What is the People's Day Festival?

The Human Day Festival, also known as the Human Victory Festival and the Human Celebration Festival, is an ancient traditional Chinese festival. It falls on the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar and is the birthday of mankind.

In ancient Chinese mythology, when Nuwa first created the world, after making animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows and horses, she made man on the seventh day, and both man and animals have their own birthdays. The chicken's birthday is the first day of the first month, the dog's birthday is the second day of the first month, the pig's birthday is the third day of the first month, the sheep's birthday is the fourth day of the first month, and the ox's birthday.

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Festival customs

The Chinese folklore of the "People's Day Festival" varies from region to region, with some places eating noodles to take the meaning of a long and healthy life; others eating celery (industrious), garlic (cost-effective), green onions (smart), leeks (long-lasting), fish (surplus), meat (to take the meaning of abundance), and rice crackers (to take the meaning of reunion), and so on. "Seven Treasures Soup", borrowing the resonance or symbolism of the seven dishes, blessing the new year with plenty of food and clothing, family happiness.

Origin of the festival

People's Day originates from ancient Chinese creation myths and legends. The order in which the heavens created all things was as follows: chickens on the first day of the first month, dogs on the second day, pigs on the third day, sheep on the fourth day, oxen on the fifth day, horses on the sixth day, and human beings on the seventh day. "It was not until the seventh day of the first month that man was created. The seventh day of the first month, the 'Day of Man,' symbolizes the origin of mankind. Because the first six days represented the birthdays of the animals, they were all forgotten after a long time, but the seventh day was consciously preserved because it concerned man himself."