Which traditional Chinese festivals have taboos?

In fact, the Han Chinese traditional festivals taboo too many things around the customs of different taboo things are different!

The first day of the first month of the first month of the Spring Festival is the beginning of the New Year, the first day of the first month of the first day of the New Year, so there are a lot of taboos. Eat a New Year's dinner taboo fish, fish taboo all eat all, is in order to discuss a "yearly surplus (fish)" of good luck, eat bones of food taboo said "bones", to say "face Xilun". Can not say: "I do not eat." This day is taboo to move the knife, axe, scissors and other artifacts, taboo picking water, work on the ground, taboo borrowing fire, taboo debt collection, taboo shopping, taboo sewing, taboo killing, taboo crying, taboo saying all the inauspicious words, where the "broken", "bad", "dead", "light", "ghosts", "lose", "poor", "finish", "had", "back", "disease" and other words are to be avoided, in addition to the taboo sweeping, sweeping can not be the ground Garbage dumped, that will sweep away the wealth. Jealous of the bench on the ground, because the death of a person is the pivot in the two benches, the funeral lift the coffin, kicked down the bench before starting. Generally speaking, children have no taboos, some places in the morning of the first day of parents to wipe a clean straw mooching children's mouths, meaning mooching children's buttocks, even if you say the bad words, but also when it is "farting", is not a taboo. In short, the first month, especially the first day of the ban on all things considered unlucky.

The first seven days of the first month of the first month of the first year, the first seven days should pay particular attention. Therefore, the folk especially valued and taboo these days. Ancient people to the first month for the chicken, February for the dog, March for the pig, April for the sheep, May for the cow, June for the horse, July for people. Therefore, the first month does not kill chickens, February does not kill dogs, March does not kill pigs, April does not kill sheep, May does not kill cattle, June does not kill horses, July does not torture. This taboo still remains today.

The sixteenth of the first month to avoid opening the warehouse In the old days, some areas of Hebei to the sixteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar for the "wear and tear day", this day to avoid opening the warehouse, or else it means that the warehouse in the storehouse wear and tear, the owner of a year will be starving.

The first day of the month, fifteen taboo first day of January, fifteen for the beginning of the second half of the month, people value and more taboo, but the taboo month and matters, different regions, different ethnic groups are not the same. Yi ban five, seven, the first day of September, fifteen, usually avoid quarrels with people, killing, traveling. Jiangxi Miao people avoid picking dung. Yugu people avoid selling livestock. Liangshan Yi people avoid meeting guests. If the taboo is violated, it means an inauspicious start and things will not go well during the month.

Evil month taboo folk double May for the "evil month", also known as "poison month", "evil month", that this month ghosts especially more, so many taboos. Ancient people this month, avoid the sun quilt, cover the house. But some areas of the "evil month" and have different provisions. Such as some places will be June for the evil month, this month must be in the land temple to do the "peace play"; daily one to the evening by many actors dressed up as a demon king and the terrible appearance of the little ghosts, queuing up along the village of the sound of the gold flag parade, commonly known as the call of the funeral, that this is a call to the general small ghosts come to see the play in order to protect the peace of the village. Women and children insert peach technology or peach leaves, to avoid evil spirits. Ancient books and records: May, January, September together known as "good month", because when the Tang Emperor edict the world that every year, the first five, September, no execution, the Palace of private are prohibited massacre. Later people do not know the reason, thought these months for the evil month, so there is a taboo said.

New Year's Eve taboo lunar calendar to December 30 for New Year's Eve. Folk believe that this day is the day of the descent of the gods, fairies and monsters from the upper world. Therefore, this day should be prohibited, honor the ghosts and gods, and many taboos. Such as taboos say ghosts, death, kill and other unlucky words, taboo broken dishes, taboo bad voice cursing and talking, taboo urination and defecation and splashing sewage, taboo will be wine, lamps, oil on the ground and so on. If the child is prohibited, parents should immediately to "children have no fear", "the more fight (refers to broken dishes) the more hair", "children's words" to remedy. This custom in the Han and some minority areas are popular, there are still residual.

Autumn Taboo In the old days, the Han Chinese region considered the Autumn Festival, so there are many taboos. This day, the farm family taboo family walking in the fields, otherwise thought the fall harvest will be bad. Literate people write on red paper, "today's autumn, all diseases are off", pasted on the wall, to avoid evil spirits.

Cold Food Festival taboo Qingming one or two days before the "Cold Food Festival", this day is prohibited fireworks.

