China traditional culture-natural punishment festival.

An extremely unpopular ancient festival-Sunlight.

Tomorrow, also known as June 6, returns to Mother's Day, Insect King's Day and so on. The time is on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year, and Sunday is not a large-scale festival, so there are relatively few activities to celebrate customs.

The origin of festivals

Compared with other festivals, the origin of Tianqi Festival is much later. It was first established in the Northern Song Dynasty.

According to the History of Song Dynasty, in the first month of the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong adopted Wang Qinruo's suggestion and wanted to follow the example of the former emperors and worship Zen in the name of Heaven. As a result, some officials reported that yellow silk fell from the sky and hung on the tail of Nanhe in Tianmen, Zuocheng. Zhenzong asked the minister to meet and unseal the yellow silk in Yuan Chao Temple, saying it was a "sealed book". Later, it was changed to yuan, and the world was pardoned.

On the sixth day of June, another day, the book fell to the north of Taishan Aldehyde Spring. Song Zhenzong built a heavenly palace at the foot of Mount Tai to thank the heavenly book. (the original meaning is given; Reward) and in the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, the imperial edict was issued, and the day when the book came back on the sixth day of June was designated as grace day, and officials had a day off. From then on, China began to move from court to folk.

Holiday customs and habits

Although Sunrise was established in the Song Dynasty, there have been many different legends about the origin of June 6th, and many customs with folk characteristics have been derived from these legends.

(of a person) return to one's place of origin or unit.

According to the legend of the Han nationality, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a great doctor named Hu Yan in the State of Jin. He is arrogant. Hu Yan's in-laws were Zhao Shuai, the hero at that time. He was disgusted with what Hu Yan had done, so he called a spade a spade. But Hu Yan not only refused to listen, but also scolded her in-laws in public. Zhao was old and weak, and soon he died.

Hu Yan's son-in-law intends to kill Hu Yan on his birthday and avenge his father. The plan was known by Hu Yan's daughter, and she hurried back to her parents' home to report it at night. Hu Yan regretted what he had done and corrected his arrogance. The son-in-law also forgave him. Since then, on the sixth day of June every year, Hu Yan has to take her daughter and son-in-law home for reunion.

Folks follow this legend and take their daughters back to their parents' homes, thus forming the custom of women returning to their parents' homes on Halloween.

Printed books

The sixth day of June is the day when books are sent to heaven, which is in midsummer. It is easy to grow mildew when it rains, so there will be books and seals in temples, whether it is ordinary people or Taoist temples.

The habit of drying clothes.

However, the origin of the folk and Buddhist custom of drying books is explained as follows: when Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, crossed the "Sanjiangkou" in Tianshui, the scriptures fell into the water and were soaked, so he put them on the "drying platform" to dry, and June 6 became an auspicious day for drying books and clothes, and a "drying temple" was built locally.

pray for peace

Midsummer and the twelfth lunar month are both periods of high incidence of diseases, so the ancients paid special attention to the safety of people and animals in June of the lunar calendar. On sacred festivals, women will wash their children's hair and bathe them. Besides bathing people, animals and livestock should also bathe.

Elephants are very popular ornamental animals, so they will bathe on June 6 as a symbol of good luck.

Another way to pray for peace is paper cutting. In midsummer, if there is continuous heavy rain, it is easy to cause floods. At this time, women will cut out a paper figure called "Sweep Mom" and stick it on the doors and windows, hoping that "Sweep Mom" can dispel the dark clouds.

In addition, there will be some other folk activities, such as offering sacrifices to Mount Tai and watching lotus flowers in Shandong. To this day, "June 6th" is still a traditional festival for Miao, Yao, Tibetan and other ethnic minorities.