What festival is on the eighth day of the first lunar month and what are its customs?
Introduction: The New Year comes in the first month of the lunar calendar, so there are many festivals during the New Year. At the same time, our country is a typical multi-ethnic country with many ethnic groups and different customs and cultures. So, what festival is on the eighth day of the first lunar month? Are there any customs and habits? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn more about it. There is no end to the topics about the Spring Festival, so do you want to know more about it? Just continue to wander in Mr. Shui Mo’s Spring Festival special ocean!What festival is on the eighth day of the first lunar month?The eighth day of the first lunar month is also known as Shunxing Festival, one of the traditional Chinese lunar festivals. The main purpose of this day is to learn about astronomy by reading the names of the stars listed on the star god horse invited from the incense and candle shop. The star worship ceremony of Shunxing Festival is held at night. Rich families put up 108 lanterns, while ordinary families can put up 49 lanterns, and the minimum is 9, representing the nine fortune-telling stars: sun, moon, water, fire, wood, metal, earth, Luo Hou and Ji Du. The lamp bowl is shaped like a small goblet, made of clay or copper, with soybean oil inside, and the wick is made of "lamp flower paper".According to Chinese folklore, the eighth day of the first lunar month is Guzi’s birthday. If the weather is clear on this day, it means a good rice harvest this year; if it is cloudy, it means a poor harvest. What are the customs and habits on the eighth day of the first lunar month?Cham ValleyChinese people believe that if the weather is good on this day, there will be a good rice harvest that year, but if the weather is bad, there will be a poor harvest that year.OpeningSome shopping malls or shops opened today, mainly to represent the meaning of "prosperity". May your business prosper and you be prosperous all year round.Star ReceptionThe Chinese people regard the eighth day of the first lunar month as the day when all the stars descend to the earth. They make small lanterns and light them to offer sacrifices to them, which is called "Shunxing", also known as "offering sacrifices to the stars" and "receiving the stars".According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a star in charge every year, also called the "annual star" (the nine stars, namely Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Wood, Venus, Saturn, Luohou and Ketu, take turns to be in charge of the year). A person's fate for the year is entirely controlled by the star in charge of the year. The eighth day of the first lunar month every year is the day when all the star gods gather, and it is also said to be the day when "all the stars descend to the world". Therefore, by offering sacrifices to the star god (i.e. Shunxing) on this day, it is possible to obtain the star god's blessing. Therefore, some people go to the Baiyun Stargazing Temple (also known as the Yuanchen Temple) to burn incense and pray to the stars. But no matter whether one goes to the temple to burn incense or not, on that evening, after all the stars come out in the sky, every family will hold a star-following sacrificial ceremony. Two god codes are used in sacrifice. The first one is printed with Xingke, Suzaku, Xuanwu, etc., and the second one is "Benming Yannian Shouxingjun". The two pieces were put together front and back, clamped on a paper clip, and placed in the middle behind the table in the courtyard for worship. In front of the god's code, there are lamp flowers made of yellow and white lamp paper soaked in fragrant oil, which are placed in a "lamp bowl" with a diameter of about an inch and lit. Then serve cooked Yuanxiao and tea. After dusk, sacrifices are made to the Big Dipper. After the sacrifice, when the remaining lights are about to go out, burn the god code, incense roots, sesame straw, and pine and cypress branches together to complete the sacrifice. Summary: Through the above article content, we know about the origins of the festival on the eighth day of the first lunar month and some of its customs and habits. I hope these contents can provide you with some new knowledge. I wish you all a new start in the new year, good luck and happiness! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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