The legend of the spring festival

Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But among the people, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the sacrificial stove on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month in La Worship until the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Spring Festival is a new day to take off old cloth. Although it is arranged on the first day of the first lunar month, the activities of the Spring Festival are not limited to the first day of the first lunar month. Since the end of the year, people have started a "busy year". All these activities have the same theme, that is, "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new".

Legends of the Spring Festival include: legend, except the legend of "Nian", the legend of witchcraft ceremony, the legend of "Nian" beast, the legend of offering sacrifices to heaven in Yu Shun period, the legend of "harmony", the legend of "lucky money", the legend of a mouse marrying a woman, the legend of competing for flowers to rule the world, and the legend of pasting blessings. I think there are five legends that are most worth mentioning in the Spring Festival. Here are them.

One of the legends of the Spring Festival: Fighting for Flowers to Rule the World?

In Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, there are legends about the Spring Festival. According to legend, the Jade Emperor sent Maitreya from Heaven to earth in order to rule the world. When the Tathagata knew this, he thought: I am the Buddha, why not let me go? So, I went to the Jade Emperor Theory. The Jade Emperor was speechless and had to say, "Let's discuss it." Taking advantage of the discussion, the Jade Emperor thought of a solution. ?

He invited Maitreya Buddha and Tathagata Buddha, put two pots of flowers in front of them, and said, "You two should each handle one pot of these two pots of flowers. Whoever blooms first will come down to earth to rule the world." Tathagata is thoughtful and thoughtful, knowing that the Jade Emperor must be partial to Maitreya, because he guessed that the Jade Emperor was afraid that what he said was unacceptable, so he used offering flowers as an excuse to do it. I'm afraid the jade emperor secretly arranged these two pots of flowers, so he also came up with a subtotal. He took the opportunity of Maitreya's closing his eyes to thank him and quietly changed the position of the two pots of flowers. The next day, the Tathagata bloomed, so Maitreya took care of the world for one day, which was the first day of the first month. Legend has it that Maitreya has a kind heart. On this day, he told people to eat, dress and sleep well, so on the first day of the first month, people spent the day happily. ?

Later, in order to commemorate Maitreya, people called the moment when the two Buddhas handed over in early spring "Spring Festival". Some people say that because the Tathagata was deceived by stealing flowerpots, until now, there are still thieves in the world.

The second legend of the Spring Festival: air billow filmed the "party"

A long time ago, there was a monster named Xi. It is harmful to people and especially likes to eat beautiful girls. People hate it, but they can't help it. There is a hunter named Qi Lang. He is very strong and can shoot arrows. He also has a very powerful hunting dog. Air billow saw that people were suffering from "Xi" and wanted to get rid of it. He took the hounds everywhere looking for "Xi", but he couldn't find it.

It turns out that "Xi" only comes out to harm people on the night of the twelfth lunar month, but it doesn't appear at ordinary times, and no one knows where it lives. Air billow searched for "Xi" for a year, and it was the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. He came to a town and saw people happily preparing for the Spring Festival. He thought to himself, "This town is big and there are many girls. Maybe I will come here tomorrow, so I will wait for it here. " It told the people in the town: "Xi is most afraid of noise." Do not sleep at night. Find something that knocks loudly and put it by your side. Once you find Xi, knock hard. Then I will get rid of Xi. "

In the evening, "Xi" did come, and it was found as soon as it broke into a house. The family immediately knocked on pots and pans, and when the family knocked, the whole town followed suit. Evening is scared to run around, and the result is seen by Qilang. The hounds bit Xi's hind legs, so air billow took the opportunity to draw a bow and shoot him, and finally shot Xi to death. Since then, people have called the 30th of the twelfth lunar month "New Year's Eve". On this night, every household should set off firecrackers to drive away the ominous and welcome happiness and auspiciousness.

Legend 3 of the Spring Festival: The story of "Year" divided by "Late"?

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a monster named Xi. Every year, Xi always comes out to eat people. Even the "Nine-Day Chef ordered Taiyi Yuan Di to bless the performance of a good Buddha" couldn't help it. Who is the long name of this word? This one was sealed by the Jade Emperor, and it is the "Kitchen God" offered by every household.

This monster named "Xi" came out at the end of the year to make trouble and harm the people, so the supervisor sent by heaven, the head of our family, returned to heaven, and heaven sent another beast named "Nian". This god beast named Nian is miraculous. He waved a HongLing and put a bamboo pole into the fire, making it crackle and scaring away the nocturnal animals. Finally destroyed the evening beast!

This day happens to be December of the lunar calendar, not the last day of the twelfth lunar month. In order to thank and commemorate Nian beast for getting rid of the beast at night on this day, people call the last day of the twelfth lunar month "New Year's Eve" and the first day of the new year "Spring Festival". After the evening beast was destroyed, the people hoped that every household would have red silk and scratching bamboo poles in the hands of Nian beast, so the red silk and scratching bamboo poles burned in the fire gradually evolved into red couplets and firecrackers that every household had during the New Year. Play a deterrent role, ward off evil spirits!

