Which god do we welcome on the eleventh day of the first lunar month? The 11th day of the first lunar month is the day to invite Zi Gu

Which god do we welcome on the eleventh day of the first lunar month? The 11th day of the first lunar month is the day to invite Zi Gu
The eleventh day of the first lunar month is the eleventh day of the new year, which is a day in the first lunar month. On this day, we are getting further and further away from the Spring Festival. Which god do we welcome on the eleventh day of the first lunar month? The arrival of the first month of the lunar calendar means that the new year has begun. Do you want to know more about the first month of the lunar calendar? Please visit Shuimoxiansheng.com for the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019.

Which god do we welcome on the eleventh day of the first lunar month?

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, sacrifices are offered to Zi Gu. Oppressed women regard her as the patron saint of the weak.
The earliest document recording "Zi Gu" is "Yi Yuan" by Liu Jingshu of the Southern Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, Zi Gu was someone's concubine who was envied by the original wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Emperor of Heaven took pity on her and made her the toilet god.
However, the Han people worship Zi Gu not because she is a toilet god, but because Zi Gu represents the deeply oppressed women in feudal society. That is why she is worshipped by women and is regarded as the patron saint of weak women.

What is Zi Gu God?

Zi Gu is the toilet god in Chinese folk legends, also known as Zi Gu, Ce Gu, Mao Gu, Keng Gu, Keng San Niang, etc. People in the world said that he could predict the future and often held sacrifices at home and predicted various things.
During the Lantern Festival, women at home would welcome the toilet god. The custom is very strange. One day before the festival, a dung basket is made, decorated with hairpins and flowers, and a silver hairpin is inserted into the mouth of the basket. It is placed next to the pit toilet as an offering. At the same time, an altar is set up, candles are lit and incense is burned, and children are asked to pay homage to it.
Judging from the activities of welcoming Zi Gu in various places, Zi Gu's main responsibility was not to take care of people's toilets, but to predict good and bad luck in people's lives and to have fun with people.

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