The first month of the lunar calendar every year is commonly known as Mengchun, Duanyue and Kaisui. So what month is it after the first month? What are the festivals and taboos in the first month of the lunar year? The key to a good year begins in spring. For more knowledge about the first month of the lunar calendar, please pay attention to the 2019 first month of the lunar calendar special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com.What month is it after the first month of the lunar year?The first month refers to the first month of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, so after the first month it is the second month of the lunar calendar.The second month of the lunar calendar is the second month of spring. "The garden is full of spring beauty and cannot be contained. A red apricot blossoms out of the wall." The red apricot in the poem by Ye Shaoweng, a poet of the Song Dynasty, blooms in February, so it is called the Apricot Month. Because February is the middle of spring, it is also called Mid-Spring. "Er Ya" "Shi Tian" says: "The second month is 'Ru'." According to Hao Yixing's commentary, 'Ru' means to follow. All things follow each other, just as it is. The second month of the lunar calendar is therefore also called Ru Yue; there are also such names as Plum Blossom Month, Plum Month, Beautiful Month, Mao Month, Apricot Month, Intoxicated Month, Ling Month, Jumping Month, Grass Growing Month, Yigengzhezhe Jiazhong, Zhongzhong, Zhongyang, Zhonghe Month, Siyang Month, April Month, Middle of Spring, Wedding Month, Matchmaker Month, Dazhuang, Bamboo Autumn and Flower Festival. What are the festivals and taboos in the first month of the lunar year?The first day of the new year: Rooster Day. In the old days, people would put up pictures of roosters on New Year’s Day to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings.The second day of the first lunar month: go out to pay New Year’s greetings or worship ancestors. The third day of the first lunar month: the day of the sheep. It is easy to have quarrels and it is not suitable to pay New Year’s greetings. The fourth day: Pig Day, worship the God of Wealth. The fifth day of the first lunar month: the day of the Ox, “breaking the fifth”, can break many taboos: the garbage from the first to the fourth day of the first lunar month cannot be thrown away, so as not to throw away the wealth; the garbage on the fifth day of the first lunar month is regarded as poor soil, and throwing it away will send poverty out of the house. The sixth day: Horse Day, the day to send off gods. The paper horse of the God of Wealth sent on New Year’s Eve is burned and the store resumes business. The seventh day is the birthday of human beings. People gather for meals and drinks, set off fireworks and fireworks, and it is the birthday of fire. The eighth day: the day of grain, when all the stars descend to the earth, it is time to offer sacrifices to the stars. Temples often set up altars for offering sacrifices on this day. The ninth day: It is the birthday of the Lord of Heaven and the Jade Emperor, and grand activities to worship the heaven are held. The tenth day: the birthday of stone. It is taboo to use any stone tools such as millstones, pestles and rollers, and ask the stones not to move. Even incense is burned to worship the stone tools. |
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