Historical customs of Han dynasty

According to the Book of Rites of the Later Han Dynasty, "a palace banquet and exorcism ceremony were held on the Winter Solstice Day", which was a folk ceremony during the ancient totem worship period and was used to exorcise evil spirits and the twelfth lunar month. When this ceremony was held, 120 teenagers of eleven or twelve were selected, led by Fang to attract ghosts, and finally the "ghosts" caught were thrown into the water and drowned.

Water splashing ceremony on Shangsi Festival

On the fourth day of March, the Han people think that this day can ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. They bathe at the water's edge or take friends and family to eat and drink.

The custom of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god

It is held in the twelfth lunar month (twelfth lunar month) to pray for the goodness and good luck of the kitchen god.

Shen Tu and Lei Yu have the custom of exorcism.

Zhang Heng's "Tokyo Fu" says: "Keep Lei Yu, Shen Tu as the deputy, and hold reeds." Chief Xue's note: "There are Er Shen, Shen Tu and Yuli in the East China Sea, which lead evil spirits to feed on reeds."

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