Clean it up before New Year's Eve on the first day of the first month. Don't take out the broom and garbage on the first day of the first month, prepare a big bucket of waste water, and don't spill it that day. You can't smash furniture during the New Year. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to say "Peace through the years" or "Flowers bloom on the ground, wealth and splendor" as soon as possible.
On the second day of the first month, the second day of the first month is also a New Year greeting, but the daughter married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.
In the traditional custom of the third day of the first month, it is believed that the third day of the first month is the day when mice marry women, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry women. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family.
In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that Kitchen God will come to check the household registration this day, so it is not advisable to travel far.
The fifth day of the first month is also called "breaking the fifth day". This day is a big day for businessmen, a day to pray for a good harvest and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open its doors and set off firecrackers on this day."
On the sixth day of the first month, the god of wealth has just been welcomed into the door, and the poor god will be sent away on the sixth day. On the day of sending the poor god, we will do a general cleaning at home and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and the like. In addition, you should also drink a vegetarian soup, which is made of seven kinds of vegetables such as spinach and green vegetables.
The seventh day of the first month is also called People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seventh Day. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. 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". The man won as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair.
On the eighth day of the first month, people make small lanterns and burn them to offer sacrifices to the stars on the eighth day of the first month, which is called Shunxing, also called "offering sacrifices to the stars" and "receiving stars". Some people say that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine, the rice harvest will be good. If it is cloudy, it will be a hard year.
The ninth day of the first month is heaven, commonly known as "born in heaven". It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. The main customs are offering sacrifices to the jade emperor and Taoist temple to heaven. In some places, when the weather is fine, women will prepare incense sticks and fast rice bowls and put them in the open air at the entrance of patio lane to worship heaven and pray for God's blessing.
On the tenth day of the first month, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can't be moved, and even sacrifices are offered to appreciate stones, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move". Henan custom: On this day, every household pays tribute and burns incense on stones. You must eat steamed stuffed buns for lunch, thinking that you can make a fortune within one year after eating cake. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a move to lift the stone god. In early Kuya, a crock was frozen on a smooth stone, and ten boys or girls took turns to carry it. If the stone does not fall to the ground, it indicates a bumper harvest that year.
There is a saying in the folk songs on the 11th day of the first month that the 11th day of the first month is "son-in-law's day", on which the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. According to legend, this is because the food celebrated on the ninth day can't be eaten until the tenth day, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day, and the family doesn't have to spend any more money.
On the twelfth day of the first month, from the Spring Festival to the eleventh day of the first month, most of the food people eat is greasy. So from this day on, people began to eat lightly, clearing intestines and moistening dryness. More importantly, since the Lantern Festival will be celebrated in three days, we should start making preparations from this day. At home, we will buy lanterns and build a light shed.
The thirteenth day of the first month today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. Preparations for the Lantern Festival are still going on. In the south of China, people enjoy lanterns on this day. On this day, an endless stream of China people will go to the Chenghuang Temple to enjoy the lanterns. And this is just the prelude to the Lantern Festival. Besides traditional red lanterns, there are many different styles of lanterns. The lantern show usually starts today and ends on the 18th day of the first month.
The fourteenth day of the first month today is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. In most parts of China, everything on 14 is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the Lantern Festival is open for people to buy lanterns. For the Lantern Festival, performances such as dragon and lion dances began to be staged in the street. Some people write riddles on lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere. In China, riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles. Adults and children like to solve these problems.
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a kind of food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao".