What date is the eighth day of the first lunar month in 2018? What are the traditional customs?

What date is the eighth day of the first lunar month in 2018? What are the traditional customs?
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What date is the eighth day of the first lunar month in 2018?

The eighth day of the first lunar month of the year 2018 (Lunar calendar)
February 23, 2018, Friday, Pisces (Gregorian calendar)

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Migration, moving into new house, installing incense, planting crops, fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, acquiring livestock, buying property, sailing, litigation

What are the traditional customs on the eighth day of the first lunar month?

There is a "releasing of animals " activity on the eighth day of the first lunar month, which is to take some fish and birds raised at home outside and release them into the wild. Birds eat grains and will steal people's harvests, so on this day we should release animals (mainly birds and fish) to express our virtue of loving life and also to bribe the birds to show mercy. Another reason for choosing to release animals is that the eighth day of the first lunar month is a favorable day for the stars, and one can let the stars see one's good deeds.
Guzi Day <br /> According to folklore, the eighth day of the first lunar month is Guzi’s birthday. If the weather is clear on this day, it means a good rice harvest this year; if it is cloudy, it means a poor harvest. The custom of "Grain Day" is to worship the tablets with the names of grains written on them, and not to eat cooked grains. This custom embodies the idea of ​​attaching importance to agriculture and cherishing food.
There are Shunxing <br /> People regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the day when all the stars descend to the earth. They make small lanterns and burn them to offer sacrifices to them. This is called Shunxing, also known as "offering sacrifices to stars" or "receiving stars". On the eighth night of the first lunar month, regardless of whether people go to the temple to burn incense and worship the Star God (i.e. Shunxing) or not, after all the stars in the sky come out, each family will hold a Shunxing worship ceremony. When offering sacrifices to the stars, a "golden lamp" (yellow lamp flower) should be placed on the desk, stove, door sill, pot table, etc. and lit. This is called "scattering lamp flowers" and is meant to ward off bad luck. After the star worship ceremony, the whole family gathers together to eat Yuanxiao.

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