Can’t Lixia go back to her parents’ home? What does it mean to taste three fresh delicacies during the Beginning of Summer? After the beginning of summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature gradually rises, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter a stage of vigorous growth. The fourth month of the lunar calendar has begun. The color representing summer is red and the weather is hot. Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2020 will provide you with a detailed analysis of every day!Can’t Lixia go back to her parents’ home?There is no saying in Chinese folk customs that you cannot go back to your parents' home on the beginning of summer. It is generally believed that the days when you cannot go back to your parents' home are: the Beginning of Spring, the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Raising Festival on February 2, the Ghost Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival...etc. The customs vary from place to place, so it depends on the customs of the specific place.Going back to one's parents' home is also called Guining, which can also be called being a guest or returning to one's mother's home (used in Minnan dialect), an ancient traditional wedding custom. Popular in vast areas of north and south. Refers to the action of a married woman returning to her parents' home to visit them. It has a very early origin, and the "Book of Songs" has already recorded "returning home to serve parents". What does it mean to taste three fresh delicacies during the Beginning of Summer?The people of Wuxi have always had the custom of "tasting three fresh foods at the beginning of summer". The three fresh dishes are divided into three fresh dishes from the ground, three fresh dishes from trees and three fresh dishes from water.The three fresh vegetables are broad beans, choy sum, and cucumber (or wheat or garlic sprouts). The three fresh fruits on the tree are cherry, pear, and apricot (or plum or toon as one of them). The three fresh seafood dishes are sea spider, puffer fish, and thin fish (or one of them may be fishtail, yellow croaker, silver fish, or squid). In Changshu, people try new food at the beginning of summer. The food is more diverse, and there is a saying that there are “nine meat dishes and eighteen vegetable dishes”. Fate determines one's entire life, while fortune determines one's current moment. In the method of fortune-telling based on the Eight Characters, the so-called fortune refers to the great fortune, which can be divided into forward and reverse fortune. 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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