When is the Little New Year celebrated in the north? Why is the Little New Year divided into north and south?
Xiaonian does not refer to a specific day. Due to local customs, the days called "Xiaonian" are also different. When is the Little New Year celebrated in the north? Why is the Little New Year divided into north and south? Having just finished the New Year’s Day carnival, are you ready to embrace the new year’s scene? Mr. Shui Mo will welcome the New Year with you in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2020.When is the Little New Year celebrated in the north?Most of the northern regions: The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month - "Little New Year in the North"Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the imperial family has held a ceremony to worship the heaven on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", they also worship the Kitchen God. Therefore, the people in the northern regions followed suit and celebrated the Little New Year one day earlier on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. ——Analysis of the lunar calendar for the 2021 Little New Year: Lunar calendar: December 23, 2020 Gregorian calendar: February 4, 2021, Thursday, Aquarius [Today's Old Almanac is suitable] [Do not use it for important matters when the sun is inauspicious or the moon is inauspicious] Repairing graves, fasting and offering sacrifices, collecting money, taking up a post, seeking an heir, planting, getting rid of diseases, breaking down houses, making stoves, taking medicine, sailing, recruiting sons-in-law, signing a contract [Today's taboos in the old almanac] [Do not use it for important matters when the day and the month are inauspicious] Opening the market, traveling, seeking wealth, building, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, burying, moving coffins, breaking ground, burial, accepting marriage proposals, marrying, moving into a new home, setting up doors, separating, breaking ground, setting up beds, closing tents, putting up beams and erecting pillars, building houses, buying property, releasing water, taking in livestock, migrating Why is the Little New Year divided into north and south?Before the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Kitchen God Worship Day was always on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. And at least until the Qianlong period, sacrifices were held on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. "Records of Qing Jia" Volume 12 "December: The Fourth Night of Nian, Sending Off the Kitchen God": "Common people call the twenty-fourth night of the twelfth lunar month the fourth night of Nian, and this is the night to send off the Kitchen God." "A Grand View of Qing Dynasty Unofficial History: Remaining Stories of Qing Palaces" says that during the Qianlong period, the Kitchen God was worshipped in the Kunning Palace on the twenty-fourth night of the twelfth lunar month every year. Starting from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the imperial family held a ceremony to worship the heaven on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", they also worshipped the Kitchen God. Therefore, following the example of their superiors, people in the northern region also celebrated the New Year's Eve one day in advance on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the Little New Year on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained .Why do we worship the Kitchen God on the eve of the Chinese New Year?The folk custom of Kitchen God worship can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, but in the beginning the day for Kitchen God worship was not on the Little New Year's Day. Zheng Xuan's commentary on "Book of Rites·Ji Fa" says: "(The Kitchen God) lives in the human world, supervises minor faults, and gives warnings." Legend has it that from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month until New Year's Eve, these days are the days when the Kitchen God returns to the palace. On New Year's Eve, the Kitchen God is invited to descend again. People will first put up the image of the Kitchen God and then start preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. According to the local customs and features book Fengtu Ji written by Zhou Chu, a famous person in Jin Dynasty, “On the night of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, people worship the Kitchen God. It is said that the Kitchen God will go to heaven the next day to report the affairs of the year, so they worship him the day before.”Fate is a constant, referring to a specific object; fortune is a variable, referring to the transformation of time and space. Choosing different fortunes will lead to different destinies and life paths. Do you want to know when your good luck will come? Then take a look at the [Excellent Calculation] below, and may you have peace and happiness in your life! |
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