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Why is the seventh day called Human Day? What should be taboo on this day?

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, people had the custom of "men winning". Mansheng is a kind of headdress, also known as Cai Sheng and Huasheng. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers, cut the ribbon for people, or carved gold foil for people to hang a screen and wear it in their hair. In addition, there is the custom of climbing high and writing 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. Traditional festivals of Han nationality. On the seventh day of the first lunar month. [1] The ancients believed in the unity of heaven and man, taking the seventh day after the age of seven as the day. According to the gauntlet written by Han Dong Fang Shuo, the first day of the first month is a chicken, the second day is a dog, the third day is a pig, the fourth day is a sheep, the fifth day is a cow, the sixth day is a horse, the seventh day is a man, and the eighth day is a valley. After the Han and Wei Dynasties, People's Day gradually developed from a single divination activity to a festival including celebrations, sacrifices and other activities. In the Tang Dynasty, people still attached great importance to People's Day. In Gao Shi's poem "People send Toure to pick up the bones every day", there is a feeling that people will know each other this year and next year. It is proved that the People's Day in the Tang Dynasty is not only dedicated to praying for good luck and wishing peace, but also adds an atmosphere of missing relatives and friends. Today, there are also wanderers who went home years ago and can't go to other places until after Everyone's Day. On People's Day, we don't travel far, visit relatives and friends, and get together at home. People usually eat long noodles in the afternoon, which is also called soul-pulling noodles. In other words, during the Chinese New Year, people are everywhere and their hearts are wild. At the end of the day, it is time to prepare for spring ploughing. So eat noodles, find your heart, and prepare for spring ploughing. man-day