Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - The first nine days of the first month of the year "to worship the God of Heaven", keep in mind to do 2 things avoid 4 things, respect the old traditions, pray for health and peace!

The first nine days of the first month of the year "to worship the God of Heaven", keep in mind to do 2 things avoid 4 things, respect the old traditions, pray for health and peace!

The first nine days of the first month of the new year, "Tien Kung Sang", is one of the traditional lunar festivals.

The "Duke of Heaven" refers to the Jade Emperor, "birth" has the meaning of the birthday, in folklore, the first nine days of the first month of the Jade Emperor's birthday, commonly known as the "Jade Emperor will".

Rumor has it that all the gods and goddesses, on the ninth day of the first month, will celebrate with the Jade Emperor.

In folklore, on the ninth day of the first month, people will also pray for the blessing of the God of Heaven, as well as for the safety and health of their family members, and for the success of the new year, which is the best wish of the people.

The first nine days of the first month of the Jade Emperor's birthday, there are some customs, there are some taboos, the content of this article, I have to say "do 2 things, avoid 4 things", interested friends to keep in mind, and pray for a new year, happy and long-lasting, healthy and safe, everything as you wish! Specifically what? After reading, there is an answer.

First of all, do 2 things

The first thing: worship heaven

To the author's East Henan region, the first nine days of the first month of the day, in the morning, we have to worship, put some tributes, light an incense burner, say some words of blessing.

And the placement of the tribute also has certain instructions, such as five fruits (citrus, orange, apple, banana, sugar cane), five animals (chicken, duck, fish, eggs, pork), six fasting (golden needles, fungus, mushrooms, cabbage, aster beans, green beans).

Of course, the above tributes are not fixed, depending on what is available in the house to place what is best if the above tributes are available.

The second thing: to do difficult things

Folklore says "seven out, eight do not return, on the nine things a whole lot", there are some difficult things, embarrassed about things, scruples, can be in the first nine days of the first month of the day to deal with.

"Seven out of the" meaning, many people think that the seventh day of the first month can not go out, or can not go out to do things, but in fact, "seven out of the" refers to the wood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, the home of these seven things can be arranged to go out.

The meaning of "eight not return", many people think that the first eight days of the first month, can not go home from abroad.

In fact, the "eight do not return" refers to filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, faith, etiquette, righteousness, integrity, shame, these eight points can not be contrary to the violation of one of them, will not be able to face the family, can not return home.

"On the ninth day to do a lot of work" refers to the first nine days of the first month of the day, you can go to do business, some difficult to do things, put this day to do, there will be unexpected results.

According to folklore, this day, all the gods and goddesses have gone to the Jade Emperor's birthday, there are no scruples, coupled with the Jade Emperor is happy, others dare not dare to make things difficult, things are easy to do.

So, there is the first nine days of the first month to do difficult things said.

Again, the taboo 4 things

The first thing: the wash water can not be poured on the ground

The first nine days of the first month of the day, wash your face in the morning when the wash water should not be poured directly, if poured on the ground, there will be a dirty face of the Duke of Heaven said.

This day is the birthday of the Duke of Heaven, the "face" dirty, there is a symbol of disrespect.

Therefore, the wash water can be poured into a bucket or other container, and then dumped out on the tenth day of the month.

However, the water can be poured into a toilet that is not open to the elements, such as a toilet inside a house, or a toilet in town, etc., which is not open to the elements and does not have that taboo.

The second thing: not open defecation

In the first nine days of the first month of the month, the wash water can not be poured anywhere, let alone open defecation in the open air, more will be dirty "face", the taboo will be more serious.

Particularly for small children, if the open defecation in the first nine days, may affect the healthy growth.

Therefore, many parents will pay special attention to this when they go out to take their children to play.

Similar to the first point, if it is an indoor toilet, or a place that is not open air, there is no such taboo.

The third thing: women's clothes should not be hung out to dry

On the ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, women's clothes, especially intimate apparel, should not be hung out to dry, but should be hung out to dry indoors.

As for the reason, according to folklore, will be yin and yang collision, the sky is not favorable.

And as this day is the birth anniversary of the God of Heaven, the requirements in this regard will be even stricter.

Therefore, in order to figure out an auspicious day, people in the first nine days, it is not good to dry women's clothes outside for good luck.

The fourth thing: farmers can not pick manure to Shi land

Many areas after the Spring Festival, the temperature has warmed up, some farmers will go to the field of crops for fertilizer, some people apply chemical fertilizer, some people apply farmyard manure.

And in the first nine days of the first month of the day, do not go to the crops after the application of farmyard fertilizer.

The reason for this is that after the fertilizer is applied to the ground, the symbolism will pollute the gods and have the symbolism of disrespect.

In the olden days, there was no chemical fertilizer for planting the land, and the nutrients needed to replenish the growth of crops relied on farmyard manure.

The intention was good for the farmers, who wanted to make the crops in their fields grow better.

However, it is important to avoid the ninth day of the first month of the lunar year to pray for good weather and a good harvest of crops.

The above is the first nine days of the first month of the day "do 2 things to avoid 4 things" related content, in the old days of society, many people will keep in mind, to pray for the family's safety and health, all things go well.

And in today's society, many friends will feel that these contents are not credible, no scientific basis, listen to the line, do not have to be too memorized and abide by.

And to put it another way, the old traditions that have been passed down from time immemorial, and which people have been observing, although not linked to science, are a kind of trust.

The first nine days of the first month of the year, "Tian Gong Sheng", do you have anything to say?