Ghost Festival taboo July 14 of the lunar calendar for the "Ghost Festival", this day is not to go out at night, so as not to startle, shock the ghosts and gods and suffer.

Mid-Autumn Festival taboo August Mid-Autumn Festival rainy day, it is believed that the coming year is not good.

September Festival taboo September Festival some places taboo married less than three years of the daughter back to her mother's home, folklore, "home over the sun, death of her mother-in-law," the saying.

The winter solstice taboo daughters do bride, three days after the mother's home must return, called "back to the door", but in the winter solstice festival must not spend the night in the mother's home. To the winter solstice festival, no matter how long married, can not spend the night in the mother's home, otherwise it is believed that will kill their husbands family members. As the saying goes, "the maiden house to live a winter, the husband's family to a public". This taboo was popular in the old days in Zhejiang and other places, there is still a legacy.

January, May, September taboo moving house in Zhejiang area old taboos. According to ancient records: Tang Gaozu edict the world, the first month of each year, May, September execution, the government and private are not allowed to slaughter, so these months to "good month" of the name. Later generations did not know this reason, thought these months for the "evil month", moving house is not auspicious.

February, August does not make the stove in Zhejiang area old taboo. Thought that these two months to build the stove is not auspicious.

The following collection of some ethnic minority customs, taboos, and hope that the donkey is about to take a long line of some help.

(A) Tibetan

The Tibetan people are distributed on the Tibetan Plateau, which is about 1/4 of the total area of the country, and mainly live in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The Tibetans have a livestock economy. Tibetan solar radiation, so agriculture is also very developed. Tibet is also a rich medicinal material resource area, the famous Cordyceps, snow lotus, Panax ginseng, etc. are produced here.

Tsampa and ghee tea is essential food for Tibetans. Tibetans eat meat, non-tea is not consumed; barley heat, non-tea is not solved. Therefore, the Tibetans "would rather have a day without food, not a day without tea". The pastoral area of Tibetans to meat and dairy products (milk cake, milk, milk, milk powder) is the main; urban Tibetans love to eat rice and white flour, fried all kinds of vegetables. Tibetans love to eat spicy food, but also like to eat air-dried beef, mutton.

The main festivals in Tibet are Xuedong Festival, Wang Guo Festival.

Sedon Festival, also known as the "Tibetan Opera Festival", held annually on the first day of the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar. Initially is the day of the opening of the Buddhist ban, is the secular people to the lama for yogurt and lamas to play the day of the indulgence. Qing Dynasty, began to perform Tibetan opera, and became a fixed festival. During the festival, Tibetan opera troupes from all over the world gathered in Lhasa, first in the Drepung Monastery, and then to the Lopblingka, taking turns to perform Tibetan opera. At that time, Tibetans dressed in costume in Lhasa while watching the opera, while drinking tea. Young people sing and dance, middle-aged and old people set up stalls, soliciting business. People also want each other string curtain as a guest, host and guest together toast and sing, until the evening party scattered.

Wangguo Festival is the Tibetan people wishing for a good harvest festival. On the eve of the fall harvest every year, choose an auspicious day to carry out. At that time, the Tibetans dressed in full costume, playing colorful flag, the hand of wheat, to the village as a unit around the village parade in circles, meaning "harvest gas", pray for a good year. At the same time, also held horse racing, archery, singing Tibetan opera and other recreational activities.

Tibetan statues, scriptures, bells and drums, the living Buddha's body, rosary beads, etc. are regarded as sacred, avoid others to touch; turn the scripture tube, turn the temple, knocking factory head according to the direction of the clockwise needle. Do dairy products on the utensils prohibited to put something else. Pick up the calf season non-relatives can not enter the tent. Tethering livestock to avoid urinating and defecating. It is forbidden to eat the meat of dogs, donkeys, horses, animals with sharp beaks, animals with claws, and aquatic animals. It is forbidden to step on the stove with one's feet, to burn unclean things when lighting a fire, or to throw bones into the fire. It is taboo to treat guests with broken utensils, and men and women who are unfamiliar with each other are not allowed to rub tsampa and eat tsampa in a bowl, and bowls and tea utensils are not allowed to be snapped into place. It is taboo to talk about their marriage in front of the parties. Men and women into the room after the male sitting on the left, the female right, avoid sitting mixed. It is taboo to whistle and slap at home. Avoid taking brooms from each other's hands, and avoid sweeping the floor immediately after a loved one leaves the house. When there is a sick person or a woman in labor at home, it is forbidden to have guests visit. Abstain from people overly praising their children.

