What festival is on the first day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar? What's the saying?
There are many different interpretations of the October 1st festival on the lunar calendar every year. Let’s take a look. Shui Mo Xiansheng website provides you with more articles about October of the lunar calendar 2018. Let’s come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website to pay attention to October of the lunar calendar 2018.What day is the first day of October in the lunar calendar?The first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar every year is called the "October Festival", also known as the "Ancestor Worship Festival", the Winter Clothes Sending Festival, and the Ghost Festival. On the first day of October, special emphasis is placed on commemorating the deceased, which is called sending winter clothes. This day, together with Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival, are known as the three major "Ghost Festivals" in my country. According to the lunar calendar, this day is the first day of winter in the four seasons of the year. In order to prevent the ancestors from suffering from the cold in the underworld, people burn five-colored paper on this day to send them warm clothes and to bring warmth to the wandering ghosts. On October 1st, people burn winter clothes, which expresses people's remembrance of their deceased loved ones and carries the compassion of the living for the dead. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also the day for parents, lovers, and others to send warm clothes to those they care about. According to research, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar was the La Festival, and grand sacrificial activities were held on this day. "Book of Rites. Monthly Ordinances" describes the situation of the La Festival in the Zhou Dynasty: with hunted animals as sacrifices, the emperor offered sacrifices to the gods of the sun, moon and stars on the community altar, and offered sacrifices to the ancestors of five generations in the gate, while at the same time comforting the farmers and promulgating a new work and rest system. When the Cold Clothes Festival comes, people go to the streets to buy some colorful paper, paper money for the dead, and incense foil for future use. The five-color paper comes in five colors: red, yellow, blue, white and black. It is thin and some even have cotton in the middle. After lunch at noon, the housewife cleaned the stove and gathered the family together so that they could go to the grave and burn winter clothes. When they arrive at the grave, they burn incense and light candles, place dumplings and other offerings neatly, and the family members take turns kneeling and kowtowing; then they draw a circle on the grave, place colored paper and paper money inside the circle, and set it on fire. All clothes and paper money sent to the deceased must be burned. Only when they are burned thoroughly can these papers from the world of the living be transformed into silk, cloth, houses, clothes, quilts, gold, silver and copper coins in the underworld. As long as there is even a little bit that is not burned out, all previous efforts will be wasted and the deceased cannot use it. Therefore, when burning winter clothes on October 1st, you must be particularly careful and meticulous. During the Tang and Song dynasties, October 1st became the day when the government distributed winter clothing, and even the living had to carry out some traditional activities symbolizing the winter. On this day, women would take out the cotton-padded clothes they had made for their children and husbands to wear during the changing seasons. If the weather is still warm and cotton is not suitable, you should urge your children and husband to try it on for good luck. Men are accustomed to tidying up stoves and chimneys on this day. After the installation is complete, try to light a fire to ensure smooth heating in cold weather. |
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