Legend has it that this day is the birthday of mankind, that is, the birthday of human beings. People once called this day "People's Day", "People's Day" or "People's Victory Day". On this day, the people of China won, eating seven treasures, eating noodles and climbing mountains to write poems. Folklore experts said that "Men's Day" reflected the desire of working people in ancient China to pray for Naji and peace, and their respect for "man" itself.
Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". Mansheng is a kind of headdress, also known as Cai Sheng and Huasheng. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers, cut the ribbon for people, or carved gold foil for people to hang a screen and wear it in their hair. In addition, there is the custom of climbing high and writing poems. After the Tang Dynasty, more attention was paid to this festival. Every human day, the emperor would give his ministers a colorful victory, and they climbed up and gave a big banquet. If the weather is fine on the seventh day of the first month, the population will be safe and smooth in the first year. Commonly known as "personal day"
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On this day, people in China will eat the "box lunch" of spring pancake rolls (cooked meat food) and spread pancakes in the yard, which will "smoke the sky".
Eat Qibao soup, soup made of seven kinds of vegetables, which people eat when they are alive, in order to get a good omen, saying that they can eliminate evil spirits and cure all diseases. Different places have different products, different fruits and vegetables and different meanings. Mustard, cabbage, leek, spring vegetables, celery, garlic and thick-petalled vegetables used in Chaoshan, Guangdong; Hakka people use celery, garlic, onion, coriander and leek to match fish. Spinach, celery, onion and garlic, leeks, mustard greens, shepherd's purse and Chinese cabbage are used in Taiwan Province Province and Fujian Province. Among them, celery and onion are clever, garlic is good at calculation, mustard makes people live longer, and Hakka people like to cook and eat with fish more than enough. The food stalls in Shantou city will be well matched with seven dishes on this day, and people are willing to accept them no matter how much they weigh. No one in the countryside said he was a thief, because he owed one or two vegetables and picked one or two vegetables from others in the field to make seven pieces.
Dai Rensheng, when people celebrate People's Day, women in China make portraits with colored paper, silk and soft gold and silver and wear them on their heads. Still posted on the screen, etc.
Sending flowers to win is a day when people make all kinds of flowers and win each other (people win, style is flowers).
Fishing for raw fish, in some southern areas, there is a folk custom of "fishing for raw fish" on People's Day. When fishing for raw fish, many people often gather around a big plate and pour fish, ingredients and sauces into it. Everyone stood up, waved chopsticks, fished for fish, and kept shouting, "Fish! Fishing! Send it! Send it! " , but also higher and higher, in order to show it step by step.
Eating noodles, most places still have the custom of eating noodles on this day, which means to wrap noodles on the legs of years to show longevity. In addition, the 17th and 27th of the first month are also regarded as "personal days". The seventh, seventeenth and twenty-seventh days of the first month are the "days" for children, adults and the elderly respectively. Whoever wants to live a life will eat noodles.
Sending Vulcan, in some parts of Shandong, has the custom of sending torches. Torches tied with crop straws are lit in front of their houses and sent outside the village, which means to drive away the fire and pray for a safe and fire-free new year.
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The seventh day of the first month-Baidu Encyclopedia