Is the Little New Year on the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month?
Introduction: There are many festivals in Chinese traditional culture, and there is a lot of culture in the festivals waiting for us to explore. Time has unknowingly come to the end of the year. Fortune Teller.com has prepared some information about the 2018 Chinese New Year's Eve. Click in to learn more!Is the Little New Year on the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month?Xiaonian does not refer to a specific festival. Due to local customs, the festivals called Xiaonian are also different.The concept and date of Xiaonian vary from place to place. In the northern region it is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, in some southern regions it is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions both "the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" are called Xiaonian, in Nanjing area the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is called Xiaonian, in some parts of Yunnan it is the 16th day of the first lunar month, and in some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north it is New Year's Eve. The time of the Little New Year varies in different places. What is the origin of Xiaonian?Xiaonian is the day when people worship the kitchen god. It is said that on this day, the Kitchen God would go to heaven to report the good and evil deeds of the family to the Jade Emperor, so that the Jade Emperor could reward or punish them. When offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, you would melt Guandong sugar with fire and apply it on the Kitchen God's mouth so that he would not be able to say bad things in front of the Jade Emperor. There is a custom that “men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the Kitchen God”, so worshiping the Kitchen God is limited to men. Since Chinese people mainly eat rice, cooked food is generally not easy to preserve and must be cooked at all times.Since every family has a stove, a legend came about that the Jade Emperor stationed a supervisor in every family - the Kitchen God (Si Ming Zao Jun, Zao Jun, Zao Wang Ye, Zao Wang) to supervise and inspect the family's behavior throughout the year. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God would go to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor would decide whether to reward or punish the family based on the report, and the Kitchen God would return in the following New Year to continue supervising the family's behavior. The Kitchen God Festival is actually a festival for every family to send off the Kitchen God to heaven. Summary: The above is [Is the Little New Year the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month? 】, I hope the entire content can be helpful to everyone! |
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