What are the twelve customs of the first lunar month in 2022 and what to eat?

What are the twelve customs of the first lunar month in 2022 and what to eat?
The arrival of the first month of the lunar year heralds the beginning of the new year. What are the customs on the twelfth day of the first lunar month in 2022? With the arrival of the new year, not only the fortune, but also the almanac and the content of good and bad luck have changed greatly. Click on the 2022 New Year's special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the first month of the lunar calendar.

What are the customs on the twelfth day of the first lunar month?

1. Build a lighting shed
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, we start preparing to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
The twelfth day of the first lunar month is the day to buy lanterns and build lantern sheds. There is a nursery rhyme that goes: "On the eleventh day, people are chattering; on the twelfth day, people are building lantern sheds; on the thirteenth day, people are lighting lanterns; on the fourteenth day, lanterns are brightly lit; on the fifteenth day, the moon is half full; on the sixteenth day, people are finishing the lanterns."
2. Hidden Scissors
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, women in some places will wrap up a pair of scissors with red rope or red silk after breakfast and hide them in drawers or under bedding.
It is said that you cannot use scissors on this day. As long as you don't hear the "clicking" sound of scissors, you won't hear the "clicking" sound of mice eating food in the house for the whole year.
3. Roasting cypress fire
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, there is a custom of roasting cypress fire in some areas in southern Shijiazhuang.
Roasted cypress fire is also called roasted mouse fire, which means "defeating disaster" and can avoid plague and drive away evil spirits. The children will go from street to street, visit each house, warm themselves by the fire, stay away from diseases, and have a safe and sound year. 4. Collect old shoes
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, children from every household carry baskets and go door to door collecting old shoes. Village folks are also happy to give away the "evil" (shoes).
It is said that in addition to digging holes, mice are also accustomed to hiding in old unworn shoes to build nests and give birth to their cubs, so children have to pile up the old shoes they receive into the shape of mouse holes and burn them, symbolizing that all the mice in each household will be "killed in one nest".
5. Knock on the corners
In some areas, there is a custom of "beating mice" on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and there is also a saying: "Beat, beat, beat mice in every corner. Nine out of ten mice will go blind, and the only one left with its eyes popped out will have a radish flower growing in its eye!"
On the early morning of the twelfth day of the first lunar month, women in the family would bring their children, muttering something while hitting places where mice might hide with wooden sticks, such as holes in earth pits, mouse holes in corners, brick joints at the base of walls, etc. Every corner in the house would be hit.
6. Pinch the mouse's mouth
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, we have to make dumplings at home at noon. The dumplings should be shaped like a mouse, with a mouth, ears, and tail, and green beans used as eyes.
The reason for making dumplings in this way is to pinch the mouse's mouth to death, which is commonly known as "pinching the mouse's mouth". As long as you pinch the dumplings in the shape of mice, cook them and eat them on this day, the mice will not be able to make the "crunching" sound when eating food, which means there will be no mice in the house for the next year.

What can you eat on the twelfth day of the first lunar month?

1. Duck
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, there is a custom of eating duck in many places.
In Nanjing, people usually eat salted duck; in Beijing, people eat roast duck; in Sichuan, people mostly eat camphor tea duck.
2. Dumplings
The twelfth day of the first lunar month is "Rat Day". In some areas, people make dumplings shaped like rats on this day and cook and eat them.
When making dumplings on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, there is a very important step, which is to seal the opening tightly, which means to kill the mouse's mouth. This way, there will be no mice in the house for the next year.

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