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

"In addition to firecrackers at the age of one, the spring breeze warmed Tu Su. Thousands of families in Qian Qian always trade new peaches for old ones every day. " Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. On this day, every family will get together to celebrate the last night of the end of the year and welcome the arrival of the New Year. For thousands of years, people have continuously integrated spiritual blessings into the Spring Festival, making it gradually become a symbol of China culture.

So, what are the customs and stresses from the first day to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?

There is a folk custom song of Lunar New Year: "One person worships God on the first day, two people worship people on the second day, poor people on the third day, four people begging for food on the fourth day, and the sixth day of the fifth day happens to be the same year. The seventh day goes to spring, the eighth day doesn't return, the ninth day is empty, and the tenth day goes to spring. Eleven children come back, twelve light sheds are set up, thirteen people turn on the lights, fourteen people turn on the lights, and fifteen people pray to turn on the lights. All diseases are gone."

The first day of the lunar new year

Set off firecrackers. When you open the door on the morning of New Year's Day, set off firecrackers first, which means "opening the door to set off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground was smashed with red. According to the chronicle of Jingchu's age written by Liang in the Southern Dynasties, it was called "full house red". "The first day of the first month is also three days, and at the end of the spring and autumn period, when chickens crow, firecrackers are set off in front of the court to ward off evil spirits." It can be seen that firecrackers were set off in ancient times to ward off evil spirits and animals. Poets in the Tang dynasty came to the poem, "The new calendar is only half open, and the small court still gathers dust"; In the Song Dynasty, Ye Zhao wrote in the word "It's New Year's Eve on a Partridge Day" that "firecrackers are set off in the middle of the year, and the atmosphere is warm"; Fan Chengda, a poet in the Song Dynasty, described in detail the process of setting off firecrackers in a family in Suzhou and Hangzhou during the Spring Festival, expressed the poet's happy mood in the New Year, and pinned his good wishes for the safety of his family: firecrackers were handed down to the world, and five days before the use of military agriculture, he ate residual bean porridge to sweep away the dust and cut off the pipe for five feet to get a salary. With intermittent sweat and fire, healthy servants will still run away. On the other hand, when the footsteps sounded, the children stood far in front and shouted loudly.

Welcome XiShen. After sunrise in the morning, it is time to meet the western gods. As for its arrival direction and time, it is stipulated in the almanac. People are marching in the direction of reaching the west depth. Some ride animals, some take a walk, set off firecrackers and burn incense when they are far away. After welcoming XiShen, you are lucky to go out at any time. You don't have to choose a good day.

Happy new year. During the Spring Festival, people go to new friends' homes or neighbors' homes to celebrate the Spring Festival, commonly known as New Year greetings. The Han people's New Year greeting has existed since the Han Dynasty, and it has been very popular since the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to Lu Rong's Miscellaneous Notes on Gardens in the Ming Dynasty, people should worship each other whether they know each other or not, and people should worship their relatives and friends. In the Qing Dynasty, New Year greeting cards were sent to relatives and friends in exquisite and beautiful decorative boxes to show solemnity. Of course, some people don't have to go in person, and they can use famous cards to express their congratulations. According to Zhao Yi's textual research in the Qing Dynasty, there was no paper in the Western Han Dynasty, and bamboo and wood were used to cut thorns. The book was named "Famous Thorn"; Later, the words "business card" were embroidered on the brocade with red wool; After the Eastern Han Dynasty, paper was used instead of wood, which was called "famous paper". In the Six Dynasties, it was called "Ming" for short, and in the Tang Dynasty it was called "door-shaped". In the Song Dynasty, it was nicknamed "hand thorn" and "door thorn". It was called "Inch Chu" and "Red Sheet" in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The occupation era. In ancient times, people calculated the calendar by the movement of Jupiter. "Lu Chunqiu Don't Bow": "He occupies the sky, while Shang Yi occupies the moon, and then he benefits." After that, the people gradually evolved into a sunny year in the first few days of the new government. Records of the Historian Tianguanshu: "The husband is the number of days from Han, the star is, the gas is Wang Shuo, and the age is Wei Xian." Wang Song Anshi's "Message to Yang Defeng": "When you are old, you will know your son and eat diligently."

Paste chicken. In ancient times, people painted chickens on doors and windows during the Spring Festival to drive away ghosts and evil spirits. According to the Jin Dynasty's Xuanzhongji, when it was too late to get up and the first ray of sunshine shone on the tree, pheasants crowed on Dushuo Mountain, so chickens all over the world began to crow. Later, people used paper-cut chicken to symbolize pheasant.

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Sacrifice the god of wealth. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary people will hold activities to worship the god of wealth, hoping that this year's financial resources will be extensive. However, there are different opinions about who the God of Wealth is: Zhao Gongming, the real God of Wealth, Liu Hai (or Fan Li), Wu Caishen, Blessing Town House and Guan Yu, of course, are indispensable in Wu Caishen. Legend has it that Guan Yunchang managed the charger station, was good at counting, invented the daily account book, and stressed credit and loyalty, so he was worshipped by merchants. Generally speaking, businessmen regard Guan Gong as the patron saint and the god of wealth. Eat wonton at noon, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup".

Children's Day: Married daughters will take their husbands and children back to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings. They must also bring some gifts and red envelopes to their children and have lunch at their parents' home.

