Are there any taboos on Xiaoman's day? Can't Xiaoman's second day be decorated in 2020?

Are there any taboos on Xiaoman Festival?

In the folk, it is forbidden to regard Xiaoman Day as Jiazi Day or Chen Geng Day.

It is believed that if Xiaoman meets Jiazi or Chen Geng, the autumn harvest will be plagued by locusts, leading to poor harvest.

Therefore, it is recorded in the Old Yellow Calendar that Chen Geng, the son of Xiaoman Jiazi, said that bees and insects must damage rice. When the solar term is full, the temperature rises, the rainfall increases, and the humidity increases, which is called dampness evil in Chinese medicine, which is very harmful to people's health.

At this time, the human body consumes more essence and physical strength due to summer labor, and it especially needs nutritional supplements. Can't Xiaoman's second day be decorated in 2020?

Lunar calendar: April 29th, 2020.

Gregorian calendar: Thursday, May 2, 20201Sunday, Gemini.

Today is an appropriate day: I married my husband's wife and daughter-in-law, sacrificed and prayed for her successor, lifted the construction of the earth, collected money, planted pillars on beams, traveled, opened markets, set up vouchers, sought wealth, fished and got a safe bed.

Today's taboos: separation, storage, livestock migration, cooking, burial, boating and logging.

Based on the above, it can be seen that the second day of Xiaoman in 2020 is suitable for decoration, because the decoration on this day coincides with the Gregorian calendar year!

Xiaoman custom sacrifices to the car god:

Sacrificing the car god is an ancient small custom in some rural areas.

In related legends, the Water Car God is a white dragon. People put fish, incense sticks and other items on the waterwheel for worship. The most interesting thing is that there will be a glass of white water in the sacrifice, which will be poured into the field during the sacrifice, meaning to bless the lush water source.

In Xiaoman season, there is a folk custom of offering sacrifices to waterwheels, oil trucks and silk carts.

People's farming and life are inseparable from these three cars, so in order to pray for good weather and prosperity, people will sacrifice three cars on Xiaoman.

Legend has it that the god of the waterwheel is the white dragon, and farmers put fish and incense sticks on the base of the waterwheel to worship it. What is special is that there is a cup of white water in the sacrifice, which is poured into the field during the sacrifice, which means wishing the water source flourish.

The above old customs show that farmers attach importance to water conservancy irrigation and drainage.