Legend of Spring Festival

The Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. However, in folklore, the Spring Festival traditionally refers to the period from the Lunar New Year Festival on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, or the Zaos Festival on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year, until the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year.

The Spring Festival is a day to get rid of the old and bring in the new. Although the Spring Festival is set on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the activities of the Spring Festival do not stop on the first day of the first month. From the end of the small year, people will begin to "busy year", all these activities, there is a **** the same theme, that is, "out with the old and in with the new".

Legends of the Spring Festival are:Legends of the wax festival, the "year" in addition to the "sunset" legend, witchcraft rituals legend, the "year" beast, Yu and Shun period of sacrifice to heaven, "Wo" word, "New Year's money", burning materials to keep the year, the legend of the mouse married daughter, the fight for flowers to rule the world legend, posting the word of blessing legend, etc. , I think in the Chinese New Year how much of the legend, the most noteworthy five , here with the Spring Festival.






? One of the legends of the Spring Festival: the fight for flowers to rule the world

In the folklore around Guanzhong, Shaanxi, there are legendary stories about the Spring Festival. Legend has it that in order to govern the earth, the Jade Emperor sent the Maitreya Buddha from the Heavenly Palace down to earth. This was known to Rulai Buddha, and he thought, "I'm the Lord of the Buddha, why don't you let me go? So, to find the Jade Emperor reasoning, the Jade Emperor heard, speechless, had to say: "discuss and then say it." The Jade Emperor has come up with a solution to the problem by taking the opportunity to discuss the matter.　

He invited Maitreya Buddha and Rulai Buddha, put two pots of flowers in front of the two Buddhas, said: "These two pots of flowers you two each service a pot, whose flower first bloom, who will go down to earth to manage the earth." Rulai Buddha's mind, thick ideas, know that the Jade Emperor must favor Maitreya Buddha, because he guessed that the Jade Emperor is afraid of the words hard to take back, only to service flowers as an excuse to do this matter. In front of these two pots of flowers, I'm afraid the Jade Emperor has secretly made arrangements, so also came up with a small plan. He took the opportunity of Maitreya Buddha's closing his eyes to give thanks, and quietly switched the two pots of flowers. The next day, Rudraksha's flowers bloomed, so Maitreya Buddha only managed one day on earth, which was the first day of the first month. Legend has it that Maitreya Buddha's heart was good, and on this day he let people eat well, wear good clothes and sleep well, and thus people were happy and exuberant on the first day of the first month of the new year.?　

Later, in order to honor Maitreya Buddha, people called this early spring, the time when the two Buddhas met, "Spring Festival". Some people say, because when the Buddha left a blind phenomenon because of the theft of flower pots, until now, there is still petty theft on earth.

? Spring Festival legend of the second: the seven Lang shot "Xi"?

A long time ago, there was a monster called "Xi", which specialized in harming people, especially like to eat beautiful girls. The people hated it to death, but there was nothing they could do about it. There was a hunter named Shichiro, who was very powerful and good at archery, and he also had a very powerful hunting dog. When Shichiro saw that the people were suffering from Yu, he wanted to get rid of it. He took his hunting dog with him and searched everywhere for Yu, but he couldn't find him.

On the night of the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, it only comes out to harm people, but during the week, no one can see it, and no one knows where it lives. Seven Lang looking for the "sunset" to find a year, and then came to the 30th day of the lunar month. When he came to a town, he saw that people were preparing for the New Year, and he thought, "This town is big and there are many girls, so maybe Xiu will come here, so I will wait for it here. He told the townspeople, "Yu is afraid of loud noises, so don't go to sleep at night, find something that makes a loud noise and put it near you, and if you find Yu, knock it as hard as you can, and then I'll go and get rid of Yu."

At night, Yu came, and it was discovered as soon as it entered a house. The family immediately knocked down the pots and pans, and when the family knocked down the pots and pans, the whole town knocked down the pots and pans. Yuki was so scared that he scurried around, only to be seen by Shichiro. The hound dog took a bite out of Yu's hind leg, and Shichiro took advantage of the situation to shoot the hound with his bow, killing it. From then on, people called the 30th day of the Lunar New Year "New Year's Eve". On this night, every family has to observe the New Year's Eve and set off firecrackers, so as to drive away the bad luck and welcome the happiness and auspiciousness.

? Legends of the Spring Festival III: "year" in addition to the "sunset" story

Legends that a long, long time ago, there is a kind of monster called "Xi", every year, the "Xi" is approaching the end of the year, the "Xi" is a monster, every year. The year is coming to an end, the "sunset" always want to come out to eat people, even the "nine days of the East Kitchen Secretary Taiyi Yuanhuang Dingfu Zaishen Tianzun", are to take the "sunset" can not be done, the word is very long name is! Who is it, this is the Jade Emperor sealed, is the people of the household enshrined in the "Zao Wang"!

This is called "Xi" monster at the end of the year will come out of the chaos, the scourge of the people, so the heaven sent down the supervisor, our head of the family Zao Wang Wang returned to the court of heaven, the court of heaven sent a called "year" of the beast. This beast was so powerful that he wielded red silk and put bamboo poles in the fire, which crackled and snapped and scared away the beast. The Yu Beast was finally destroyed!

And this day happens to be the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, not the last day of the waxing moon, the people in order to appreciate and commemorate the beast in this day to get rid of the beast of the sunset, the lunar calendar every year in December, that is, the last day of the waxing moon called "New Year's Eve", the first day of the New Year is called "New Year! The first day of the New Year was called "New Year's Eve". After the beast was eliminated, the people hope that every household has the red silk in the hands of the beast and the crackling bamboo, so the red silk and put in the fire in the crackling bamboo, slowly, gradually evolved into a family New Year's red couplets and firecrackers. It serves as a deterrent and wards off evil spirits!

