New year's day activities
New year's day activities. The Spring Festival is a very festive festival. The fifth day of the Spring Festival, known as Duanwu Festival, is one of the traditional festivals with a long history in China. On the fifth day of the Spring Festival, there is a custom of welcoming the God of Wealth. Let's share with you the activities on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
New Year's Day activities 1 1, offering sacrifices to the god of wealth
Sacrificing the God of Wealth is not only a tradition in the south, but also in many places in the north of China. According to folklore, the God of Wealth is also known as the Five-way God, that is, the God of Sacrificing Households, the God of Kitchen, the God of Land, the God of Doors and the God of Walking. The so-called five-way god refers to the east, west, north and south, which means that you can get wealth by taking five roads.
Therefore, every new year, people will open doors and windows, light incense and set off firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the god of wealth at 0: 00 on the fifth day of the first month. After receiving the god of wealth, everyone still has to eat road wine, often until dawn. Everyone is full of hope of getting rich. I hope the god of wealth can bring home gold and silver treasures in the new year and make a fortune.
Step 2 send the poor
On the fifth day of the first month, "seeing the poor off" is a unique custom among the ancient people in China. It means offering sacrifices to poor ghosts (poor gods). There are many nicknames for sending the poor, such as "sending the five poor", "driving the five poor", "sending the poor soil" and "sending the poor clothes". According to folklore, from New Year's Day to Friday, you can get rich without taking out the garbage, otherwise you will be "blessed". However, there are too many garbage dumps, which, after all, affect health, so it is stressful to dump them out on the fifth day of junior high school. This is called "sending the poor".
There are many ways to send the poor. The simple thing is to dump the garbage outside the door with firecrackers in the early morning. The complicated thing is to cut a little person (poor daughter-in-law) with paper and send her away, and even let her carry a paper bag full of garbage outside the door. Some people who have enough to eat and drink are called "filling the poor", or taking other people's "poor wives" away, which is called "getting rich"
Step 3 clean the house
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, people get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Cleaning is thorough cleaning. Sweep out the garbage in every house. Before the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, cleaning and sweeping are generally not allowed, only in the house, and garbage can only be placed in the corner of the house first. Especially during the Chinese New Year, you can't move the broom. If you move, you will lose your good luck.
But on the day of the fifth lunar month, it is necessary to have a thorough cleaning. When the garbage was swept out of the door and into a corner, firecrackers were also placed outside the house, so a huge firecracker was brought, placed on the garbage dump and lit, and the ceremony ended with a bang. People say: now, the poor are driven away, so they eat.
4. Meet the Road God
The road head is also called "Five Road Gods". It is said that there was a Five-way God at the end of Yuan Dynasty who died to resist foreign invasion, so people worshipped him as a god and called him "Five-way God". However, it seems that the five gods have nothing to do with who the God of Wealth is. Or the five-way god is actually the five-way god, or the five-way god. After Tang Bin banned Fang from going to Wu Tong Temple in the Kangxi period, the people dared not worship the Five-Road God, so they changed their names to Reuters. Generally, this kind of road head is regarded as absent-minded in the ancient five sacrifices, and the so-called five roads are also east, west, north and south; Wealth and goods follow the road, so people regard walking as a god of wealth and are willing to offer sacrifices, hoping that it can make money or make profits when traveling. It is the custom of "ancestral way" for the ancients to travel and sacrifice to the road gods for peace; When the martial arts meet the Taoist head, it is the Taoist god who sacrifices, and this Taoist god becomes the god of wealth.
They say the sooner you meet the end of the road, the better. The first one you receive is the true god, which is particularly effective, so it is called "grabbing the road". In some places, the fourth day of January is really "grabbing the road" and it has become a custom. Since the road god is no longer the protector of the journey, people will no longer sacrifice it when traveling. As for people who worship the Road God on the fifth day of January and take this day as their birthday, it is the reason why the "Five" of the Road God is related to the "Five" of the fifth day.
Step 5 set off firecrackers
On the fifth day, every household will set off firecrackers. People should set off firecrackers from every room and walk outside the door as they go, which means blowing out all unlucky things and all monsters, and keeping them as far away from us as possible, especially kicking them in the feet and calling them "poor", "unlucky" and "poor from home".
