We usually call the first day of the year "New Year's Day" or "New Year's Day", and the first month of the year "the first month". So, is the first month of the lunar calendar January? What are the taboos in the first month of the lunar year? For more details about the 2019 New Year and the first month of the lunar calendar, please visit Mr. Shuimo’s website for consultation!Is the first month of the lunar year the same as January?Yes, the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.The six ancient calendars are all lunar calendars, among which the Xia calendar has been in use since the time of Emperor Wu of Han. There are three ways to describe the first month of the lunar calendar: 1. The first day of the first month of the Gregorian calendar is the day after the beginning of spring. 2. The lunar month that roughly coincides with the month of Yin is the first lunar month of the Xia calendar. 3. In popular spoken language, the first month usually refers to the first month of the lunar calendar. People are accustomed to paying attention to the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar. However, in ancient and modern numerology (such as Zhouyi predictions), the first month generally refers to the first month of the solar calendar. If you don't understand it, you won't be able to read numerology documents. The first day of the first lunar month is the traditional Spring Festival for the Han Chinese and many other ethnic groups. What are the 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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