What do you eat on the second day of the first lunar month, the second day of the Spring Festival? What are the taboos on the second day of the Lunar New Year?

What do you eat on the second day of the first lunar month, the second day of the Spring Festival? What are the taboos on the second day of the Lunar New Year?
Introduction: China is an important food country, and not only do different regions have different eating habits and preferences on daily basis, but also on special days. So what do we eat on the second day of the first lunar month, the second day of the Spring Festival? What are the taboos on the second day of the Lunar New Year? If you want to know more about the 2018 Spring Festival, please pay attention to our Fortune Teller website!

What do you eat on the second day of the first lunar month, the second day of the Spring Festival?

Noodles <br /> As the folk proverb says: On the first day of the New Year, eat dumplings; on the second day, eat noodles; on the third day, eat dumplings to go home; on the fourth day, eat pancakes and scrambled eggs. On the fifth day, people pinch the mouth of a villain, and on the seventh day, people eat longevity noodles. Therefore, noodles are eaten on the second day of the Lunar New Year. In some places, this is interpreted as welcoming the daughter back home.
There are many things to pay attention to when eating noodles on the second day of the Chinese New Year. It is said that the noodles on the second day of the New Year should be made with the dumpling noodles on the first day. And this noodle must be served in cold soup. That is, after the noodles are cooked, they are soaked in cold water, which is called cold soup. Nowadays, people usually make some stewed or fried noodles with sauce or fried noodles with sauce. But it must be soaked in cold water to preserve the custom of "the noodles on the second day of the New Year".
Fagao <br /> On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the people of Enping use a unique and interesting custom to "start the new year": they use a kind of rice cake called "fagao" together with other offerings to worship their ancestors. After worshiping the ancestors, the whole family eats the fagao, and shouts while eating: "Eat fagao to start the new year, and wealth and blessings will come again!"
It is reported that the custom of eating steamed cakes to start the new year in Enping originated in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, there was a lonely beggar in Enping who was still begging on the street when the new year came. On the second day of the Chinese New Year, a kind-hearted dim sum shop owner took him in and taught him how to make dim sum. After he finished learning, the owner sponsored him to open a dim sum shop in his hometown.
Later, the beggar invented a unique food and sold it at the market. When people saw this food for the first time, they found it very novel and asked what it was. The beggar said it was New Year's "steamed cake", and people bought it to taste. Later, the beggar made a fortune by selling steamed cakes, and he used it to help children from poor families go to school, and this became a good story. Since then, the custom of Enping people eating "fa cake" to worship their ancestors and start the new year has been passed down to this day.

What are the taboos on the second day of the Lunar New Year?

1. On the day of welcoming the son-in-law, the wife returns to her parents' home and the husband must accompany her. She cannot return empty-handed, and the gifts she brings to her parents' home must be in even numbers. Odd numbers are unlucky.
2. The second day of the Lunar New Year is the birthday of the Water God, so you should avoid washing clothes.
3. Women are not allowed to worship in shorts or short-sleeved shirts.
4. Taboos when offering sacrifices to the God of Wealth.
5. In the old days, if someone came to your door to sell a statue of the God of Wealth, and you didn’t want to buy it, you could only reply that you already had one. It was taboo to say “no” to avoid bad luck.
6. Do not take a nap during the day, otherwise you will be lazy for the whole year. The meaning is that during the Chinese New Year period, many guests will come to your home to pay New Year greetings, and it would be disrespectful to take a nap.
7. Avoid dumping sewage, garbage, sweeping the floor, and doing other cleaning work, as this will easily sweep away the wealth in the home.
8. Avoid having your money taken out of your pocket by others, as this will mean that all your money will be taken away by others throughout the year.
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