6. Eat jiaozi.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the popular folk food custom is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing people's mouths". Because when you wrap jiaozi, you have to pinch it by hand along the edge of jiaozi. It is said that this can avoid rumors around. In addition, women have to find some old clothes to tear down on this day, which is called "tearing down villains". This can avoid bad luck.
According to the old custom, you should eat "dumplings" for five days, which is called "boiled cakes" in the north. Now some families only eat it for three or two days, and some eat it every other day. However, there is no one who does not eat. This is true from the royal residence to the small houses in the streets, even for entertaining guests. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, coins, candied dates and brown sugar are also wrapped in jiaozi in some places, which means getting rich, coming early with good luck and being sweet and beautiful.
How to greet the god of wealth on the fifth day of lunar new year's eve
When you meet the God of Wealth, you should find out where the God of Wealth is. On the fifth day of the first month, the god of wealth is in the northeast. At the beginning of the fourth grade, we will meet with the god of wealth, that is, around 24 o'clock in the evening of the fourth grade, ready to meet with the god of wealth. First of all, on the fourth day, the poor gods were sent to clean the house. Dust can be swept from the inside out. You can burn incense in the house, open the window and beat the poor god with Yang Liuzhi. You can sweep the house like dust. Then at 24 o'clock on the fourth night, prepare a table, which is usually placed in the living room. If you are in the countryside, you can put it in the central hall. If it is a shop, it can be directly in the middle of the shop. Facing the northeast, you can hang the god of wealth or write on red paper: "Sacrifice to the position of God of Wealth in Wutong" and put it on the altar. Offerings can be prepared on the table, such as apples, sugar water, tea, longan, flowers and so on. Prepare incense wax and butter lamps. Get ready.
Process steps to meet the god of wealth
Time to pick up the god of wealth: the application ends from the fifth day of the first lunar month to the afternoon. That is to say, preparations began on the afternoon of the fourth day of the first month 1 1, and incense continued at around 4 pm on the fifth day of the first month.
Orientation: On the fifth day of the first month, the god of wealth is in the south, so the worship direction is to sit north to south for good luck.
Memorial tablet: red paper and black characters, middle: dedicated to the throne of five parties and five roads. Left: The treasures of the world are hidden underground. Right: the Lord receives the wealth of the world. Lower right corner: believer: write the name of the head of household. If there is a statue of the god of wealth at home, please serve it directly. If there is no statue of the god of wealth, write the throne yourself. After the sacrifice, the throne will be burned under the table.
Preparation items: plant oil lamps (sesame oil can't be turned off in the middle), a pair of dragon and phoenix candles (the bigger ones can be lit all day), a pair of auspicious incense (burn incense continuously, prepare enough incense, or burn it coarsely because of a long time), three cups of sugar tea, five bowls of vegetarian dishes, one bowl of rice, five different fruits and long noodles, jujube and cinnamon.
Practice: On the fourth night of the fourth day 1 1 Prepare a table and put it in the middle of the house or the center of the company or shop. Then put the shrine (idol), as well as all the tributes, incense (five spices), lights and candles. Finally, read the curse of the god of wealth. In the afternoon, you can move the table away to welcome the end of the god of wealth, put the idol back in place, and then set off firecrackers.
Spells: the sky is destroyed, and the earth is destroyed. Disciple XXX (read his own name) invited the God of Wealth to his home from five directions, mobilized the God of Wealth with thousands of troops and horses, filled with gold and silver treasures, and protected the God of Wealth from five directions, so that the God of Wealth ordered the magic soldiers to be in an emergency. Write it on red paper, read it seven times and burn it under the table.
Asking the god of wealth is a long-standing folk belief, praying for good luck in the coming year. Faith is free, so there are bound to be many ways, so don't stick to what I said. Of course, if you know nothing about this, you might as well try this method. Sincerity will work miracles. People who are kind-hearted, filial to their parents and fair trade are even more blessed by the god of wealth. He belongs to the true god and will not help you hack your wealth. However, there are also five ghosts who specialize in this kind of thing. However, this kind of wealth is fierce, and the more you get, the greater the disaster, whether it is for yourself or for your children. Therefore, we must repair ourselves before we can get the blessing of the god of wealth. People are watching, holding their heads three feet high, and there is a god. We should use our conscience to restrain ourselves and regulate our behavior.
