Next Yuan Day is also one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law. Taoism believes that all things that rely on divine power, such as praying for blessings, fighting disasters, pulling out hardships, apologizing, seeking immortality, prolonging life, crossing the dead, etc. It should be fasting. The methods of fasting can be roughly divided into two categories, one is slightly three, and the other is to provide fasting. That is, set up an altar to fast and immerse in God to avoid disaster.
With the passage of the sun and the moon, the Next Yuan Festival has gradually evolved into a traditional festival offering rich dishes, offering sacrifices to ancestors and the dead, and praying for prosperity. Enjoying ancestor worship is first of all a manifestation of ancestor belief, and human belief in ancestors is human worship of themselves. Believing in ancestors, offering sacrifices to ancestors and expressing piety to their souls are aimed at praying for their protection for future generations.
Traditional food for the next Lantern Festival
Ciba is eaten by the people to celebrate the "Next Yuan Festival", and relatives and neighbors will come to help when playing Ciba. Generally, the new glutinous rice is steamed, then poured into a mortar and beaten until it is rotten, and then the glutinous rice slurry is taken out and made into a ball shape and steamed in a steamer.
There is a folk saying that "eat Ciba early and fish late", and there is an unwritten custom of eating meat dishes on the next Yuan Festival in ancient times. Because the next Lantern Festival is on October 15th of the lunar calendar every year, and the harvest season has just passed. To thank God for his gift, the whole family got together to celebrate.