What's the festival on February 12th of the lunar calendar: the birthday of the flower god?

In February of the lunar calendar, the spring is full, and the blooming flowers make the earth colorful and dazzling, which also adds infinite interest to people's appreciation of flowers in spring. Since ancient times, people who love and appreciate flowers have sung countless poems about flowers, and over time, a Hundred Flowers Festival has been formed among the people. Then let the traditional festivals introduce you to the birthday of Hua Shen on February 12 of the lunar calendar.

February 12th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Flower God, also known as Flower Festival and Hundred Flowers Birthday, which is a very important traditional folk festival in China. In addition, because there was a saying in ancient China that Kao was in charge of human fertility, this day was also a festival of reproductive worship.

As for the record of the flower god's birthday, that is, the Flower Festival, Yang Wanli's "Chengzhai Poetry" in the Southern Song Dynasty called "February 12th in Tokyo as the Flower Festival". Tao Zhugong's book also said: "February 12 is the birthday of Baihua, and Baihua will mature without rain." Its customs are mostly outings and elegant banquets, which is the trend in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Most of the participants were poets, writers, and sometimes relatives and friends, drinking and writing poems while enjoying flowers, laughing and laughing constantly.

There were many flower temples in ancient times, and most of these flower gods were historical figures worshipped by people. Every time the Flower God is born, people will go to the Flower Temple to offer sacrifices to the Flower God, praying that the Flower God will bless people's happiness, which reflects people's love for flowers that condense the beautiful essence of nature and expresses their nostalgia for historical figures.

Who is the Twelve Flowers God? Literati and poets in past dynasties tried to chant flowers and created many anecdotes, thus creating the flower god of1February. As the saying goes, "there are flowers every day, and there are flower gods every month". There are different opinions among the people about who the twelve flower gods are. The following is a widely circulated version.

The male flower gods are Qu Yuan, an orchid god in 1 month, Lin Bu, a plum blossom god in February, Pi Rixiu, a peach blossom god in March, Ouyang Xiu, a pomegranate flower god in April, Su Dongpo, a lotus flower god in July, Zhou Dunyi, a purple flower god in August, Shi Hong, a osmanthus flower god in September, and Fan Chengda, a chrysanthemum flower god in1month.

January Flower God, February, March Ge Xiaoe, April, May Gong Sun, June, July, August Green Pearl, September Liang Hongyu, October Diusim's story, November Wang Zhaojun and December.

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