What is the origin of Xiaonian and what does it mean? When is the Little New Year in 2018?
What is the origin of Xiaonian and what does it mean? When is the Little New Year in 2018? The Little New Year also means that people begin to prepare New Year's goods and get ready to have a good new year in a clean manner, which means that the new year will have a new look. The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as "La Yue" among the people. If you want to know more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website!The origin of XiaonianLegend has it that the Kitchen God was originally a commoner named Zhang Sheng. After marrying a wife, he spent his days in debauchery and lost all his family fortune, and was reduced to begging on the streets. One day, he went to beg at his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house. He was so ashamed that he dived under the stove and burned to death. When the Jade Emperor found out, he thought that Zhang Sheng had changed his mind and was not completely bad. Since he died at the bottom of the pot, he was named Kitchen God. He was required to report to heaven on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month every year and return to the bottom of the pot on New Year's Eve. Ordinary people feel that the Kitchen God must be respected because he has to report to Heaven. Therefore, people have the "Little New Year" of worshiping the kitchen god on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, praying for peace and prosperity in the coming year.What does Xiaonian mean?Xiaonian, literally, has three interpretations. One refers to the twelfth lunar month, which is a month of twenty-nine days. The second refers to the festival, which is on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. It is an old custom to worship the kitchen god on this day. The third explanation is that it refers to the year when fruit trees bear few fruits and bamboo and wood grow slowly. From the perspective of festivals, Xiaonian does not refer to a specific festival. Due to local customs, the festivals called Xiaonian are also different. The main folk activities during the Little New Year include pasting Spring Festival couplets, sweeping the house, and offering sacrifices to the kitchen god. In the north it is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, in the south it is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions both call "the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" the "Little New Year", in Nanjing area calls the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month the "Little New Year", in some areas of Yunnan it is the 16th day of the first lunar month, and in some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north it is New Year's Eve.2018 Little New Year in the NorthLunar calendar December 23, 2018January 28, 2019 Monday Aquarius Auspicious gods to follow: Tiandehe, Yuedehe, Longde, Shouri, Sixiang, Tianen, Yaoan Evil spirits: Axe killing, three funerals, earth palace, earth taboo, past death, moon building, red yarn, red bird [Today's old almanac is suitable] [Do not use it on important days] Marry, migrate, collect money, open market, make offerings, plant crops, collect livestock, fast and offer sacrifices, seek wealth, travel, get married, go to school, seek a partner [Today's taboo in the old almanac] [Do not use it on a day with red yarn or important events] Setting up the bed, breaking ground, funeral, burial, building, groundbreaking, property purchase, embankment, release of water, seeking medical treatment, taking up a post, accepting marriage proposal, praying for blessings, seeking offspring, shipping, beam erection, column erection, drilling, resolving, moving into a house, separation, boating 2018 Little New Year in the SouthLunar calendar December 24, 2018Aquarius January 29, 2019 Auspicious gods to follow: No General, Auspicious Period, Golden Chamber, Mingwei Dui, Timely Virtue, Heavenly Wealth, Heavenly Grace, Xiangri, Yuyu Evil spirits to avoid: Earth Thieves, Robbery, Heavenly Soldiers, Five Voids, Vermillion Bird 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 Recruiting a son-in-law, taking office, opening the market, seeking an heir, breaking ground, starting drilling, removing mourning clothes, burying, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, lifting, receiving wealth, erecting pillars, planting, receiving livestock, fasting and offering sacrifices, traveling, raising livestock, seeking wealth, seeking medical treatment, consecrating [Today’s taboos in the almanac] Construction, groundbreaking, house-building, beam raising, warehouse opening, moving, housewarming, marriage, and marriage proposal |
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