Origin and Customs of Filial Piety Day

There are four stories about the origin of the Festival of Filial Piety, one of which is to send the poor to the poor on this day, and the remaining three stories are all about the legend of Meilian saving his mother. In the filial piety festival this day, every family will cook "au jiu congee" worship ancestors or give to friends and relatives, has been married to the woman also want to send "au jiu congee" back to the mother's home to honor their parents.

The Festival of Filial Piety, also known as the Au Jiu Festival, is held on the 29th day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, and is a traditional folk festival in the Shiyi area of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.

The Legend of Meilian I. In ancient times, there was a man named Meilian, whose mother was more violent and evil, and was locked up in the netherworld after the death of another person. In order to send in the food not to be eaten by the guards, Meilian used water chestnuts, peanuts, jujubes, cinnamon, brown sugar, glutinous rice and so on, made into a black porridge to give to her.

Legend two and legend three are similar, are too tough to repair the evil of Meilian's mother in life, after death suffered a lot of suffering, Meilian in order to save his mother to set up a bon offerings to the ten monks in order to superdeath of the dead to help his mother get out of hell.