What gods or bodhisattvas should we welcome on the 14th day of the first lunar month?
According to the saying, a few days after the Spring Festival, the gods return to the human world and we have to welcome them. However, we don’t have to welcome the gods every day, so let’s see whether we should welcome the gods on the 14th day of the first lunar month. Want to know more about the first month of 2019? Please pay attention to the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019 on Shuimoxiansheng.com!Which god should we welcome on the 14th day of the first lunar month?There is no need to welcome the gods on the 14th day of the first lunar month. Because this day is not like the fifth day when the God of Wealth returns to the earth, no other gods descend on this day, so there is no need to welcome the gods on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. Of course, it is possible that some places have different customs.What are the customs on the 14th day of the first lunar month?1. Eating Mai Liu On the 14th night of the first lunar month, every household in Ninghai, urban and rural areas, eats Mai Liu for dinner. Mai Liu is made by cooking vegetable leaves, shredded dried tofu, dried shrimp and shredded sweet potato flour together, then adding wheat flour and stirring until it becomes a thin paste, which is called "Mai Liu". Why does Ninghai eat Mai Liu on the 14th night of the first lunar month? It is said that this is related to Qi Jiguang's fight against Japanese pirates. 2. Eat "Hula Geng" On the 14th day of the first lunar month in Xiangshan, there is a custom of eating "Hula Geng" during the Lantern Festival. On that day, children brought their own bowls and chopsticks and went from street to street, eating the spicy soup from door to door and saying, "Here's the fortune soup!" The host gave each person a ladle, regardless of whether they were acquaintances or strangers. "Hula Geng" is made with oysters, shrimps, fish, clams and other main ingredients, plus chopped lean meat, taro, radish, eggs, sausage, shredded vegetables and other cooked foods, mixed together, stir-fried and finally thickened with water. It is said that the more a child visits and the more he eats, the smarter he will become. The more people ask for Hu La, the richer the owner will be. 3. Worship Linshui Niangniang. People call the 14th day of the first lunar month the birthday of "Linshui Niangniang" (also known as "Shuntian Holy Mother"). Legend has it that Linshui Niangniang's surname was Chen. She lived during the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty and later became a deity who saved women with difficult childbirth. So people built a temple to worship her, and called her "Linshui Niangniang" and "Shuntian Shengmu". In fact, it is a patron saint created by women for themselves in an era when women had no status and science was underdeveloped. It was also a way for them to encourage themselves out of fear of difficult childbirth. 4. Testing Lanterns In order to prepare for the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, both the common people and the imperial court would build lantern sheds, hang lanterns and decorations, and do some preparatory activities for entertainment programs, which was called "testing lanterns" in order to welcome the annual Lantern Festival. As for the vendors selling lanterns in the market, they have already prepared all kinds of lanterns to sell, which has become a "lantern market". 5. Starting from the afternoon of the 14th day of the first lunar month, children from toddlers to twelve or thirteen years old hold a string in their hands, pull a fur rabbit lantern, and run around the streets holding adults' hands. The candles are lit on the rabbit's belly, illuminating the white rabbit's entire body. At this time, candles are lit in every room of every household, commonly known as "welcoming the God of Wealth". At the same time, that night, every household lights the "long night lamp", which stays on from dusk until the next morning. |
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