(B) Yi

Yi is one of China's long history and ancient culture. They are mainly found in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and the northwestern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The staple food of the Yi is corn, followed by buckwheat, rice, potatoes, wheat, and oats. The staple food of the Yi is corn, followed by buckwheat, rice, potatoes, wheat, and oats. Meat, cattle, pigs, sheep, chicken, etc., like to cut into large pieces of cooking, known as "steely meat". The size of the Liangshan Mountains and most people avoid eating dog meat, do not eat horse meat and snakes and frogs and other meat. Yi people like to eat sour, spicy food, alcohol, wine hospitality rituals. Wine is indispensable for the settlement of all kinds of disputes, making friends, and weddings and funerals.

The Yi people have the custom of bride kidnapping. Before the wedding, the man about some companions, all night long in front of the female house pulling the erhu, to be the female family to relax their vigilance, they swarmed into the girl snatched, even if into a marriage.

The Torch Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Yi people. It is usually held on the 24th and 25th day of the 6th lunar month. On this day, people gather in the village square, tree a trunk of more than ten meters, around the pile of pine branches, dry wood, forming a pagoda shape. At night with the sound of the gong, people with the autonomy of the pine torch rushed to the square to light a fire, a time, the fire in the sky, golden sparks flashing everywhere, dressed in festive costumes of men and women will be surrounded by fire, singing and dancing, singing to their heart's content. After the singing, people roam around the village in pairs holding torches to ward off calamities and bring good fortune. During the day, they kill pigs and slaughter sheep, drink wine and celebrate, and engage in horse racing, bullfighting, wrestling, archery, tug-of-war and other folk entertainment activities.

The Yi hate to be called "old Yi compatriots" and "knockers", which they consider a great insult. To the Yi people's home as a guest, avoid sitting below and left of the fire, avoid using the foot on the fire, more forbidden to jump over the fire. The Yi people give you something you must eat, otherwise they think you look down on them, but you must not take away the food that the Yi people give you to eat, otherwise they think you are not righteous. The Yi people have the habit of honoring the "sacred tree", which is strictly forbidden to be cut down. It is forbidden to cut down the trees. It is forbidden for outsiders to watch the rituals. Avoid the presence of outsiders when slaughtering livestock. Avoid outsiders riding into the village. You must dismount from your horse in front of the village gate.

(C) The Bai People

The Bai people are mainly found in Yunnan Province, with more than 80% of them living in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan.

The Bai eat rice or wheat as their staple food, with corn, buckwheat, potatoes and beans in the mountainous areas. There are fresh fruits and vegetables in all seasons. Meat to pork-based, four seasons of fresh fish for people to eat. Like to eat sour and spicy food. Good cured ham, bacon, sausage, bowfish, snail sauce and other delicious food, like glutinous rice sweet wine. Some places also make candied fruit, carved plums and Cangshan snow stewed sweet plums. Bai people also like to roast tea.

"Around the mountain forest" is a traditional event of the Bai people in Yunnan. "Shanlin" is also known as the Three Spirits, that is, Chongsheng Temple, Shengyuan Temple, Jingui Temple, around the three Spirits refers to the string of three Buddhist temples. Every year in the lunar calendar April 23 to 25, the white people to the village as a unit negative, began to go around the mountain forest. Walking in the forefront is generally two singers, followed by blowing leaves, playing the three strings of the octagonal drum and playing the masses of the whip. They sing and dance all the way. After nightfall, a campfire dinner is held on the campsite. Afterward, a bonfire party is held around the bonfire, while young men and women have a rendezvous in a secluded place .

The Bai people are not allowed to go out on the 15th day of the 7th month of the summer calendar when they pick up and drop off the spirits of their ancestors; on the night of the Torch Festival, fathers-in-law are not allowed to pick up their son-in-laws to come to their homes for the festival.

(4) Miao People

The Miao people are mainly found in the Miaoling Mountains and the Wuling Mountains. Guizhou has the largest Miao population.

The diet of the Miao is different in the earth mountainous areas and the rocky areas. Miao people in the earth mountainous areas to rice as the main food, millet, corn as a supplement; stone mountainous areas of Miao people to corn as the main food, millet, buckwheat, potatoes, rice as a supplement. Young and old drink wine, like sour and spicy flavor. The meals for guests are usually chicken, bacon, pickled fish, pickled tofu, carp, glutinous rice, and so on. During festivals, they will pound glutinous rice and steam glutinous rice.

