The 17th day of the first lunar month is the day when the mouse gets married. What are the customs and taboos?
Introduction: Time flies by like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is coming to an end. The seventeenth day of the first lunar month is said to be the day when mice get married. What are the customs and taboos? Now, let’s follow the editor to take a look. New year, new atmosphere, there are countless topics about the Spring Festival. If you want to know more about the Lunar New Year, please continue to pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo’s exclusive Spring Festival special articles for you!What are the customs of Mouse Marrying Girl?"On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, mice marry their daughters." It is a festive day for mice. According to Chinese folklore, the Jade Emperor assigns cats to notify cows, tigers, chickens, dogs and other animals to go to heaven and to arrange their seats according to their abilities and qualifications. After overhearing the cat's message, the clever mouse ran to the South Gate of Heaven to wait first. The foolish Jade Emperor saw that the mouse arrived first, so he appointed it as the first of the twelve zodiac animals. The cat was so busy notifying others that by the time it arrived at the South Gate of Heaven, the twelve zodiac animals had already been filled up and there was no place for it. From then on, it and the mouse had a deep hatred. The mouse felt that he was a little unfair and could not beat the cat in terms of martial arts, so he wanted to resolve the grudge with the cat. It came up with an idea and asked the weasel to act as a matchmaker to marry its most beautiful daughter to the cat. The cat felt that there was no place for him in the twelve zodiac signs, and it would be worth it to marry the mouse's beautiful daughter, so he readily agreed. So the mouse chose an auspicious date, and the lucky day was set on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. He also stole a woman's embroidered shoe to use as a sedan chair, and with music and music he sent his daughter to the cat's new house. Later, on the seventeenth night of the first lunar month, mice in every household would send their daughters off to get married, and the bridal sedan would be the embroidered shoes of the ladies. They only pick out beautiful embroidered shoes, and they will carry away whichever one is the prettiest. So before going to bed at night, the elderly would repeatedly warn the young ladies to put away the embroidered shoes under their beds, otherwise they would be mistaken for a sedan chair by mice and pulled all over the place, making them difficult to find in the early morning. It is said that on the seventeenth night of the first lunar month, if someone puts a urine pot on his head and lies under the bed, he can hear the drums and music of the Rat Marrying Girl, see the wedding scene of the Rat Marrying Girl, and receive festive gifts from the bride. The mice worked all night to send their daughter away, but ended up marrying their own flesh and blood into the cat's belly.Rats live parasitically on humans and have had an indissoluble bond with humans for a long, long time. People in ancient times had the custom of worshiping rats. It may be that people’s ancestors had long known the principle of ecological balance. Therefore, the mouse marrying Ni'er, also known as the mouse getting married or the mouse taking a wife, is an important element in traditional folk culture. In our hometown, on the 17th day of the first lunar month, every family makes dumplings, trying to pinch the dumplings to close the mouths of mice to prevent them from destroying food and clothing at home. In fact, the so-called "Rat Marries Girl" and pinching rat's mouth when making dumplings are nothing more than people continuing to perform the rat worship activities handed down from ancient times. What are the taboos of Mouse Marrying Ni?In addition to revelry, people in various places practice the taboo of avoiding rats during this festival to warn children.The folk customs in Yansui, Shaanxi, Pingyao, Yonghe, Wuxiang, Shanxi, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Zhangbei, Hebei, Ningyuan, Hunan and other places regard the tenth day of the first lunar month as the day for mice to marry their daughters. On that day, each family makes pastries and cooks millet rice, and places them in the cracks at the base of the walls, which is called "Congratulating the mouse on his daughter's marriage." Everyone blew out their candles and went to bed early, for fear of disturbing the mouse family. There are also people who regard the twelfth day of the first lunar month as the day for mice to marry their daughters. For example, in Lintong, Shaanxi Province, people do not use knives in the kitchen on that day because it is called "rat taboo." In Dali, Shaanxi, no household turns on the lights at night. It is said that if the lights are turned on, mice will come out and gnaw on clothes. In Yuanshi, Hebei Province, women gather at the door today, which is called "hiding from rats", otherwise rats will gnaw on their clothes. The time for avoiding rats in other areas varies. For example, in Wuqiao, Hebei and Linyi, Shandong, it is on the seventh day of the first lunar month; in Wucheng, Shandong, it is on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month; in Taiping, Shanxi, it is on the twenty-second day of the first lunar month; in Yongping, Hebei, it is on the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month; in Fuzhou, Fujian, it is on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month; and in Qishan, Shaanxi, it is on the last day of the first lunar month. In all the above-mentioned places, lighting of fire at night is strictly prohibited, which is called "avoiding rat marriage". In Beijing, the 17th and 18th days of the first lunar month are called "Rat Wedding Days." According to legend, when mice get married, they often borrow human shoes as bridal sedans. As the saying goes, "At the age of seventeen or eighteen, mice start to get married." At that time, children will place baits such as flower cakes and biscuits in dark places, and knock on dustpans, bottles and jars to urge the mice to get married. According to legend, at that time a group of rats would chirp, pick up the shoes and run away. In Shenze County, Hebei Province, on the day when mice marry, children collect old shoes, throw them into the middle of the street and burn them on a fire, which is called "filling the boxes for mice". Children also use the fire to roast their feet. There is also a story about this: Someone saw several mice biting each other's tails and paws, and lifting up a mouse together. The mouse being lifted was curled up on its back. The man thought that the mouse had really married off his daughter, so he went to the mouse son-in-law's house, and suddenly scolded him. As a result, the mice scattered in fright, and the curled up mouse was also very frightened, and fell to the ground and trembled. At this moment, something suddenly fell from the arms of the mouse that remained in place, and then broke. The man walked closer to take a look and found it was an egg. Only then did he realize that the mice had conspired to steal the egg. The idea of marrying a daughter or marrying a wife may have originated from this legend. However, the purpose of going to bed early and not turning on the lights is to increase sleep time and compensate for the hard work of the past few days. Only by combining work and rest can one stay healthy. In addition, fruit baits are used to lure mice, mousetraps are set out, and opening of boxes and cabinets is prohibited. The purpose is to make the mice have no scruples and come out in droves so that they can be caught in one fell swoop. Summary: Through the above article, we know the customs and taboos about the 17th day of the first lunar month being the "Mouse Wedding Day". I hope you will like the above content. I wish you all good luck and smooth sailing in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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