The fourth legend of the Spring Festival: the legend of calendar making in ten thousand years

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a young man named Wannian. Seeing that the festivals were chaotic at that time, he had an accurate plan. But he couldn't find a way to calculate the time. One day, he was tired of chopping wood up the mountain and sat in the shade to rest. The movement of the shadow inspired him. He designed a sundial to measure the time of the day. Later, inspired by the dripping spring water on the cliff, he began to make a five-layer clepsydra to calculate the time. Over time, he found that every 360 days, the four seasons would cycle once, and the length of the weather would be repeated.

On one occasion, Zu Ti went to learn about the progress of the perpetual calendar. When he boarded the altar of the sun and the moon, he saw a poem engraved on the stone wall next to the Temple of Heaven: "Sunrise and sunset 360, start all over again. The vegetation is divided into four seasons and there are twelve laps a year. " Knowing that the perpetual calendar was created, I personally boarded the Sun Moon Pavilion to visit the perpetual calendar. Wan Nian pointed to the astronomical phenomena and said to Zu Ti, "It's been twelve months now, the old year has passed and the new year has begun again. Please make a festival for you. " Zu Ti said, "Spring is the first year of a year, so let's call it Spring Festival". It is said that this is the origin of the Spring Festival.

After years of long-term observation and careful calculation, he worked out an accurate solar calendar. When he showed his successor the solar calendar, he was covered with silver whiskers. The monarch was deeply moved. In order to commemorate the achievements of 10 thousand years, he named the solar calendar "perpetual calendar" and named it the birthday star of the sun, moon and moon. In the future, people will hang up the Shou Xingtu during the Chinese New Year, which is said to commemorate the venerable ten thousand years. In memory of him, the beginning must be "Year".

The fifth legend of the Spring Festival: the legend of not sleeping for a year?

Keep your age at 30, commonly known as "endure the year." Why is it called "Endure the Year"? There is an interesting story among the people: in Archean, there was a fierce monster scattered in the deep mountains and forests, which people called "Nian". Nian has a ferocious appearance and a ferocious nature. It specializes in eating birds, animals and scale insects, and changes its taste every day, from kowtowing insects to living people, which makes people talk about "Nian". Slowly, people mastered the activity law of "Year". It turns out that every 365 days in 2008, I will go to places with many people to taste fresh food, and the haunt time is after dark. When the rooster crowed at dawn, it returned to the mountains. After the date of the ravages of that year was determined, men and women regarded this terrible night as the "New Year's Eve" and came up with a set of methods for "New Year's Eve". Every night, every household prepares dinner in advance, turns off the fire, cleans the stove, then ties up all the chicken coops and cowsheds, then seals the door and hides in the house to eat the "New Year's Eve". Because this dinner has ominous meaning, it is very rich. In addition to inviting the whole family to have dinner together to show a harmonious reunion, they will also worship their ancestors before eating and pray for their safe passage through the night. After dinner, no one dared to sleep, so they sat together and got up the courage to chat.

It was getting dark, and Nian escaped from the depths of the forest and touched into the village. I saw that the door of every house was closed, the door was full of sesame stalks, and there was no one in the street. After turning for more than half a night, I found nothing, so I had to chew sesame stalks to satisfy my hunger. After a while, the rooster crowed, and these cruel and stupid monsters had to go home disgruntled. Those who survived the "Year Pass" were overjoyed. They thanked the ancestors of heaven and earth for their protection, congratulated each other on not being eaten by Nian, opened doors, set off firecrackers, and met relatives and friends in the neighborhood to congratulate each other. When people meet, they bow to each other and congratulate each other, glad that they have not been eaten by Nian beast. After many years, nothing happened, and people relaxed their vigilance against Nian beast. On the evening of 30th one year, Nian beast suddenly jumped into a village. A village was almost eaten up by Nian beast, and only a pair of newly-married couples in red curtains were safe and sound. There are also some children who lit a pile of bamboo in the yard and are playing. The fire is red, and bamboo explodes after burning. Nian beast turned here, saw the fire and turned around and ran away. From then on, people know that Nian beast is afraid of red, light and noise. At the end of each year, every household sticks red paper, wears red robes, hangs red lights, beats gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers, so that Nian Beasts dare not come again.

However, villagers in some places don't know that Nian beast is afraid of red and is often eaten by Nian beast. This incident later spread to the sky in Wei Zi. In order to save people, he is determined to destroy Nian beast. One year the beast came out, knocked it down with a fireball and chained it to a stone pillar with a thick chain. From then on, every New Year, people always burn incense and ask Zixing to come down to keep safe. This phenomenon has gradually become the custom of "celebrating the New Year" and "greeting the New Year".

There are many touching legends and stories in the Spring Festival, which are the crystallization of ancient wisdom. They have nourished our hearts for thousands of years, and may connect us with the ancient wisdom in our hearts, and experience the joy of literary heart and auspicious celebration.