The 25th day of the first lunar month is called the "Tian Cang Festival". Do you know this "Tian Cang Festival"?
Introduction: In our country, people call the 25th day of the first lunar month "Filling the Granary Festival". "Filling the Granary" means that farmers add grain to the granaries, which expresses people's good wishes for a good grain harvest in the coming year. The way of celebrating the Tiancang Festival varies from place to place. Let’s take a look at the specific content below! During the first month of the lunar calendar, you will have a good year. The first month is the most important month of spring. Mr. Shui Mo will share with you some knowledge about January.Introduction to the "Filling the Granary Festival" on the 25th day of the first lunar monthThe 25th day of the first lunar month is commonly known as the Filling the Granary Festival. It is a folk festival of the Han nationality that symbolizes a good harvest in the new year. "Tian Cang Festival" is also called "Tian Cang Festival" because "tian" (fill in Chinese) and "tian" (sky) are homophones of each other. Among the people, there is a distinction between old Tian Cang and small Tian Cang. The 20th day of the first lunar month is Xiaotiancang, and the 25th day of the first lunar month is Laotiancang, which are traditional folk festivals. Some say that Tiancang Festival is the day to worship the stars, while others say it is to worship the land or the god of grinding. To fill the silo means to fill up the barn. At dawn on this day, every household would use sifted cooking ash to make grain bins of varying sizes in their own yards or threshing floors, and put some grains in them, symbolizing a good harvest.Legends about the Filling Granary FestivalAccording to legend, a long time ago, the north of my country suffered from successive years of drought. The land was barren and no crops were harvested. However, the royal family did not care about the lives of the common people. The imperial grain was still collected, causing widespread resentment among the people. The warehouse officer who was guarding the Li family's granary witnessed this tragic scene and could not bear it, so he resolutely opened the imperial granary to provide relief to the victims. He knew that doing so was a violation of the law and the emperor would never forgive him. So he asked the people to transport the grain away, and then he burned down the imperial granary, burning himself to death. This day happened to be the 25th day of the first lunar month. In order to commemorate the granary official Yuan Ming who released grain to save the victims, later generations would use fine cooking ash to fill the granary inside and outside the courtyard on this day to express their remembrance of the granary official and to pray for a good harvest in the new year. In this way, the custom of Filling the Granary Festival has been passed down from generation to generation. In order to commemorate this granary official, later generations would use wood ash to make round granaries in the early morning of this day every year. Some of the granaries were even inlaid with lace and auspicious words, and grains were scattered in the granaries to symbolize a good harvest, to express people's deep affection for filling the granaries and saving the granary official. Now these customs have disappeared, but the story of filling the granary has been passed down from generation to generation, reminding people to clean out the granaries, dry the seeds, repair the farm tools and prepare for spring ploughing from this day on. However, later on, the meaning of filling up the warehouse was expanded, and people gave it various other meanings.Traditional customs of the Granary Filling Festival: offering sacrifices to the "Granary God"On the day of Filling the Granary Festival, grain merchants and rice dealers all offer sacrifices to the "Granary God". The warehouse god is a rat, also known as "the Great Loss Star God". The "Records of Old Customs of the Eastern Capital" says that it "controls the rats in the warehouse". Rats in the north were called "mouse rats" starting from the Later Tang Dynasty (923-936) of the Five Dynasties. The then Minister of Finance, Kong Qian, often found various excuses to extort money from the people. In addition to all kinds of harsh taxes and levies, he also imposed "additional taxes" and "rat and bird taxes". For example, for every ten taels of silk, cotton, and linen, an additional half tael would be charged, and for every stone of grain, an additional two liters would be charged, forcing people to pay for the losses caused by rats and mice in the warehouses. Therefore, mice are commonly called "rat" in the north. People hate rats in officialdom and warehouses but can do nothing about it. They can only pray to the warehouse god for protection during the Granary Filling Festival, so that the granaries are full of grain and the rats don't consume too much. No lights are allowed on this night. Because the Tiancang Festival is the day when mice marry their daughters, we cannot disturb the mice. The mouse's daughter's wedding has always been a traditional theme of Chinese folk New Year pictures or paper-cuts. The mouse groom, mouse bride, mouse best man, guests, etc. are just like the scenes in the human world. Although they all have pointed mouths and thin legs, they all wear red shirts and green pants, swaying and walking in groups, which is grand and funny. However, the day for the mouse's daughter's wedding is not always on the 25th day of the first lunar month. In some places it is on the 10th day of the first lunar month, and lamps must be lit on this night to provide light for the mice. In Jinhua, Zhejiang, the second day of the second lunar month was considered the day for mice to marry their daughters. On this day, every family would fry soybeans, mix them with brown sugar, and sprinkle them in the corners of the house.Summary: The above article gives us a detailed introduction to the origin and legend of the "Tiancang Festival" on the 25th day of the first lunar month and the analysis of related customs. You can learn about it. I hope that in the new year, all readers will be able to have everything go smoothly and be blessed with good luck! After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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