What is the first day of the first lunar month in 2021? What is the ninth day of the first lunar month? What is the custom of parading the gods on the first day of the Spring Festival?

What is the first day of the first lunar month in 2021? What is the ninth day of the first lunar month? What is the custom of parading the gods on the first day of the Spring Festival?
Introduction: The first day of the first lunar month is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it has different customs and etiquette. So [which day of the ninth lunar month is the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2021 and the custom of parading gods on the first day of the Spring Festival] follow the editor to find out. The first month of the lunar calendar in 2021, the Year of the Ox, has arrived as scheduled. This month is full of the breath of the New Year and festive atmosphere. Visit the Shui Mo Xiansheng website and experience the content brought by the 2021 New Year special topic!

What is the day of the first lunar month in 2021?

2020-2021 Liujiu time - February 8, 2021 ~ February 16, 2021 First day: February 8, 2021 Second day: February 9, 2021 Third day: February 10, 2021 Fourth day: February 11, 2021 Fifth day: February 12, 2021 (Spring Festival) Sixth day: February 13, 2021 Seventh day: February 14, 2021 Eighth day: February 15, 2021 Ninth day: February 16, 2021 - According to the 2021 Liujiu schedule, the first day of the first lunar month in 2021, the Spring Festival, is the fifth day of Liujiu.

The Custom of Parading the Gods on the First Day of the Spring Festival

Parade of gods is one of the traditional New Year customs.
The God Procession, also known as the Holy Procession, the Lord's Procession, the Lord's Camp, the Bodhisattva's Procession, the God's Competition, the Annual Festival, Welcoming the God, Welcoming the New Year, Spring Tour, the Incense Procession, the Bodhisattva's Tour of the Village, Carrying the God Statue, the God Statue Procession, etc., refers to the people during the New Year or other festive occasions, or on the day of the birthday of the gods, go to the temple to invite the statue of the deity into the sedan chair, and then carry it out of the temple to tour the area, to accept the people's incense and worship, implying that the gods have descended among the people, inspected the village, and blessed the whole country with peace.
The main purpose is to thank the gods, eliminate disasters, pray for blessings, etc. Along the way, the parade is accompanied by a variety of performances including gongs and drums, suona, deity puppets, lion and dragon dances, floats, flags, lanterns, eight-tone music, acrobatics and band performances. It is a traditional folk activity that combines worshiping gods, praying, celebrating and banqueting.
The God Parade is also known as the "God Parade Competition" and "Camping Lord" in Chaoshan area. It is a traditional folk activity in Chaoshan area. During the Spring Festival every year, various villages and towns take turns to hold folk God Parade activities in chronological order, and the scene is very lively and lively. In the western Guangdong region, it is also known as "You Lao Ye", "You Bodhisattva", or "Nian Liaison"; the so-called annual ritual means "tracing back to the ancient times and following the current customs, with rituals every year." In the Beiliu area it is also called "Annual Festival".
In the Pearl River Delta region, it is also known as the "Bodhisattva Village". People carry the statue of the deity in a parade, circling the village and accepting blessings.
In Fuzhou, it is also known as "welcoming the gods". From the third to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the time for the parade of gods, which has become one of the important activities of "making new year" in the countryside. The parade of gods is often carried out by villages, and sometimes several villages join together to parade around the village with the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers. People line the streets to watch and welcome the gods, and the scene is very lively.

Taboos on the first day of the first lunar month

It is said that the first day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the broom. You cannot use the broom on this day, otherwise it will sweep away your luck and money, and attract "broom stars" and bring bad luck.
If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep from the outside to the inside. You cannot throw water or garbage outside on this day, for fear of losing money.
Today, many places still keep the custom of cleaning the house on New Year's Eve, not sweeping the house or taking out the garbage on New Year's Day, and preparing a large bucket to hold waste water, which is not poured out on that day.

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