Further reading: The tenth day of the first month is the day when mice marry, which is the custom in Longyao area. On this day, every household should pinch jiaozi and jiaozi, commonly known as pinching the mouse's mouth, which means that if the mouse's mouth is pinched to death, the mouse will not bite, and there will be no mice at home for a year. Another meaning is to congratulate the mouse on marrying a daughter-in-law and pray that the mouse will not harm people.
Legend has it that when I was old, a hay in the sky fell to the world with the wind. Later, the hay became an old man. One year, the old man went up the mountain to get firewood, and accidentally his axe fell from the tree and cut a hole in the ground. There is a little mouse in the hole. The old man likes the little mouse very much, so he takes her home. After a few days, the mouse became a female mouse as beautiful as flowers and jade. Mouse and girl reached marriageable age, and many men and mice came to propose marriage, but she refused. The mouse girl vowed not to marry a mouse, but must marry the most capable person in the world.
The old man went abroad to look for the most capable person in the world. Someone said to him, "The most capable thing in the world is the sun. When the sun comes out, the whole world will be bright. If there is no sun, the world will become dark, and everything in the world cannot be separated from the sun. "
The old man came to see the sun. He said to the sun, "I have a daughter as beautiful as flowers and jade." I want to marry the most capable person in the world. Please marry my daughter! " The sun said, "I am not the most capable person in the world." I am afraid of clouds. When they came, they covered me. Cloud is more capable than me. "
The old man came to see the cloud, and the cloud said, "I'm not the most capable either." I am afraid of the wind. The wind blows me away, and the wind is more capable than me. "
The old man came to see the wind, and the wind said, "I'm not the most capable either." I am afraid of walls. The wall can stop me, and the wall is more capable than me. "
The old man came to see the wall, and the wall said, "I'm not the most capable either." I'm afraid of mice. Rats can dig holes in me, and rats are more capable than me. "
The old man came back and said to his daughter, "The most capable person in the world is a mouse. You'd better marry a mouse! " "
The mouse girl found a handsome young male mouse. They chose the tenth day of the first month and held a wedding in the dead of night.
Later, people gradually took the tenth day of the first month as the day when mice married.
There are still many taboos on this day in Longyao. Generally speaking, knives, scissors, needles and threads, axes, etc. are not allowed. Daughters-in-law and girls of all families should wrap their usual scissors with red rope or HongLing and hide them in drawers and under mattresses. The villagers said that you can't use scissors on Mouse Day. As long as you can't hear the click of scissors, you can't hear the click of mice eating at home for a year. Other villages go to bed early on the day when the mouse marries a daughter-in-law, so as not to disturb the mouse. People often say that if you disturb it for one day, it will disturb you for one year.