What is the tenth day of the first month

The tenth day of the first month is one of the traditional Chinese folk festivals known as the Stone Festival, the birthday of the Stone God. This day is not allowed to move the stone and grinding, grinding and other stone tools, the popular belief that otherwise it will hurt the crops. This day is also taboo to open up the mountain and stone and stone cover houses, and incense to the stone worship, lunchtime offerings of pancakes custom.

There are also popular in some places to lift the stone God's custom: the first nine nights, will be a jar frozen in a smooth stone, the first ten mornings by the ten girls or young men, take turns to carry the jar to run away. If the stone never falls to the ground, it signals a good harvest in the new year; if the stone falls to the ground, it signals a bad year. The first ten days of the first month is also known as the rat marriage day, commonly known as the ten fingers.