day, you can clean up the garbage on the first and second days of the New Year's Day, pick up a broom to clean the room, and sweep from the outside to the inside when cleaning, which means gathering money.

In the southern region, it is considered easy to quarrel and not suitable for New Year's greetings to put up "red mouth" (no mouth) on the morning of New Year's Eve. The so-called "red mouth" is usually made of a red note about seven or eight inches long and one inch wide, on which are written some auspicious words about safe entry and exit, and the other is placed on the garbage to pick it out and throw it out.

4, the fourth day of the first month

According to traditional customs, the fourth day of the first month is the day when immortals descend to earth, and there is a saying that "God is sent early, and God is received later". It's not too late to send the gods early in the morning, and collect them in the afternoon. So on the afternoon of the fourth day, every household should prepare offerings such as three animals, fruits and dining tables, and burn incense, candles and gold clothes.

5, the fifth day of the first month

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, commonly known as "Breaking Five", it is necessary to "drive out five poverty", including "intellectual poverty, academic poverty, literary poverty, life poverty and friendship poverty". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set off from the inside out, and as soon as they are set off, they go outside the door, saying that they want to blow out all unlucky things.

On this day, the popular folk food custom is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing people's mouths". On this day, every household in Tianjin will eat jiaozi, and the chopping board will jingle for the neighbors to hear, to show that they are chopping "little people".

This day is also the birthday of the legendary god of wealth, and it is also an auspicious day to meet the god of wealth. Shanghai has the custom of grabbing the road head in the past years. On the fourth night of the first month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, incense sticks and other things, beat gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and sincerely respect the god of wealth. In order to compete for the market, it is called "grabbing the road head" before the fourth day of the fourth grade, also called "receiving the god of wealth".

6, the sixth day of the first month

The sixth day of the first month is called "Horse Day". On this day, "sending the poor" is a very distinctive folk custom in ancient China. In Beijing area, women at home occasionally throw out the garbage accumulated during festivals, and the note hanging on the door can also be taken off and thrown out at the same time. The most popular boys on this day are boys over 12, and 12 is twice as much as 6, which can be called "Liu Liu Shun".

This day is also the day when shops open, and firecrackers will be set off, no less than the situation on New Year's Eve. In the old days, bosses and shop assistants would shake their abacus violently on this day and beat the scales with scales to make the shops make a sound, meaning "loud and prosperous"; Doors should also be affixed with red couplets of "Good luck in opening the market and all the best" to show good luck.

7, the seventh day of the first month

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is "People's Day", which is the birthday of people. According to Zhan Shu, since the first day of junior high school, the order of God's creation is "one chicken, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day of junior high school is a "human day".

On this day, Hong Kong people like to eat the first bowl of porridge. The so-called reference is the hope of becoming a top student in high school. Everyone should be respected every day. Even the government cannot execute criminals on this day, and parents cannot teach their children a lesson on this day.

Some areas in the south have the custom of "fishing for raw fish" on the "People's Moon Festival". When fishing for raw fish, many people often gather around a restaurant and pour fish, ingredients and sauces into big plates. Everyone stood up, waved chopsticks, dragged the fish and kept shouting, "Fishing, fishing! Send it, send it! " And you have to get higher and higher to show your improvement step by step.

8, the eighth day of the first month

According to legend, the eighth day of the first month is Xiaomi's birthday. If it's sunny this day, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year. If it's cloudy, it's a sorry year. The eighth day of the eighth lunar month is also called Shunxing Festival. It is said that the stars in the sky are the most complete in the lower bound of the stars. Making small lanterns to burn sacrifices is called Shunxing, also known as "offering stars" and "receiving stars".

Elders should also tell their children and grandchildren that "an inch of time is worth an inch of gold" and the importance of "being cautious and independent" is maintained, because "the stars are watching everyone's every move all the time.

9, the ninth day of the first month

People think that the ninth day of the first month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, which is called "Jade Emperor's Birthday" and "Tianshou", also known as "Tianri". On this day, the Taoist temple will hold a grand birthday ceremony, chanting and worshiping Buddha. On this day, every household will bow down to heaven and hold the most solemn ceremony.

On this day, people are kind and don't offend gods. The folk worship ceremony began in the early morning of the ninth day and lasted until dawn. On the eve of this day, the whole family must fast, bathe and worship in solemn awe.

10, 10th day of the first month.

According to legend, the 10th day of the first month is the Stone Festival, which is the birthday of the Stone God, and it is called "Stone Mill Day", "Ten-Child Day" and "Stone Immortality". On this day, it is not allowed to move stones and stone tools such as grinding, grinding and mortar, otherwise it will hurt crops. On this day, it is also forbidden to build houses with stones, and there is a custom of burning incense and offering pancakes to stones at noon.

1 1, the eleventh day of the first month

On the eleventh day of the first month, the son-in-law was sacrificed. According to legend, in southwest China, especially in western Hunan, oppressed women regard her as the protector of weak women, and they often worship God at home and perform divination. The eleventh day of the first month is also the "son-in-law's day", which is the day when the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law.

On the ninth day, there was a lot of leftover food to celebrate "God's Birthday", except for one day on the tenth day, so the bride's family didn't have to spend any more money, so they used the leftover food to entertain their son-in-law and daughter. The folk song is called "Please ask your son-in-law".

12, 12th day of the first month: lamp shed, fire sacrifice, rat festival, jiaozi, "Ding Dian" day.

On this day, Han folk activities include hiding scissors, collecting old shoes, squeezing mice's mouths, and setting up light sheds. In some areas in the south of Shijiazhuang, the Han nationality still retains the custom of roasting cypress fire on the twelfth day of the first month.

The customs in Beijing include playing diabolo (sound of harmony), rocking windmills (sound of joy), beating gongs and drums (sound of peace) and other recreational activities. People can also visit relatives and friends, travel together, make lanterns and rehearse flower parties. ...

13, 13th day of the first month: birthday of the lampstand, rolling dragon lanterns, tying lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, offering sacrifices to Guan Yu, making "sacred insects", offering sacrifices to the sea, and releasing sea lanterns.

The custom of the Han nationality is to turn off the lights on the thirteenth day of the first month and the eighteenth day of the first month. There is a saying that "thirteen or four gods look at the lights, fifteen or six people look at the lights, and seventeen or eight ghosts look at the lights".

14, 14th day of the first month: drink bright eye soup, try lanterns, eat rotten soup, worship the goddess of water, eat wheat flow, eat "spicy soup", celebrate Fuxi's birthday, keep the god of wealth, steal green flowers, take the bridge, Buzigu and Buliuhua.

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. As one of the traditional lunar festivals in China, the activities of the Han people on this day include drinking bright-eyed soup, trying lanterns, eating bad soup and worshiping the goddess beside the water. On this day, 2008 has basically passed, followed by the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. After the Lantern Festival, 2008 has come to an end.

15, the fifteenth day of the first month: Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, eating Lantern Festival, performing social fire, walking away from all diseases, stealing vegetables, holding the zodiac, praying for dolls, worshiping the elderly, playing lanterns, listening to incense, burning prosperous fires, solving riddles on lanterns, and grabbing lanterns and fur.