Is the seventh day of the first lunar month Human Day? What is its meaning and connotation?
In China, many days have "nicknames". In some places, "nicknames" are even used instead of the orthodox names. So is the seventh day of the first lunar month Human Day? What is its meaning and connotation? Let’s follow the editor to find out more. If you want to know more about the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018, please pay attention to our fortune teller website!Is the seventh day of the first lunar month Human Day? What is its meaning and connotation?Human Day, also known as Human Festival, Human Celebration Festival, Population Day, Human Seventh Day, etc., is an ancient traditional festival of the Han nationality on the seventh day of the first lunar month every year. Legend has it that when Nuwa first created the world, after creating animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses, etc., she created humans on the seventh day, so this day is mankind’s birthday. The custom of Human Day began in the Han Dynasty and began to be taken seriously after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, there was a custom of wearing "Rensheng" on Human Day. Rensheng is a kind of headdress, also called Caisheng or Huasheng. Since the Jin Dynasty, people have cut ribbons into flowers, people, or gold foil into people to paste on screens, and also wear it on their hair. In addition, there is a custom of climbing high places and writing poems. After the Tang Dynasty, this festival became more important. Every Human Day, the emperor would give colorful silk human figures to his ministers and would ascend a high place to host a banquet for them. If the weather is clear on the seventh day of the first lunar month, it means that the people will be safe and have smooth travel throughout the year.historyLegend has it that Nuwa created all living things, and made chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses and other animals in order, and created humans on the seventh day, so the seventh day is human's birthday. Human Day: refers to the seventh day of the first lunar month. According to ancient legend, the first day of the first lunar month is Chicken Day, the second day is Dog Day, the third day is Pig Day, the fourth day is Sheep Day, the fifth day is Ox Day, the sixth day is Horse Day and the seventh day is Human Day.A traditional festival of the Han nationality, on the seventh day of the first lunar monthThe ancients believed in the interaction between heaven and man, and regarded the seventh day after the new year as Human Day. According to Dongfang Shuo's "Book of Divination" in the Han Dynasty, the first day of the first lunar month is for chicken, the second day is for dog, the third day is for pig, the fourth day is for sheep, the fifth day is for cow, the sixth day is for horse, the seventh day is for human, and the eighth day is for grain. After the Han and Wei dynasties, Human Day gradually developed from a simple divination activity into a festival that includes celebrations, sacrifices and other activities. In the Tang Dynasty, people still attached great importance to the Human Day Festival. In Gao Shi's poem "A Letter to Du Ershiyi on the Human Day", there is a line that expresses the sentimentality of "This year's Human Day is in vain and I don't know where we will be on the Human Day next year." It proves that the Human Day Festival in the Tang Dynasty was not only used for praying for good luck and peace, but also added an atmosphere of missing relatives and friends. Even today, there are people who travel away from home to return home before the New Year, and only leave for other places after the Human Day Festival. On Human Day, people do not travel far, visit relatives or friends, and stay together at home. People usually eat long noodles, also called soul-pulling noodles, in the afternoon on Human Day. This means that during the Chinese New Year, people travel around and their minds become wild. Once the New Year is over, it is time to prepare for spring farming. Therefore, we eat Lahun noodles to calm our minds and prepare for spring farming. |
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