Is it possible to get married during Grain in Ear Festival in 2018? What are the folk customs during Grain in Ear?
This year's summer came with great force. As soon as April began, we experienced cruel weather such as high temperatures and heavy rains. The fourth month of the lunar calendar has already entered summer and the weather is starting to get hot. Summer is approaching. If you want to know what will happen in April of the lunar calendar in 2018, come to the fortune teller website.When is Grain in Ear in 2018?This year, Grain in Ear falls on April 23, 2018 (Lunar calendar), which corresponds to Wednesday, June 6, 2018 (Solar calendar).Grain in Ear is the ninth solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and the third solar term of summer, marking the official beginning of midsummer. Is it possible to get married during Grain in Ear Festival in 2018?【The old almanac for that day】[Do not use it on days when death is a serious matter] Offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, accepting marriage proposals, seeking offspring, resolving burials, accepting money, raising beams, planting, pardoning, filling graves, and signing contracts [Taboo on the old almanac for that day] [Do not use it on days when death is a serious matter] Acquiring livestock, building, purchasing property, breaking ground, building dams and releasing water; setting up beds, taking up posts and travelling; moving into new homes, erecting pillars and building houses. According to the do's and don'ts of the old almanac, we can see that getting married is included in the do's and don'ts of the day. However, the day of Grain in Ear is the day of "death" . "The day of death" means the day of the first lunar month. The first lunar month day is the day of Guihai in the year of Jia, the day of Jisi in the year of Yi, the day of Yihai in the year of Bing, the day of Xinsi in the year of Ding, the day of Dinghai in the year of Wu, the day of Guisi in the year of Ji, the day of Geng, the day of Yisi in the year of Xin, the day of Xinhai in the year of Ren, and the day of Dingsi in the year of Gui. It refers to the day when virtue and yin and yang are exhausted. It is a bad day and must be avoided. According to the art of choosing auspicious days, the person on duty today is the evil god, so everything is unlucky. Those who commit misfortune on this day will find it difficult to resolve the problem even with the help of auspicious gods. "Don't do important things" means that all important things should not be done today. Therefore, on the day of Grain in Ear, even though marriage is included in the appropriate events, people are not allowed to get married. What are the folk customs during Grain in Ear?1. Send off the Flower God : Welcome the Flower God at the Flower Festival on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. Grain in Ear is approaching May, when all flowers begin to wither and fall. People often hold ceremonies to worship the flower god on this day to send him off and express their gratitude to him, hoping to meet him again next year. This custom no longer exists, but we can get a glimpse of it in the 27th chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" by the famous novelist Cao Xueqin: "(In the Grand View Garden) the girls either weaved petals and willow branches into sedan chairs and horses, or folded silk and brocade into thousands of flags and banners, all tied with colorful threads. These things were tied to every tree and every flower. The whole garden was filled with fluttering embroidered ribbons and glamorous flowers. Moreover, these people were dressed so beautifully that peaches shamed apricots, swallows were jealous and orioles were ashamed. It is hard to describe them all...." The "thousand of flags and banners" means shield; "mao", "jing" and "banner" were all ancient flags. From this we can see the lively scene of wealthy families bidding farewell to the flower god during the Grain in Ear Festival. [4]2. Anmiao Grain in Ear Festival Anmiao customs Anmiao is an agricultural custom activity in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every Grain in Ear season, after planting rice, various places hold seedling-protecting sacrificial activities to pray for a good harvest in autumn. Every household uses new wheat flour to make steamed buns, which they shape into shapes of grains, livestock, fruits and vegetables, and then dye with vegetable juice. They use them as sacrificial offerings to pray for a good harvest and the safety of the villagers. 3. Mud Fighting Young men and women of the Dong ethnic group in the southeastern part of Guizhou hold a mud fighting festival around the Grain in Ear Festival every year. On that day, the newlyweds, accompanied by their good friends, young men and women, planted rice together, played around and threw mud at each other. At the end of the activity, the results are checked and the person with the most mud on his body is the most popular. 4. Boiling plums In the south, plums are ripe in May and June every year. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a story called “discussing heroes over plum wine”. Green plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals. It has unique nutritional and health functions such as purifying blood, regulating the intestines, lowering blood lipids, eliminating fatigue, beautifying, regulating acid-base balance, and enhancing human immunity. However, most fresh plums taste sour and astringent, making them difficult to eat directly. They need to be processed before they can be eaten, and this processing process is called boiled plums. |
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