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Why do we eat noodles on the first day of the lunar month and dumplings on the fifteenth day of the lunar month?

The first is the chicken, the second is the duck, the third is the cat, the fourth is the dog, the fifth is the pig, the sixth is the sheep, the seventh is the human, the eighth is the horse, the ninth is the fruit, and the tenth is the vegetable.

There are the following sayings about this sentence: 1. This order is the order in which Nuwa created things.

The six animals were created first, then humans were created, and then things were created.

2. Represents the days from the first to the tenth day of the lunar month: chicken on the first day of the lunar month, duck on the second day of the lunar month, cat on the third day of the lunar month, dog on the fourth day of the lunar month, pig on the fifth day of the lunar month, sheep on the sixth day of the lunar month... 3. Chicken, duck, cat, dog, pig, sheep,

It takes several months for people... to be born.

There are also some other traditional sayings related to folklore.

: In Chinese folklore, the protagonists of the story generally have names, some of which are well-known figures in history, the events occurred at specific times and places, and some involve major national events; and the results of the characters' activities or the development of the events

It is also often associated with certain historical, geographical phenomena and social customs, so it often gives people the illusion that it is real history.

But there is an essential difference between folklore and history in the strict sense.

Chinese folk oral narrative literature.

It consists of stories related to historical events, historical figures and local customs. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people and the essence of local folk culture.

Legends are neither biographies of real people nor records of historical events (which may contain some elements of real history), but artistic creations of the people.

Many legends summarize a relatively wide range of social life content through art and rely on a certain historical figure, event, or a certain natural object or man-made object to achieve the organic integration of historical factors and historical methods with literary creation, making it an art

history, or historicized art.