Introduction to the first nine days
The first nine days of the first month is the Jade Emperor's birthday, so the people of the folk people called the day of birth, on behalf of the extremely important day, the day of the Taoist temple to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate the birthday of the chanting service. Every family on this day will look at the sky to bow, held the most solemn rituals. The main customs are sacrificed to the Jade Emperor, Taoist temple fasting, etc., some places, the day when the day, women prepared incense and candles, fasting bowls, placed in the Tianjing alleyway in the open air to worship the heavens, and ask for blessings from the God of heaven. The ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, generally in the spring of the festival just passed, just a sun initial is nature began to spring time.
This day is called on the nine reasons
This day is called on the nine, this is because the first nine of the first month of the number of nine, is the limit of the number of the first nine is the first nine of the new year, every year the first nine of the first month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the first nine days, folk traditionally have fired firecrackers to send the New Year's Day custom. Worshipers to not out of the last nine days for the pro, after the last nine days is to worship the late year. As the folk of meticulous and hard-working working people in our country, after the last nine days, we have to work on the ground, such as repairing ditches, make up the weir and other agricultural leisure small things. Therefore, this day people began to work on the ground, known as do hair thing, in the countryside, there are also in the last nine days on this day to do some sacrificial activities.
Firecrackers to send the new year
On this day, people have the custom of firecrackers, on behalf of the new year to meet the new symbol, meaning that across the old year, to the new year, the first nine days of the first month of the lunar calendar each year, commonly known as the first nine days, the folk traditionally have firecrackers to send the custom of the new year. Because nine is the digital pole, the first nine is the first nine of the new year. In the first nine days of the first month of the custom and countless, but to carry out ritual activities can be said to be the most important. Many places have to hold a lantern cultural and entertainment activities.