Detailed explanation of the Feng Shui customs and taboos of the Lantern Festival
Introduction: What day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year, the Lantern Festival, and the Light Festival. It is the first important festival after the Spring Festival and also a traditional festival for China, the Chinese character cultural circle, and overseas Chinese. What Feng Shui customs and taboos do we need to pay attention to on this day? Please follow me to explore it below! In addition to the grand and festive celebrations of the Spring Festival, we also need to pay attention to some taboos regarding the Spring Festival. Next, let’s take a closer look at the Spring Festival special topic compiled by Mr. Shui Mo! The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year, and it is also the day when a new year begins and the earth returns to spring. On this moonlit night, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to celebrate. Go out to admire the moon, light lanterns and fireworks, guess lantern riddles, eat Yuanxiao together, reunite with family, and celebrate the festival together in great joy.Feng Shui Customs of the Lantern Festival1. On the day of the Lantern Festival, people, especially women, go out together, walking on bridges, along walls or in the suburbs, which means getting rid of diseases and disasters, and “walking away all diseases” to improve health. The Lantern Festival is also China's Valentine's Day. It is extremely beneficial for singles, leftover men and women, and stay-at-home guys and girls to go out and travel together. It not only caters to the festive atmosphere, but also can cure diseases, ward off disasters, and strengthen the body. It is also a golden opportunity for unmarried men and women to break their single status and improve their love luck. 2. The Lantern Festival is a time for carnival for everyone, especially female friends. Carnival is not only a modern extension of "getting rid of all diseases", more importantly, the Lantern Festival carnival can make you have a great time and enjoy the full moon, which is greatly beneficial to the relationship and marriage of unmarried people, especially female friends. During the carnival, there is no limit to the content, such as outings, singing and dancing, games, parties, watching movies, or participating in activities such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, stilt walking, land boat racing, yangko dancing, and Taiping drums. The more popular the party is, the better the effect will be. 3. The first and fifteenth day of the lunar month are the best time to pray to gods and Buddhas, burn incense and pray for blessings. Especially those who belong to the four zodiac signs that offend Tai Sui and have bad luck this year - tiger, snake, monkey and pig - should pray more devoutly and ask the gods for their favor and protection to avoid misfortune and bring good luck. If people who offend Tai Sui can go to the Tai Sui Temple to worship the Tai Sui of that year, the effect will be better. As the saying goes: If you ask for something in your mind, you will get it. This is what is meant by sincerity. 4. Glutinous rice balls represent reunion, harmony and perfection. Eating glutinous rice balls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is an important traditional custom for bringing good luck. Female friends should eat an odd number of Yuanxiao, while male friends should eat an even number of Yuanxiao. In this way, you will have great love and good luck. Because men are yang and women are yin; odd numbers are yang and even numbers are yin. Harmony of yin and yang brings perfection and auspiciousness.5. Xin Qiji once wrote a poem that has been passed down through the ages to praise the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival: "The east wind blows thousands of flowers in the night, and blows them down like rain. The road is filled with the fragrance of BMWs and carved carriages. The sound of wind flutes moves, the light of jade pots turns, and fish and dragons dance all night long." This poem fully describes the lively scene of lanterns in the market during the Lantern Festival. Crowded places often gather a lot of popularity, wealth and prosperity. At the same time, the lights represent the beautiful wishes of "burning, brilliant, and dazzling". Unmarried people can experience a romantic encounter of "looking back suddenly, that person is standing in the dim light"; those in love or married people can hold hands, appreciate the lights and the moon together, and enjoy the brilliance of the two lights shining against each other. Therefore, if you want to improve your love luck, why not take this opportunity to watch the lanterns and appreciate the moon! For those who had bad luck all last year, it is best for them to go out on the Lantern Festival, celebrate the Lantern Festival, and bring good luck to their families, so that their bad luck will quickly go away and good luck will soon come. 6. While appreciating the lanterns and the moon, you can also do a traditional activity suitable for all ages - guessing lantern riddles to bring good luck and pray for blessings: write the riddles on pieces of paper and stick them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. This activity can not only set off a festive atmosphere, but also inspire wisdom. It can effectively improve academic luck and promote literary talent. 7. Although the Lantern Festival is the last day of the Spring Festival, the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival must be very lively. The Lantern Festival flower market features a wide variety of fresh flowers and potted plants. In Feng Shui, flowers represent "popularity, love, and marriage." Therefore, singles who are tired of being alone should seize this opportunity to go out to the flower market on the Lantern Festival and buy a pot of bright purple and red flowers to boost their romantic luck and make their love life bloom in the Year of the Monkey, thereby improving their popularity. 8. According to the traditional Chinese Feng Shui custom, you must remember to go out to see the moon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (if there is a bright moon). At the same time, you should draw a bow and arrow on a piece of white paper, and then shout loudly to the moon: Chang'e, come down to eat Yuanxiao! In this way, you and your friends present will have good luck. 9. There are some old customs of the Lantern Festival that can be adopted as appropriate. In the old days, women believed that it would be easier to get pregnant if they went outside to look at the moonlight on the Lantern Festival night; men believed that the later they slept on the Lantern Festival night, the longer they would live, and children who went to bed late could bring more blessings and longevity to their parents. Feng Shui Taboos for the Lantern Festival1. On the Lantern Festival, parents should try to prevent their children from crying, so as not to bring bad luck to the family. According to folk custom, this day is the birthday of the Emperor of Heaven and should be celebrated. 2. On the Lantern Festival, damage to tools or equipment, or the occurrence of accidents, means the loss of wealth and the coming of bad luck that year. Therefore, large-scale mechanical operations and construction should be avoided on this day to prevent adverse events from occurring. 3. On the Lantern Festival, you should avoid going to hospitals, remote wilderness areas, cemeteries, ancient tombs and other places with heavy negative energy and bad luck. People with weak health and bad luck should take extra precautions to avoid being contaminated by bad luck.4. If you lose your property on the Lantern Festival, it means that you are unable to take good care of your wallet and it will be difficult to seize opportunities throughout the year. Therefore, special attention should be paid to prevent the loss of property. 5. On the Lantern Festival, it is best not to lend money to others, otherwise, it will be easy for others to borrow your luck this year. 6. On the Lantern Festival, the rice jar and the flour jar should not be empty, because there is an ancient saying that running out of food is a disaster. 7. On the Lantern Festival, be careful not to tear your clothes. Otherwise, it is easy to be ruined and unlucky for a year. 8. On the Lantern Festival, avoid killing any living beings or seeing blood. Otherwise, this year is likely to cause financial loss, illness, and injury. 9. On the Lantern Festival, you should avoid using bad words or swearing. Otherwise, this year you may easily suffer misfortune due to your words or inadvertently saying the wrong thing. 10. Avoid washing or cutting your hair on the Lantern Festival. Because "fa" means to get rich, if you wash or cut your hair on this day, your wealth will be washed away and you will not be able to save anything for a year. Summary: The above article content is the analysis of the Feng Shui customs and taboos of the Lantern Festival that the editor wants to introduce to all readers. I hope everyone can understand it and hope that everyone can have a happy and lively Lantern Festival! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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