The first day of the first lunar month.

The first day of the first month is the Spring Festival. Nickname of Spring Festival:

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The first day of the first month, also known as the first day of the New Year, is the China Lunar New Year, commonly known as the Chinese New Year. This day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring and the first day of the first month, so it is called ternary; Because this day is still the year-old dynasty, the moon dynasty and the Japanese dynasty, it is also called the three dynasties; Because it is the first Shuori, it is also called Yuanshuo.

Since the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first day of the first month of the summer calendar (lunar calendar) has been the beginning of the year, and the festival date has been fixed, which has continued to this day. After the Revolution of 1911 (19 1 1), the Gregorian calendar was used to calculate the year, so it was called New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar 1, and the first day of the first lunar month was called the Spring Festival.

The morning of Taoist wax

In Taoism, there is a belief that there are five wax days, and the first day of the first month is the wax day in Taoism. Volume 37 of the Seven Signs of Cloud records that the first day of the first month is called Tianla, and the fifth day is called Dila. The word nature comes from this.

Taoism believes that the five wax days in a year are auspicious days, which are suitable for offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods to pray, and wax day is a celebration of offering sacrifices to the first day of the first month. This day is the day when the Five Emperors set limits for strangers, and various Taoist temples celebrated and held sacrificial activities. On this day, while paying homage to the ancestors of the gods, we should also reflect on our words and deeds, eliminate all evils and help each other in the same boat.

What are the customs of the first day of the first month?

Pay new year's call

In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly. New Year greetings usually begin at home. On the morning of the first day, after getting up, the younger generation should first pay a New Year call to their elders, wishing them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. After greeting the elders at home, you should also greet people with a smile when you go out to meet them, and exchange auspicious words such as congratulations on getting rich, good luck in the four seasons and happy New Year. Neighbors, relatives and friends will also visit each other, pay New Year greetings to each other or invite them to drink and entertain.

Open the door and set off firecrackers.

In the morning of the Spring Festival, firecrackers are set off first, which is called setting off firecrackers. After the firecrackers, the ground was covered with broken red, which can be called a house full. At this time, the streets were full of anger and joy.

Divination fortune

In the old society, the Han people started this year when the weather was fine a few days ago in Xinzheng. Its theory began in Dong Fangshuo's "Year", which means that eight days after the year, one day is chicken day, two days are dogs, three days are pigs, four days are sheep, five days are cows, six days are horses, seven days are people and eight days are valleys. If it is sunny, things that belong to it will breed, if it is cloudy, the days that belong to it will not last long. Later generations follow their habits and think that the weather is sunny from the first day to the tenth day, and there is no wind or snow for good luck. Later generations developed from the occupation era to a series of sacrifices and celebrations. There is a custom of not killing chickens on the first day, dogs on the second day, pigs on the third day and execution on the seventh day.

Tiehua chicken

Painting chickens In ancient China, chickens were painted on doors and windows to drive away ghosts and evil spirits. The book Xuan Zhong Ji in Jin Dynasty mentioned the pheasant on Dushuo Mountain mentioned above, saying that it crowed when the first ray of sunshine shone on this big tree just after rising. When it crows, chickens all over the world crow with it. Therefore, the chicken cut during the Spring Festival is actually a symbol of pheasant. However, in ancient mythology, there is also a saying that chickens are deformed birds. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Yao, friends on the other side paid tribute to a bird that could ward off evil spirits. Everyone welcomes the arrival of birds, but the messengers who pay tribute don't come every year, so people carve a wooden bird, cast it in bronze and put it on the door, or paint on the doors and windows to scare away monsters and make them afraid to come again.

Keep old on new year's eve

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. The earliest records can be found in the local chronicles of the Western Jin Dynasty: on New Year's Eve, all parties give gifts to each other, which is called giving gifts to the New Year; Wine and food invite each other, calling it another year; Young and old gather to drink and wish a complete blessing, which is called the age of; Everyone stays up all night, waiting for the dawn, which is called keeping the year.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the stove and chat, wait for the time to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and keep vigil all night, which symbolizes driving away all evil diseases and epidemics and expecting good luck in the new year. This custom gradually became popular. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, wrote a poem: Cold comes and summer goes, warm comes and spring comes. To this day, people are used to celebrating the New Year's Eve.