Customs of the eighth day of the first lunar month - What activities should we do on February 1, 2020, the Year of the Rat?
During the first days of the first lunar month, people visit each other and relatives and friends. We know that there is a custom of welcoming the God of Wealth on the fourth and fifth days of the first lunar month. What about the custom of the eighth day of the first lunar month - what activities should be done on February 1, 2020, the Year of the Rat? Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the first month of 2020. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the first month of the year, just visit Shuimoxiansheng.com.Customs on the eighth day of the first lunar monthLunar January 8th Chinese name: Grain Festival English name: Lunar January 8th Festival time: Lunar January 8th Festival type: Traditional festival Festival origin: Sacrifice Festival activities: Viewing grain, eating grain and nourishing grain Festival significance: Attach importance to agriculture and cherish food《1》Custom 1: Divining for the Rice <br /> Chinese people believe that if the weather is good on this day, it means a good rice harvest this year, and if it is bad, it means a poor harvest this year. 《2》Custom 2: Opening <br /> Some shopping malls or stores open today, mainly to represent the meaning of "prosperity". May your business prosper and you be prosperous all year round. 《3》Custom 3: Receiving the Stars <br /> The Chinese people regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the day when the stars descend to the earth. They make small lanterns and burn them to offer sacrifices to them. This is called Shunxing, also known as "offering sacrifices to the stars" or "receiving the stars". 《4》Custom 4: On the day of the Grain Viewing Festival, the whole family leaves the city and comes to the countryside. The adults introduce basic agricultural knowledge to the children, and the whole family watches the growth of various overwintering crops, allowing children and adults to get close to agriculture together, helping children to establish awareness of respecting agriculture, farmers, and cherishing food. During the experience, children are also inspired to care for the ecological environment. During the Spring Festival, going to the fields in the suburbs is also a good way to relax and take a hike. 《5》Custom 5: Eating grains <br /> After returning home, the children will prepare a grain dinner for the whole family. For example, let the children knead the dough and steam buns, make noodles, wash the rice and steam rice, and cook porridge by themselves. Adults only need to provide necessary guidance and do not take over. In this way, children can more clearly understand the preciousness of food and the difficulty of labor. 《6》Custom 6: Raising Grains <br /> The pace of urban life is very fast, and people rarely get close to nature. It is recommended that on the Grain Day, the whole family go to the flower market to buy some ornamental crops (available in the market, such as "ornamental millet") and cultivate them at home, and carefully maintain this "crop" all year round. What activities should we do on February 1, 2020, the Year of the Rat?——Releasing animals to pray for blessings: All things in nature live in harmony, wishing for prosperity and development 》There is a "releasing animals" activity on the eighth day of the first lunar month, which is to take some fish and birds raised at home outside and release them into the wild.In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Dong recorded in his “A Brief Account of the Scenery of the Imperial Capital”: “On the eighth day of the first lunar month, people in Shideng Lane release animals. Birds and sparrows are put in cages, fish and shrimps are put in basins, and snails and clams are put in baskets in front of the hall. Monks chant Sanskrit. Thousands of them fly towards each other, let their wings fly into the sky, and some land on roofs, and then fly away after a while. Aquatic animals are thrown into the Jinshui River in the imperial city, and few are caught by nets and baits.” 》Releasing animals on the eighth day of the first lunar month not only reflects the ancient people’s virtue of respecting all things in nature and living in harmony with them, but also expresses the good wishes for the prosperity of all living things in the world at the beginning of the new year. ——Good or bad things on that day: The end of the month is auspicious for getting married or burying a wife, and it is also a good day for traveling and buying a house. If you meet Baoyi who likes to stay overnight, everything will be good and you can do business with him. It is not suitable to build on the closing day; the yang house should be visible while the yin house should be hidden. |
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