What are the folk customs on the eighth day of the first month?

Ancient days, release blessings, and move forward.

Gu Ri: According to folklore, the eighth day of the first month is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine this day, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year. If it is cloudy, it will be a sorry year. The custom of "Valley Day" is to worship memorial tablets with the names of grains written on them, and not to eat cooked grains. This custom contains the idea of attaching importance to agriculture and cherishing food.

Release and pray: On the eighth day of the first month, there is a "release" activity, that is, some fish and birds raised at home are taken outside and released into the wild. Birds eat grains and rob people of their harvest, so on this day, birds and fish are mainly released to express the virtue of living a good life, and at the same time, bribes are also paid to show mercy. There is another reason for choosing to release the animals, that is, the eighth day is the day when the stars are on the right track, so that the stars can see their good deeds.

Shunxing: On the eighth day of the first month, people make small lanterns and burn them to offer sacrifices to the stars, which is called Shunxing, also called "offering sacrifices to the stars" and "receiving stars". On the eighth night of the first month, no matter whether people go to the temple to burn incense to worship the star king (Shunxing), every household will hold a ceremony to worship Shunxing after the stars appear in the sky. When offering sacrifices to heaven, put a "golden lamp" (yellow snuff) on the desk, stove, threshold and pot. And lit it, called "snuff", meaning to avoid evil.

In ancient times, few men and women got married in the first month. In ancient times, there was a saying that men and women got married in the first month, which was too old for future generations, so few new people got married in the first month.