? Legend of Chinese New Year No. 4: The Legend of the Ten Thousand Years' Creation of the Calendar?

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a young man named Wannian, who saw that the seasons were very chaotic at that time, and had the intention of trying to set the seasons right. One day, when he was tired of chopping wood on the mountain, he sat down to rest under the shade of a tree, and the movement of the shadow of the tree inspired him to design a sundial for measuring the sun's shadow and counting the time of the day, and to determine the time of the day. Later, the dripping spring on the cliff inspired him, and he made a five-tiered funnel pot to count the time. Over time, he realized that every 360 days or so, the seasons turned around and the length of the day was repeated.

On one occasion, Zu Yi went to learn about the progress of the Ten Thousand Years Test Calendar. When he ascended to the Altar of the Sun and the Moon, he saw a poem inscribed on the stone wall beside the Temple of Heaven: "The sun rises and the sun sets in three hundred and six days, and the cycle repeats itself from the beginning. Grass and trees wither and prosper in four seasons, and a year has twelve rounds." Knowing that Wannian's creation of the calendar had come to fruition, he personally ascended to the Sun and Moon Pavilion to visit Wannian. Wannian pointed to the sky and said to Zuyi, "It is now the twelve full months, the old year is over and the new spring begins again, so I pray that the king of the country will set a festival." Zu Yi said, "Spring is the first day of the year, let's call it Spring Festival". This is said to be the origin of the Spring Festival.

Winter to spring, year after year, Wannian after a long period of observation, careful projection, developed an accurate solar calendar, when he presented the solar calendar to the succeeding king, already full of silver beard. The king of the country was y touched, in order to commemorate the achievements of Wan Nian, the solar calendar named "Wan Nian Calendar", Wan Nian as the sun and moon life star. Later, people put up a picture of the star of longevity at New Year's Eve, which was said to be in honor of Wannian, who was a highly respected person. In his honor, the first day of the year must be "Nian".

? Chinese New Year Legend No. 5: The Legend of the New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve, commonly known as the "New Year's Eve". Why is it called "boiled year"? There is an interesting story circulating in the folklore: in the ancient times, there was a fierce beast, scattered in the mountains and dense forests, people called them "year". "Year" of the hideous appearance, ferocious nature, specializing in eating birds and beasts, scales and insects, a day to change a taste, from knocking on the head of the worm has been eating to the big living people, so that people talk about the "year" color change. Slowly, people have mastered the "year" of the law of activities, it turns out that every three hundred and sixty-five days to the crowd gathered in the place to taste a mouthful of food, out of time are in the dark, until the cock crows at dawn, it will return to the mountains and forests to go. Calculating the date of the "New Year's" ravages, men and women regarded this terrible night as a curse and called it "New Year's Eve", and came up with a set of "New Year's Eve" methods, and every night on this day, every family made dinner in advance. Families do dinner in advance, put out the fire net stove, and then all the chicken coop cattle pen tethered, and then the gate of the mansion sealed, hiding in the house to eat "New Year's Eve dinner"; because this dinner has the meaning of good fortune and uncertainty, so organized very sumptuous, in addition to the whole family to dine together to express the harmony and reunion, but also in the meal before the sacrifice to the ancestors to pray for the blessing of the ancestral spirits, the gods and goddesses, and to pray for the blessing of the ancestral spirits and goddesses. They also offer sacrifices to their ancestors before eating, praying that the spirits of their ancestors will bless them to spend the night in peace and security. After dinner, no one dares to sleep, sitting together and chatting.

The sky gradually darkened down, "the year" from the deep forest scurried out, touched the village, only to see the door of every house closed, in front of the door is still piled up sesame seed rods, the street to see a person's shadow. Turned half of the night of the "year" nothing, had to gnaw some sesame sticks to feed the hunger. And after some time, the cock crows dawn, these ferocious and stupid monster only to return. Survived the "New Year's Eve" people were overjoyed, thanks to the blessings of heaven and earth and ancestors, congratulate each other not to be "eaten by the year", they opened the door, set off firecrackers, with neighbors and friends to meet to say goodbye ... ... ..., people meet each other with hands in the air, congratulate each other, glad not to be eaten by the beast of the year. After years of this, nothing happened, and people let down their guard against the beast. One year, on the night of the 30th, the beast suddenly scurried to a village. A village of people were almost eaten up by the beast, only a family hanging red curtains, wearing red clothes, the newlyweds are safe and sound. There are a few children, in the yard lit a pile of bamboo in the play, the fire red, bamboo burning "pop" burst, the beast turned here, saw the fire scared to turn their heads and fled. Since then, people know that the beast is afraid of red, afraid of light, afraid of the sound, every year-end, every family will stick red paper, wear red robes, hanging red lights, banging gongs and drums, firecrackers, so that the beast will not dare to come back.

But in some places, the villagers did not know that the beast was afraid of red, and were often eaten by the beast. This matter was then spread to Ziwei in the sky, and he was determined to destroy the beast in order to save people. One year, when the beast came out, he used a fireball to knock it down, and then used a thick iron chain to lock it to a stone pillar. From then on, every New Year, people always burned incense and invited Zi Wei Xing to come down to the world to keep them safe. This phenomenon gradually became the custom of "celebrating the New Year" and "worshipping the New Year".

The Chinese New Year has many moving legends and stories, which are the crystallization of ancient wisdom, nourishing our hearts for thousands of years, and may allow us to make a link with our own inner ancient wisdom, and savor the joy of Wenxin's auspicious celebrations.