What day is the eleventh day of the first lunar month and what customs are there?

What day is the eleventh day of the first lunar month and what customs are there?
Introduction: The first month of the lunar calendar is the New Year, and the eleventh day of the first month is the eleventh day of the Spring Festival. In the blink of an eye, so many days have passed since the Spring Festival. It not only makes people sigh at the rapid passage of time. So what is the eleventh day of the lunar calendar and what customs are there? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. A year's plan begins with spring, and the Spring Festival is an important traditional festival of ours. Do you want to know more about the Spring Festival? Come and take a look at the Spring Festival special topic carefully prepared by Mr. Shui Mo!

What day is the eleventh day of the first lunar month?

The eleventh day of the first lunar month is one of the traditional Chinese lunar festivals. This day is the day when the father-in-law entertains his son-in-law. There is a lot of food left over from the celebration of the God's birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month, after being eaten for a day on the tenth day. Therefore, the wife's family does not have to spend any more money and can use the leftover food to entertain the son-in-law and daughter. This is called "inviting the son-in-law on the eleventh day" in Chinese folk songs.

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

Dragon Boat Festival

Binyang County in Guangxi holds a unique traditional festival - the "Paolong Festival". "Paolong" is a kind of dancing dragon, but it is larger than the common dancing dragon, about 40 meters long, with the short one having 7 sections and the long one having 11 sections. Every year on the eleventh night of the first lunar month, Binyang County holds the "Pao Long Festival". Wherever the "Pao Long" goes, every household sets off firecrackers and lines the streets to welcome it. There is a saying that "the sound of cannons never stops, and the dragon dance never stops", so it is called "Pao Long".

Please Zigu Day

The earliest document recording "Zi Gu" is "Yi Yuan" by Liu Jingshu of the Southern Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, Zi Gu was someone's concubine who was envied by the original wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Emperor of Heaven took pity on her and made her the toilet god.
However, the Chinese people worship Zi Gu not because she is a toilet god, but because Zi Gu represents the deeply oppressed women in feudal society. That is why she is worshipped by women and is regarded as the patron saint of weak women. (Source: "Spring Festival", "Images of Ghosts and Gods - Illustrated Chinese Traditional Mystical Culture")
Summary: Through the above article, we know about the festival customs of the eleventh day of the lunar calendar. I hope you will like the above content. I wish you all happiness and good luck in the new year!

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