When is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month?

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is the day to receive the Jade Emperor.

According to the old custom, the Jade Emperor himself went down to the underworld on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to investigate the good and evil in the world and decide the fortune for the coming year. Therefore, every family moved pictures to offer blessings, calling for the Jade Emperor. On this day, people should be cautious in daily life and speech, strive for good performance, win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bring good luck for the coming year.

Jiangnan people also call the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month "burning field silkworms", "lighting field silkworms" and "burning field wealth". People stand in the fields with torches tied to long poles, and use flames to herald the new year, and the vigorous flames herald the bumper harvest in the coming year. But in some places, this activity will not be held until the age of 30.

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is a religious festival for Mongolians and Daur people. Mongolian is called Minggan Zhuola, which means Thousand Lantern Festival. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Gandhara went to the temple to light a lamp, thinking that the more points, the more auspicious. This festival custom is the most popular among Mongolians in Vilat, Xinjiang. On this day, local people eat roast beef and mutton and hold traditional sports and entertainment activities.

The custom of twelfth lunar month

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called Laba, or Laba Festival, and the most famous one is to drink Laba porridge.

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also called off-year, is the day when people offer sacrifices to stoves. There is a folk custom, men don't Yue Bai, women don't offer sacrifices to stoves, so the owner of offering sacrifices to stoves is limited to men. Among the folk gods in China, the qualification of Kitchen God has a long history. Kitchen God, in the Xia Dynasty, has become a respected god. Starting from the Zhou Dynasty, the imperial palace also included sacrificial stoves in sacrificial ceremonies, and established rules for sacrificial stoves throughout the country, which became a fixed ceremony.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, cleaning the dust on the roof, every household moved the kitchen chopping board, pickle jar, cupboards and cabinets to the courtyard dam and washed them on the ground.