The main Miao festival is the "Lusheng Festival". It is held from 16th to 20th of the lunar calendar every year. At that time, girls and boys dressed in charming costumes and wearing printed jewelry flock to the sheng hall from all directions. The scene of sheng blowing and moon jumping is suddenly dramatic. The young Chan take this opportunity to show off their skills, while the older generation guides or accompanies them. The girls take the opportunity to take out their new belts of love and tie them to the reed sheng of their favorite person, sowing the seeds of love. During the festival, bullfighting, horse racing, cultural performances, ball games and other activities are also held.

Miao taboos: taboo on eating beef, mutton, dog meat on the stove, taboo on cooking snake meat at home; taboo on laughing and joking in a dangerous environment; taboo on the knife pointing upwards, taboo on pointing the murder weapon at people. -Death of parents or people in the same village, avoid eating chili peppers in January; avoid whistling at night or at home.

The New Year's folk "ten taboos"

"Children look forward to the New Year, adults look forward to inserting the field", "New Year's Eve is the money," the children know how the adults live the hard life. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on your own. Childhood memories, the New Year is always good, there are more things to eat than usual, more people to play together, the mood of the adults is relatively good, more tolerant than usual. At the same time, there are a lot of things you are not allowed to do to stay in the memory, now called "taboo".

One is not allowed to say unlucky words. Where "broken", "dead", "light", "ghost", "kill ", "sick", "pain", "lose", "poor" and other inauspicious It is forbidden to say such unlucky words as "kill", "sick", "pain", "lose", "poor" and so on. Even the New Year's Eve "sleep" (harmonized as "sleep cellar", not good), have to say "digging cellar" at the same time reciting the words "digging gold ", "digging silver" to make a dream of wealth.

Two children are not allowed to cry, because crying is "no color", more bad things, signs of disease, disaster. So New Year's Eve, even if the child got into trouble, but also can not hit him or scold him, so as to avoid him crying endlessly. So we often use this opportunity to do something unseemly, or make demands that we would not normally dare to make.

Third, you can not break the end of the cups, plates, bowls, dishes, accidentally broken, if the child accidentally break the dishes, to say "years and years (broken) peace" or "landing blossoms" and other auspicious words. Sometimes even use red paper wrapped in fragments, after the New Year thrown into the river, chanting "broken porcelain, a lot of money and silver".

The fourth is the son-in-law can not be on the first day of the New Year to the in-laws. Married daughter if the first day of the first month to return home, will make the family poor, so to the second to return to her mother's home. As a daughter-in-law early in the morning with her husband and son-in-law, children, "return home", most often to prepare some gifts. Daughters bring back the grandson, the grandson by the family gift of chicken legs, or red velvet rope tied with ancient money, hanging on the neck of the grandson, these customs have now been replaced by red envelopes.

Fifth, before the third day of the year do not sweep the floor, dumping garbage will be wealth are swept out "sweeping the floor out of the door" is very unlucky. Therefore, until the third day of the year, or to the fifth day, the garbage will be cleaned up, to the countryside to burn, known as "send the poor", it is said that this can be poor to the rich. The firecracker confetti on the 30th night of the year can not be swept away.

Sixth is the day of the rice tank can not be empty, so as not to have a year out of cooking. This is called "gathering wealth". New Year's Eve, the size of the water tank can not be empty, filled, the countryside also held a ceremony to seal the well. That is, with a large dustpan to cover the surface of the well, and then worship the god of the well. The first day can not open the dustpan, because people often regard water as wealth water, a dustpan open water, does not mean that wealth outflow?

Seven is not allowed to take medicine on New Year's Day. Otherwise, it is thought to lead to a year from the beginning to the end of the disease, medicine constantly. Whatever the ailment, are not allowed to call a doctor.

Eight is the New Year's Eve can not pour oil, that is very unlucky thing, light the oil, frying oil, adults have to be careful to wait for the fear of children messing around, splashing the oil, equal to the "down stove", the next year to bad luck.

Nine is the night of New Year's Eve, can not hear the cat, the folk saying "cat to filial piety home, the dog to the rich family". It is thought that the night owls like to go all night wake filial piety family to get together, but the dog likes to go to the rich family to chew bones.

Ten is the day of the debtor is not allowed to door to door debt collection, because people believe that the day of debt collection on both sides of the borrower and lender are unlucky. Also taboo from other people's pockets, people believe that the first day of the first month of the pocket to let people pull out, may lead to a year are "empty" danger