Why is the seventh day of the first month "Man-Moon Festival"?

According to legend, there was no life on the ancient earth. Nu Wa first created a creature every day for seven days. Chickens, dogs, tapirs (pigs), sheep, cows and horses were born six days ago, and people did not appear until the seventh day. According to reports, the folk activities of "People's Day" appeared in the divination life of the ancients earlier, but since the Han and Wei Dynasties, it has no longer been limited to divination of good and bad luck, but has been continuously extended to many fields involving sacrifices, celebrations, culture, costumes, outings, diets and so on.

According to the National Day, there was a custom of "People's Day" in Liang Zonggu of the Southern Dynasties in the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties: "Seven days are people's days, seven kinds of dishes are Taiwan, ribbon-cutting is people, or gold foil is people, screen and temple."

This means that people eat seven kinds of vegetables on the seventh day of the seventh year. "Tang" and "Geng" are homophonic, meaning renewal, and have a beautiful symbol of seeking good luck. At that time, everyone in the south of the Yangtze River had to wear "people win" decorations on this day. These decorations were patterns or human figures cut out of colored silk and colored paper, and more advanced ones were hollowed out with gold foil. Besides being worn on the head, Mansheng ornaments can also be pasted on screens and windows, which are very beautiful, and are intended to ward off diseases, ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, so as to win a good title for the Spring Festival. For this reason, "Men's Day" is also called "Men's Day"

Many traditional festivals in China are good days to pay attention to diet, and "Everyone's Day" is no exception. In Jiangmen, Xinhui, Heshan, Kaiping and other places in Guangdong Province, almost every household will eat "People's Day dishes" whenever "People's Day" comes, and some places also commonly call it "eating potted vegetables" to pray for a safe and prosperous New Year. It is worth mentioning that the custom of Chaoshan people eating "seven kinds of soup" is also called "Qibao soup". Generally, spring vegetables, lettuce, celery, mustard, onion, garlic and white radish (carrot) are cooked together, which means making a fortune in the New Year and having a good life.

Folklore experts said that although with the development of the times, modern people have become more and more unfamiliar with the custom of "Everyone's Day" and related festivals have almost disappeared, people's expectations for a better life and some customs have been preserved. For example, Chengdu citizens visited Du Fu Caotang on the seventh day of the first month to mourn the poet and read poems and enjoy the plum blossoms.