What are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month? Do you want to welcome Zi Gu?

What are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month? Do you want to welcome Zi Gu?
The customs of different festivals are also different. So, let’s take a look at what are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Do you want to welcome Zi Gu? A year's plan begins with spring. In the eyes of Chinese people, the first month of the year, as the beginning of spring, is very important. Please click on the 2022 New Year's special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the New Year's content in the lunar calendar.

What are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month?

Custom 1: Eating Yuanxiao
Yuanxiao is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in my country.
Custom 2: Lantern Festival
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. During this festival, people have the custom of hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns, and watching lanterns, so it is also called the Lantern Festival.
Custom 3: Guessing Lantern Riddles
Guessing lantern riddles, also known as playing lantern riddles, is a traditional folk cultural and entertainment form unique to China with rich national style. It is a special activity of the Lantern Festival that has been passed down since ancient times.
Custom 4: Dragon Lantern Show
Dragon lantern performance is also known as dragon lantern dance or dragon dance.
Custom 5: Offering sacrifices to the door and the household
There were "seven sacrifices" in ancient times, and these are two of them. The method of sacrifice is to insert a willow branch above the door, insert a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly place wine and meat in front of the door.
Custom 6: Sending lanterns to children
It is abbreviated as "sending lanterns" or "sending flower lanterns", which means that before the Lantern Festival, the daughter's parents send flower lanterns to the family of the newly married daughter, or relatives and friends send lanterns to the family of a newly married couple without children, in order to pray for a good omen of having children, because "lantern" and "ding" are homophones.

Should we welcome Zi Gu on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?

Yes, welcoming Zi Gu on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is one of the customs.
Zi Gu is also called Qi Gu, and in the north it is often called Toilet Gu or Keng San Gu. According to ancient folk customs, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people would welcome the toilet goddess Zi Gu and offer sacrifices to her, and predict silkworms and other matters. Legend has it that Zi Gu was originally a concubine of a family. She was envied by the eldest wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. She became the toilet god. On the night of the Zigu Festival, people would make a life-size portrait of Zigu out of straw and cloth, and worship her in the pigpen between toilets at night. This custom is popular in all parts of the north and south, and was recorded as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Therefore, it is possible to welcome Zi Gu on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

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