June 6 traditional festivals

Introduction: There are many traditional festivals in China, and the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is the time when traditional folk festivals come together. Let's find out what festivals are held on the sixth day of the sixth month!

The sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is known as Tian Kuang Festival, Turning Scripture Festival, and Auntie Festival in Chinese folklore. Tian Kuang means bestowal of gifts, and Tian Kuang Festival originated from Zhao Heng, the Song Zhenzong. On the sixth day of the sixth month of a certain year, he claimed that the heaven gave him the book of heaven, so he set this day as the Tian Kuang Festival, and he also built a grand Tian Kuang Hall in Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai. The sixth day of the sixth month is also a festival of Buddhist temples, which is called "Sutra-turning Festival". There are also many legends about June 6, "June 6, please aunt" is one of the most widely spread.

The traditional folk activities on this day mainly include going back to the mother's home, basking in the sun, and so on, and there is a folk custom that says: "June 6, please auntie".

The sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is known as Tian Kuang Festival, Turning the Scriptures Festival, and Auntie Festival in Chinese folklore. Similarly, this day is also the first day of the first day of ambush, is Xuzhou area more famous . The beginning of "Fushang Festival".

Tian Kuang means bestowal of gifts, and Tian Kuang Festival originated from Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng. On June 6 of a certain year, he claimed that the heaven gave him the book of heaven, so he set this day as the Tian Kuang Festival, and built a grand Tian Kuang Hall in Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai.

Although the folk activities of Tian Kuang Festival have been gradually forgotten, there are still remnants in some places. People in Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province, in the morning of this day, the whole family should congratulate each other and eat a kind of cake made of flour and sugar and oil, and there is a saying that "June 6, ate cake crumbs and long meat". It is believed that eating wheat flour and sugar and oil made of pasta, good for strengthening the body. There is a poem: "The morning market is two miles away from home, and I brought a basket to catch up with Danyunqiao. Today do not eat sesame porridge, lotus leaf wrapped in poria cake." This kind of pastry for people like, the reason is that it is fluffy, light mouth, sweet and light suitable, but also cheap and clean. However, today's confectionery market has been the world of cream cake, to find selling Poria cake store stall has been difficult to find.

In addition, the Chinese people also circulated "June 6, the family sun red and green" proverb. The "red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. The latter sentence of this proverb, but also for the "family tanning dragon robe", there is an explanation in Yangzhou, said Emperor Qianlong in Yangzhou on the way to the tour coincided with the downpour, wet coat, but not good enough to borrow the people's clothes to replace them, so we have to wait for the rain to pass and clear, will be the wet clothes and then wear the sun, which happens to be the sixth of June, and thus there is a "tanning Dragon robe" said. Jiangnan region, after the yellow plum days, hidden in the bottom of the box clothing easy on the mold, take out the sun. Legend has it that on this day the sun clothes do not moth, exposure books do not moth. This custom is found in more than 300 years ago, Ming Shen Der Fu "wild access to the editorial", the text cloud: "June 6, the House of Imperial History Sheng exposure Liesheng actual record and the Imperial collection, for the annual story." Shi Da Fu family and the civilian population is also in this day tanning clothes and miscellaneous goods, in order to prevent insect infestation.

June 6 is also a festival in Buddhist temples, called "turning the festival". Legend has it that the Tang Monk to the West to get the scriptures back, accidentally all the scriptures will be thrown into the sea, fishing up and drying, only to be preserved. Therefore, the temple collection of scripture is also in this day to check the exposure.

Fuyang Festival is in the season of the year into the ambush (June 6), that is, the beginning of the day of the beginning of the ambush began, lasted one month. According to the lunar calendar, "summer solstice" after the third g (a g nine days) day for the "first ambush", the fourth g for the middle ambush, the first g after the fall for the "three ambush", that is, "the last ambush". The first g day after the start of fall is the "third volt", or "last volt". In this month, people in Xuzhou concentrated in various hotels, restaurants and specialized lamb museums, barbecue stalls, eat lamb, drink lamb soup, so it is said to eat ambrosia sheep. 2008, China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Ambrosia Sheep Festival was awarded the title of "China's outstanding festival brand", was named "Xuzhou City Intangible Cultural Heritage"; 2009, China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Ambrosia Sheep Festival was awarded the title of "China's excellent festival brand", was named "Xuzhou City Intangible Cultural Heritage"; in 2009, the China Cuisine Association recognized Xuzhou as "China's hometown of goat cuisine", to determine the uniqueness and authority of Xuzhou goat festival in the country.

Legends about June 6

There are many legends about June 6, and "June 6, please aunt" is one of the most widely spread. On the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, each household in the countryside will be invited back to marry the young and old girls, and then sent back to a good reception, this custom is from the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States period on the rise.

Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the prime minister of the State of Jin, Fox Yan, high in pride, his children's in-laws, Zhao Fei was very disgusted with him, bluntly down on him, Fox Yan did not listen to the public in-laws to blame a number of Zhao Fei old body, soon died because of the gas, and the son hated his father-in-law is not benevolent, determined to avenge his father.

The next year, Jin summer food disaster, fox Yan out of the capital to put food, before leaving the family said, June 6 rush home for his birthday. Fox Yan's son-in-law learned of the news, decided to kill Fox Yan on June 6, hold father revenge.

Fox Yan's son-in-law told his wife about this decision, fox Yan's daughter learned of this news all day after the heartbeat, on the fifth day of June, quietly ran home to tell her mother the news. The fox Yan's son-in-law knows that things are exposed, every day on tenterhooks.

Early in the morning on the sixth day of the sixth month, fox Yan came to invite his son-in-law. To the Xiangfu, fox Yan invited his daughter, son-in-law sat on the seat, and then said to the crowd: "I put grain this year, personally see the suffering of the people, only to realize that they have been doing things wrong in recent years. Today, my son-in-law designed to kill me, although too vicious, but it did not work. He for the people to get rid of harm, for the father to avenge, I will never blame. My daughter saved my father's life and did her filial piety, so she should take a bow from me. I hope that my son-in-law look at my face, regardless of hatred, the two make peace!" A speech, said the guests were shocked and happy, daughter, son-in-law kowtow to thank you, the former hatred is all released.

From then on, fox Yan truly changed, in order to remember this lesson, fox Yan every year on June 6 to invite back to the daughter, son-in-law reunion, son-in-law than before more intimate. This matter is publicized out, the people all follow suit, also in June 6 to pick up their daughters, should be a disaster to solve the grudges, free of disaster to go to the auspicious. This is the first time in the history of the world that we have seen this event, and it has been passed down to the present day.

Shanghai's folk proverb is exaggerated and interesting: "June 6, the sun duck eggs cooked." The heat under the blazing sun is very visualized. In the early years, people used to sunbathe on this day, pay for the melon, in order to prevent moisture corrosion, people often use tung oil on this day to decorate the doors and windows and beams.

The northern people's proverb is: "June 6, see the valley show." Generally speaking, the crops grow well, the fall harvest how the abundance and failure, this time has been roughly can be determined.

In addition, there is a cat and dog bathing anecdote, called "June 6, cats and dogs with bath".