On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, people should climb high to pray for blessings and win over others. They should eat longevity noodles, drink Qibao soup, and eat pancakes.
1. Climb high to pray for blessings
In ancient times, both royal nobles and ordinary people would go out to the countryside to climb high on "Human Day". Climbing on the "Man's Day" is different from climbing on the Double Ninth Festival to avoid disasters passively. The first month of the year is the beginning of the year. At this time, people climb up to pray for blessings, hoping that everything will go well and their families will be healthy in the new year. In addition, it is the beginning of spring. The breeze is blowing and everything is revived. It is a good time to go hiking and hiking. On this day, you might as well go hiking and hiking with your family. While praying for blessings, you can stretch your muscles and feel the breath of spring.
2. Wearing people to win
In some areas, there is a custom of wearing people to win during the Rensheng Festival. Rensheng is also called "Hua Sheng", which is a kind of symbol used in ancient times. Colored paper, gold foil and other decorations cut into human or flower shapes are worn on the head or attached to the screen on the day of Rensheng Festival. They are not only decorative, but also bring good luck to yourself or your family.
3. Eat Longevity Noodles
Whenever the 27th of the first lunar month is Old Man’s Day, you should eat a bowl of noodles as usual for birthdays, and add celery, which represents wisdom. , onions, garlic. In our country's traditional culture, the shape of noodles is thin and long, which means longevity. Therefore, on "Old Man's Day", middle-aged people eat "longevity noodles", which represents people's hope that noodles will tie their legs over time. Always young and never old; and the old man eating "longevity noodles" symbolizes the noodles stumbling on the legs of life, which means health and longevity.
4. Drink Qibao Soup
Qibao Soup is a soup made from seven kinds of vegetables with auspicious meanings. For example, spinach means "Bo Cai" and rapeseed means "Have Talent". "Wealth" and so on, there is no fixed combination, it is just for good luck. When drinking Qibao Soup, it is best to eat all the soup and vegetables, which means eating all the blessings into your stomach.
5. Eat pancakes
Pancakes are not the pancakes that people usually call, but a thin pancake similar to spring pancakes, because people are used to rolling various kinds of pancakes into them when eating pancakes. There are various kinds of ingredients, including meat and vegetables. The various vegetables included in them represent the "hundred vegetables of heaven and earth" and are homophonic with "hundreds of wealth". Pancakes and rolls have the meaning of attracting wealth and prosperity, so on the twentieth day of the first lunar month On the Day of the Seven Victories, people have the custom of eating pancakes.