Cultural encyclopedia, a person's day

Ultra-unpopular ancient festival-Human Day

People's birthdays

People's Day, also known as "People's Day" and "People's Celebration", was called "People's Victory Day" in the Tang Dynasty. According to the folklore in China, Nu Wa made human beings from the first day of the first month to the sixth day of the first month, including chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows and horses, and on the seventh day. Therefore, the seventh day of the first month is the birth day of mankind, so it is called "People's Month Festival".

People's Day has a history of at least 2,000 years in China. As early as the Jin Dynasty, Dong Xun's "Asking about Etiquette and Custom" was about the record of People's Day. Although this festival has been gradually forgotten by people in modern times and not celebrated in many places, in ancient times, "Everyone's Day" was quite grand.

Holiday customs and habits

According to the chronicle of Jingchu's age, "the seventh day of the first month is a day." Take seven kinds of vegetables as one soup; Cut the ribbon for people, or carve a gold thin film for people to stick on the screen, and wear a head and sideburns; And make Watson inherit from each other; Climb high and write poems. " It means Chu state in Wei and Jin dynasties, and seven dishes of soup are served every day; Cutting people wins, flowers win; The custom of climbing high to write poems.

Qicaitang

As the name implies, it is soup made of seven kinds of vegetables. Now, some areas still keep this custom, calling it "Qibao Soup" or "Seven Soups".

Dai Sheng cut the ribbon.

Cutting people to win is the most important festival activity of People's Day. "Sheng" was originally a kind of jewelry worn by women, meaning "noble and elegant". The legendary Queen Mother of the West also wears this kind of jewelry. There are many kinds of wins, including some wins, Bao wins, Fang wins and Hua wins. In men's days, people win and flowers win. Some books are also called "Watson".

People win by cutting colored paper and gold foil into human shapes, and flowers win by cutting them into flower shapes. On People's Day, women will cut out all kinds of individuals and flowers to win, stick them on the screen, wear them on the temples of their hair, or give them to others. This custom has been spread to modern times, because it can not only show respect for others, but also beautify decoration.

Climb high and write poems.

Mountain climbing was not exclusive to the Double Ninth Festival in ancient times. The weather is sunny most of the time on Everyone's Day, which is very suitable for traveling. Therefore, it is also a day for ladies to travel and literati to climb mountains and write poems. Many poets write poems to describe their experiences on People's Day.

Youyunquan temple

Song Feng Shi Hang

People visit the temple every day, and the spring breeze can warm them.

Liuqiao leads to wild water, and Baijing hides heavy doors.

Where the spring sinus comes from, plum blossoms have other villages;

After finding an appointment easily, lie on the sofa.

In addition to these customs recorded in Jingchu Chronicle, there are also customs of practicing heaven and divination.

Searching for fields

Is to make pancakes outdoors, smoke the sky with fire and avoid the plague.

divine

In fact, the earliest person's day is to predict the fortune of a year. The ancients predicted this year's fortune in the first few days of the first month, and the seventh day was the day of fortune tellers. If the weather is fine this day, it is suitable for human beings to thrive. If it rains, it means disaster. (Tips, believe in science. Reject superstition).

This form of weather divination is also called "waiting".