The thirteenth day of the first lunar month is the thirteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar. So, let’s take a look at the customs and habits of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. What are the customs of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month? 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.An introduction to the customs and practices on the 13th day of the first lunar month. What are the customs and practices on the 13th day of the first lunar month?Custom 1: Lamp Head BirthdayPeople light lamps under the kitchen stove on this day, which is called "lighting the stove lamp". In fact, it is because the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of lantern festival, is approaching, and each family tries to make lanterns, so it is called the "lamp head" day. Custom 2: Rolling Dragon Lantern The custom of playing rolling dragons during the Spring Festival has been passed down for more than a hundred years and usually lasts for four days. In the evening of the lighting test day, six old dragons and several rolling dragons took to the streets for the first time. When the lanterns are first lit, the dragon lanterns begin to move up and down, circling and dancing everywhere. On both sides of the street, every household hung lanterns, burned incense and set off firecrackers. Then, rolling dragons, flower baskets, story lanterns, revolving lanterns, fish lanterns, lion lanterns, rabbit lanterns, butterfly lanterns, and golden pumpkin lanterns all took to the streets. At this time, there is an endless stream of dragon lanterns of various colors on the road, and various colored lanterns are flashing brilliantly. The fun lasts until after three o'clock in the morning, when the lanterns are put away. The lanterns will be played with again the next day until the round lanterns are turned off on the sixteenth day. Custom 3: Making colorful lanterns The 13th day of the first lunar month is the day for "lighting up the lanterns"; the 14th day is the day for "testing the lanterns"; the 15th day is the day for "main lighting of the lanterns"; and the 17th day is the day for "turning off the lanterns". Starting from the 13th day of the first lunar month, people begin to hang up lanterns and make colorful lanterns! Custom 4: Eating glutinous rice balls On the 13th night of the first lunar month, the whole family eats glutinous rice balls, which symbolizes "perfection". Custom 5: Worship Guan Gong In the rural areas of Chang'an District, Xi'an, there is a custom that on the 13th day of the first lunar month every year, people worship Guan Gong. Custom 6: Make a holy insect On the 13th day of the first lunar month, many rural areas have the custom of making "holy insects". Custom 7: Offering sacrifices to the sea The 13th day of the first lunar month is said to be the birthday of the Dragon King, so there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the sea on this day. What is the saying about the thirteenth day of the first lunar month?The thirteenth day of the first lunar month is also known as Yang Gong's death anniversary.Yang Gong's taboo days are also known as "Yang Gong's Thirteen Taboos". It is said that they were set by Yang Yunsong, the Feng Shui master in the Tang Dynasty. These thirteen "forbidden days" are the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the eleventh day of the second lunar month, the ninth day of the third lunar month, the seventh day of the fourth lunar month, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the third day of the sixth lunar month, the first day of the seventh lunar month, the twenty-ninth day of the seventh lunar month, the twenty-seventh day of the eighth lunar month, the twenty-third day of the tenth lunar month, the twenty-first day of the eleventh lunar month, and the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. |
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