Which gods or bodhisattvas should be welcomed on the third day of the first lunar month? Is the third day of the first lunar month the day for mice to get married?

Which gods or bodhisattvas should be welcomed on the third day of the first lunar month? Is the third day of the first lunar month the day for mice to get married?
Introduction: The third day of the first lunar month is during the Spring Festival, so what gods or Bodhisattvas do we welcome on the third day of the first lunar month? Is the third day of the first lunar month the day for mice to get married? Some days are auspicious, while others are inauspicious. Predicting the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of days in advance can help us avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles. Shuimoxiansheng.com has predicted the good and bad luck for each day of the first lunar month of 2019. Come and pay attention.

Which gods or bodhisattvas should we welcome on the third day of the first lunar month?

Sending off the Kitchen God in Gansu
In most rural areas of the northwest, the third day of the Lunar New Year is the day to send off the Kitchen God. From the Little New Year, which is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God is invited back and posted in the middle of the stove, and offerings are placed there. Incense is burned three times a day to offer sacrifices, which means blessing the family with a good harvest in the coming year, and the whole family with enough food and clothing, and surplus every year. On the third day of the first lunar month, the Kitchen God must be sent away.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang welcome the Kitchen God and open wells
In Jiaxing and Huzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the third day of the New Year is called "Little New Year's Day", which is the day to welcome the Kitchen God, meaning to welcome the Kitchen God back from heaven. In the old days in Hangzhou, a "well opening" ceremony was required on the third day of the Lunar New Year. On the first and second days of the New Year, the ancients would let the well ropes, which had worked hard all year, rest. They would seal the well mouth with a red paper strip so that no one could take water from the well. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, a very special ceremony is held to remove the seal.

What is the Kitchen God?

The Kitchen God is also known as the Kitchen King, the Kitchen Lord, and the Kitchen Lord of Life.
According to Chinese folklore, the Kitchen God reports to heaven on the 23rd night of the 12th lunar month every year and returns to the human world on the 4th day of the 1st lunar month. It is the lowest level earthly immortal in mythology and legends.
Commoners and common people set up a sacrifice, "either a door or a stove." The Chinese people have a very long history of worshipping the Kitchen God. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Kitchen God had a name. The "Jade Candle Treasure Book" by Du Taiqing of the Sui Dynasty quoted the "Book of Kitchen" and said, "The Kitchen God's surname is Su, his name is Jili, and his wife's name is Bojia." The Jizhong region supplied Zhang Kui and Gao Lanying. The worship of the Kitchen God embodies the Chinese working people's beautiful wishes of warding off evil, avoiding disasters and praying for blessings.

The third day of the first lunar month is the day for mice to get married?

There is also a folk legend that the third night of the Lunar New Year is the day when "rats get married", so most families turn off the lights and go to bed early to avoid disturbing the rats (some people also say that turning off the lights early at night is to prevent the rats from seeing and getting married, thus reducing their reproduction rate), and scattering some rice grains and cakes in the corners of the house for the rats to eat, which is called "rats sharing money", which means sharing the year's harvest with the rats; as for. The origin of the story of "Mice Getting Married" may be that the third day of the Chinese New Year is the Red Dog Day, and everything is unlucky. In order to avoid bad luck, people find an excuse to go to bed early. Furthermore, people have been busy from Chinese New Year to the first and second days of the Chinese New Year. If they don't rest early, they may run out of energy and unable to finish other things. As for the Chinese New Year folk song that says "Get up early on the first day, get up early on the second day, and sleep well on the third day", it means that the third day is not only the Red Dog Day, but also the busy days in a row finally come to an end. They can get up later, make up for the sleep of the previous two days, and stay healthy.

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