Customs on the seventh day of the first month A brief introduction to the traditional customs on the seventh day of the first month.

1, eat noodles. In most places, there is also the custom of eating noodles on this day, which means that noodles are wrapped around the legs of years to show longevity. In addition, the 17th and 27th of the first month are also regarded as "personal days". The seventh, seventeenth and twenty-seventh days of the first month are the "days" for children, adults and the elderly respectively. Whoever wants to live a life will eat noodles.

2. Send Vulcans. In some places in Shandong, there is a custom of sending torches. Torches tied with crop straws are lit in front of their houses and sent outside the village, which means to drive away the fire and pray for a safe and fire-free new year.

3. People's Day. The seventh day of the first lunar month, as a small festival in the Spring Festival, is said to be the birthday of mankind, also known as "People's Victory Day", "People's Celebration Day", "Population Day" and "People's Seventh Day". According to China folklore, Nu Wa created everything in the world at the beginning of creation. On the first day, she made chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses and people. On the seventh day, she made man, so this day is the birthday of mankind.