Pay attention to the tenth day of the first month?

Pay attention to birthdays with stones, hang lanterns, congratulate mice on marrying women, drink lanterns, bake "lion fire" and eat oat noodles.

1, stone birthday:

On the 10th day of the first lunar month, one of the traditional folk festivals in China is called Stone Festival, which is the birthday of the stone god. It is called "Stone Mill Day", "Ten-Child Day" and "Stone Immortality". On this day, it is not allowed to move stones and stone tools such as grinding, grinding and mortar, otherwise common beliefs will hurt crops. On this day, it is also forbidden to build houses with stones, and there is a custom of burning incense and offering pancakes to stones at noon.

2. Hang lanterns:

The lanterns hung on the tenth day are called "sky lanterns". The name "Tiandingdeng" comes from the similarity between "Deng" and "Ding" in Cantonese pronunciation, and "Tianding" means "Tianding". In the past, in Zhu village, if a baby boy was born in the village, the whole family had to hang lanterns on the altar of the country until the tenth day of the first month.

Concerned elders will also write the names of new people on lanterns. At that time, this practice was a major event that affected several generations. The elders in the village who record the genealogy will record the names of the newcomers and count them as birthright in the clan from now on.

On the night of the ninth day of the first lunar month, families with new men in the village will prepare lanterns in advance, and after twelve o'clock, they will scramble to hang lanterns. In customs and traditions, it is indeed something to be proud of to hang "headlights" at 0: 00 on the tenth day of the month and light "head incense". Therefore, although it is the tenth day of the lunar calendar, by dawn, lanterns have already been hung on the altar of the country.

3. Congratulations to the mouse for marrying a woman:

Rats and humans have a long history, especially in the era when humans are not full of food, fighting with rats to find food. On this day, it is said that the mouse is going to marry a girl. In order not to disturb the mice, the adults whispered and avoided burning lights and staying up late. Adults put the children to bed early. Children don't understand, they often believe it, and they don't sleep. They should see clearly. Adults are afraid that if you disturb "Rat God" for one day, it will disturb you for one year.

4. Eat noodles:

The flour processed by naked oats is very sticky. In some areas of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Hebei, on the tenth day of the first month, there is a traditional custom of mice getting married and eating oat noodles. The custom of kneading oat flour into "small bowls" and steaming it. Because this day is also called "mouse wedding day", it is said that eating oatmeal is to please mice and pray for good luck in the new year.