What festival is celebrated on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and what are the folk customs?

What festival is celebrated on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and what are the folk customs?
Introduction: The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is getting closer and closer to New Year’s Eve. It is a busy time when people are preparing for the New Year in full swing. But do you know? The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is also very important in our folk culture. So, what day is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month? What other customs and practices are there? Let’s go and take a look with the editor. 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 day is the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month?

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is the common name for the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month (the twelfth month) of the Chinese lunar calendar and is one of the traditional customs of the Chinese Spring Festival. Chinese folk songs about the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month include "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, let the dough rise" and "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, make rice cakes, steam buns and stick flowers on them." According to Chinese folk customs and traditions, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household will start preparing staple food for the New Year, whether it is making dough or steamed buns.
Customs vary from place to place. For example, in the area where Shandong, Hebei and Henan provinces meet, and in the area where Susong and Taihu Lake meet in Anhui Province, many families with certain surnames celebrate the New Year on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The traditional origin of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month

On the 26th and 27th of the twelfth lunar month, meat for the New Year's meal is prepared. On the 28th, it is time to prepare pasta. In the past, social development was underdeveloped and there was no modern convenient yeast powder. Ordinary noodles would easily go bad if prepared a few days in advance, but leavened noodles would not go bad easily. Therefore, the noodles would be leavened on the 28th day to prepare the staple food from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month. At the same time, this is also because of the old custom that fire should not be used to steam buns from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month.

What are the customs on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, people in Taiyuan city of Shanxi province steam "two baskets of cakes and steamed buns"; people in Hebei province steam jujube flowers to prepare as offerings to their ancestors on New Year's Eve; and people in Henan province also steam steamed buns and fry guta on the 28th day. People in Beijing let the dough ferment on this day and wait until the 29th to steam the steamed buns.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, in addition to making dough, people also have to "stick flowers", that is, stick New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets and window decorations. The custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated from the ancient "peach charms". The ancients believed that peach wood was a wood that could ward off evil spirits. "Dianshu" said: "Peach is the essence of the five woods, so it can suppress evil spirits." During the Five Dynasties, Meng Chang, the monarch of the Later Shu Dynasty, was fond of literature. He ordered people to write peach charms every year, which became the origin of later Spring Festival couplets. The words "New Year brings more blessings, and the festival is called Changchun" written on the peach charms became the first recorded "Spring Festival couplet" in Chinese history. Later, with the advent of papermaking, the custom of posting Spring Festival couplets using red paper instead of peach wood emerged. Every household pastes the word "Fu" of different sizes on their doors, walls, and lintels. Expressing our yearning for a happy life and our wishes for a better future.
Summary: Through the above article, I believe everyone has a deep understanding of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. This day is the time to prepare pasta, which means that the Chinese New Year is one step closer. I wish everyone a happy and auspicious new year!

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