What day is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month? What are the customs and taboos?
Introduction: The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals for us Chinese. Many regions have activities and customs to celebrate the Spring Festival. But perhaps you don’t know that during the twelfth lunar month, which is the period before the Spring Festival, there are many festivals rich in cultural connotations. Today I’m going to introduce to you the customs and taboos on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. Come and learn about it! There are countless topics about New Year's Eve. If you want to know more about it, please enter the ocean of New Year's Eve topics that Mr. Shui Mo has carefully compiled for you to learn more!What is the 25th day of the lunar calendar?The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is the common name for the 25th day of the twelfth month (also known as the twelfth lunar month) in the Chinese lunar calendar; it is one of the traditional customs of the Chinese Spring Festival. The main traditional folk activities on this day include welcoming the Jade Emperor, lighting the fields for silkworms, the Thousand Lantern Festival, and getting rid of the chaotic old age. At the end of the year, people have some free time and savings. This is a good time for those who normally don't have the energy to handle big things. Therefore, people invented this special time custom based on the needs of real life. In traditional society, people's living order and customs are interdependent.When is the 25th of 2017?January 22, 2017 (Sunday, the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month)Traditional customs on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month1. Pasting windows After offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and sweeping the house on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, old Beijingers would paste windows on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. Every household "pastes the windows" not only to "deal with" the gods, but more importantly, to make it look pleasing to the eye. Who doesn’t want to celebrate the New Year in a newly decorated environment? 2. Making tofu According to research, tofu was invented by Liu Anming, King of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty. Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his poem "Tofu": "When planting beans, the seedlings are sparse, my strength is exhausted, and my heart is rotten. If I had known the Huainan technique earlier, I would have sat back and enjoyed the spring cloth." Interestingly, in some places there is a custom of eating tofu dregs before New Year's Eve. 3. Welcoming the Jade Emperor: The old custom holds that after the Kitchen God goes to heaven, the Jade Emperor will personally descend to the mortal world on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to investigate the good and evil in the world and determine the fortunes and disasters of the coming year, so every family offers sacrifices to him to pray for blessings, which is called "welcoming the Jade Emperor." On this day, you must be careful about your daily life and words, and strive to perform well in order to please the Jade Emperor and receive blessings for the coming year. 4. Thousand Lantern Festival is a religious festival of the Mongolian and Daur ethnic groups. It is called "Minggan Zhuola" in Mongolian, which means the Festival of a Thousand Lanterns. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, people make "Minggan Zhuola" and light them in the temple. It is believed that the more they are lit, the more auspicious it is. This festival custom is most popular among the Vilat Mongolians in Xinjiang. On this day, local people eat roasted beef and mutton and hold traditional sports and entertainment activities. 5. Driving away the chaotic year: After sending the Kitchen God to heaven, the God will be welcomed back on New Year’s Eve. During this period, there is no god to govern the world, and there are no taboos. People often get married, which is called "driving away the chaotic year." The chaotic years are specific periods designed by the people to regulate their social life. At the end of the year, people have some free time and savings. This is a good time for those who normally don't have the energy to handle big things. Therefore, people invented this special time custom based on the needs of real life. It can be seen that in traditional society, the living order of the people was regulated by folk customs. 6. "Illuminating the Fields for Silkworms", also known as "burning the fields for silkworms", "illuminating the fields for silkworms" and "burning the fields for wealth", is a folk custom of praying for a good harvest popular in the Jiangnan area. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, a long pole with a torch tied to it would be erected in the field, and the flame would be used to predict the new year. A strong flame would indicate a good harvest in the coming year. In some places this activity is held on New Year's Eve.Do's and Don'ts on the 25th Day of the 12th MonthSuitable for: offering sacrifices, bathing, mending walls, plugging holes, killing ants, and doing nothing else. Unsuitable for: building temples, moving into houses, repairing, burying, and getting married. Summary: Through the introduction in the above article, we know that the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is a special day. The customs of celebrating this day are different in many places, but they all have their own national characteristics. If you want to know more, please continue to follow Mr. Shui Mo! |
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