New Year's Eve

Burn door god paper. The gatekeeper is a Taoist and folk god who guards the portal. Generally, door gods are pasted on doors to ward off evil spirits, defend houses, maintain peace, help practicality and bring good luck. "The Book of Rites Sacrifice Law" contains: "Wang is the seven sacrifices, the princes are the five sacrifices of the country, the doctors are the three sacrifices, and the suitable scholars are the two sacrifices (both have' doors'); Shu Ren set up a temple, or a household, or a stove. " It can be seen that from the pre-Qin period, both the emperor and the common people worshipped the door gods. On the third day of the first month, the pine and cypress branches in the festival and the janitor's note hanging in the festival will be incinerated together, indicating that the year has passed and it is time to make a living.

Hungry ghost festival. It is said that there is a custom of avoiding visiting relatives and friends on this day, but with the progress of the times, people have played down this custom.

Red dog day. The red dog is the god of anger, and when it comes to it, there is something bad. Therefore, people in ancient times stayed at home on this day to avoid encountering evil spirits.

Xiaomi's birthday On this day, we hope to sacrifice and pray for the new year without eating rice.

In the early years, it is the Tianqing Festival. In the first year of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, due to the spread of gobbledygook, Zhenzong issued an imperial edict, which designated the third day of the first month as Tianqing Festival, and officials could have five days off. Later, the folk evolved into a small festival that did not sweep the floor, beg for fire or draw water.

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Meet god. It is said that this day is the day when immortals from all walks of life come to earth from heaven, so it is necessary to "send God early and receive God later". Send God early and receive God in the afternoon. Prepare offerings such as three animals, fruits, dining tables, etc. And burn incense and candles to burn gold clothes.

New Year's Eve

The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as "breaking the fifth", is also called "sending the poor".

To poor God. Commonly known as "breaking five", there are also people called "sending the poor". It is said that the gods will die before dawn. At this time, every household should sweep up some rubbish and dust in the corner of the kang or the corner of the house, pour it on the street outside the door, burn incense paper, set off firecrackers and send away the dirty gas. Poor God is the title of Jiang Ziya's wife, named "five poor daughters-in-law", that is, life, health, wealth, virtue, and dying poor. She was disrespectful of poverty and snobbish, and was dismissed as a "poor god" by Jiang Ziya.

Open the market. In ancient times, large and small shops were closed from the first day to the fifth day of the lunar calendar, because people thought that this day was the birthday of the god of wealth, and they could make a fortune when they opened the market on this day.

Grab the road. In Wudi, I believe in the God of Wealth. It is said that this day is his birthday, and it is quite spectacular to meet him in the sun. Moreover, people think that the first thing they receive is the true God, which is particularly effective, so it is called "grabbing the road".

After this day, all taboos during the Spring Festival began to be lifted, and then people began to be busy with their livelihood, and the atmosphere of the New Year began to dissipate, that is, "the New Year falls for five days."

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Cuofei: The sixth day is Horse Day, which was called Cuofei in ancient times. People really started working or doing business on this day. From the beginning of the first month to the fifth day, it was impossible to clean, and the feces in the toilet piled up like mountains. So on this day, I did a big cleaning and worshipped the toilet god to clean the dirty toilet on weekdays. Therefore, it is called "fat". When you are old, you can remember People's Day. Quote Song Luyuanming's Miscellaneous Notes on Old Age: "The day before yesterday, people collected dung brooms. When they don't leave, they cover them with seven pancakes, then throw them away and give them to the poor. " In fact, it means that farmers begin to go to the fields to prepare for spring ploughing.

In addition, this day is also the day when shops open their doors, and firecrackers are set off, which symbolizes the prosperous, safe and prosperous business this year.

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People's Day is also called People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seventh Day. Legend has it that the mother snail first created the world, and after she created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals, she created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, there was the custom of wearing "Man Sheng", and there was also the custom of climbing high to compose poems. After the Tang Dynasty, more attention was paid to this festival. Every human day, the emperor would give his ministers a colorful victory, and they climbed up and gave a big banquet. If the weather is fine on the seventh day of the first month, the population will be safe and smooth in the first year. On this day, people who spread pancakes will eat spring pancake rolls and spread pancakes in the yard.

Eat Qibao soup. It is a good omen for people to eat soup made of seven kinds of vegetables when they are alive. It is said that it can eliminate evil spirits and cure all diseases. Different places have different products, different fruits and vegetables and different meanings. Such as mustard, cabbage, leek, spring vegetables, celery, garlic and thick-petalled vegetables used in Chaoshan, Guangdong; Hakka people use celery, garlic, onion, coriander and leek to match fish. Spinach, celery, onion, garlic, leek, mustard, shepherd's purse, cabbage, etc. are all used in Taiwan Province and Fujian provinces of China. Celery and onion in it are clever, garlic is calculating, mustard is longevity and so on.

Vegetarian noodle line: In Taiwan Province Province, China, a vegetarian noodle line is needed for this day. Long noodle lines represent wealth and longevity, so eating noodle lines also means celebrating your birthday.

Patching up the sky: it is said that it is getting cloudy every day, just like the sky is pierced with a hole. It is necessary to patch up the sky and avoid hardrain. So the rice cake sacrifices to God, that is, it fills the sky.