Geomantic omen: On the fifth day of the first month, the financial position at home should be sorted out, and the whole house should be in the cleanest state. Only in this way will the god of wealth be liked.
Why is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month called "Breaking Five"
The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as "breaking the fifth day". According to it, you should get used to eating "dumplings" for five days, and the north is called "boiled cakes".
In the past, during the Spring Festival, there were many taboos among the people, such as not cooking with uncooked rice, sewing for women, cleaning and breaking things. After the fifth day, these taboos were lifted, so this day is called "breaking five".
The custom on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year
The fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as breaking the fifth. On this day, a custom called "driving out the five poor" became popular in many places. People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are placed outside every room. When they are put out, firecrackers are placed outside the door. It is said that all unlucky things and monsters will be blown out and kept as far away from us as possible. In particular, "two kicks" (two rings) are called "collapse of poverty", and "unlucky" and "poor" leave home to collapse. People have not worked for four days from grade one to grade four. Shooting before sunrise, after the collapse, they have to work hard for a day, which is called "poverty-weariness". "Breaking the five-year plan" means that as long as you work hard and diligently in the new year, you can live a good life. On the morning of the fifth lunar month, the working people prayed for good luck and happiness. Don't visit relatives and friends on this day, and you are not allowed to visit them. It is said that visiting relatives will bring bad luck to other people's homes. Cleaning is thorough cleaning. Sweep out the garbage in every house. Before the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, cleaning and sweeping are generally not allowed, only in the house, and garbage can only be placed in the corner of the house first. Especially during the Chinese New Year, you can't move the broom. If you move, you will lose your good luck. But on the day of the fifth lunar month, it is necessary to have a thorough cleaning. When the garbage was swept out of the door and into a corner, firecrackers were also placed outside the house, so a huge firecracker was brought, placed on the garbage dump and lit, and the ceremony ended with a bang. People say: Now, all the poor people have been driven away! So I ate it.
This custom is similar in Guanzhong, East House and West House. But after the cannon, the food they ate was different. Longxian county, Xifu county, is in chaos all over the county, and it is said that all unpleasant things will be glued together with this mushy food. It is said that in some places in the Weihe River basin, people also eat jiaozi in New Year's Day, but not on the fifth day, but on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, such as Sanyuan County and Wugong County. This is the same as Longxian County. There are three Chinese New Year holidays in Longxian County, the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the fifth day of the first month and the seventh day of the first month. Binxian also eats jiaozi on the fifth day of the first month, saying that it is "eat poor food and go to the poor roots", and it is also called "paste the poor pit" and "fill the poor pit". It is also suitable for pasting and filling with food like mixing dough. People in Binxian said that wine and meat can't be eaten anyway. Chunhua County, located in Weibei Plateau, also eats jiaozi on this day. It is said that it is also used to fill the poor pit, and it is said that relatives can't go out to visit relatives on this day, saying that they can't be poor.
Fengxiang county is the most interesting place. It is the birthplace of Qin people. Also known as "breaking five". They also get up early, do cleaning and shoot guns, but the food they eat is very different from what they care about. They eat jiaozi. It's not jiaozi, it's boiled horn. I wrapped it all night and finished it the next morning. Still wrapped in meat. When wrapping jiaozi, you must light a stick of incense, wrap it around the dumpling stuffing pot, and then wrap jiaozi. Why is this? Fengxiang people said: this is to round up the "five poor" and the like, wrap them up and cook them. Qin people are heroic and thorough. In doing so, they not only drove away the "five poor", but killed them all, which smacked of "eating their flesh and sleeping their skins". "Five Poor" is also called "Five Ghosts". It refers to five kinds of poor people, such as "poor intelligence, poor learning, poor literature, poor life and poor friends". I once saw it in Han Yu's Seeing the Poor. Everyone in this poem says that "these five ghosts are my five worries", so I'm going to send them away. No matter how thoughtful a scholar is, what he writes will always be peaceful. Although it is my great misfortune, I'd better send it away politely. Tell the truth when you get to the people, and "drive away the five poor" and "fill the poor pit" are not polite. After all, this is not a treat or a gift. Is one of the most impassioned and incisive.
On the Day of Tianjin People's Fifth Festival, every household eats jiaozi, and the chopping board should jingle for the neighbors to hear, to show that they are chopping "little people". Tianjin people attribute all unhappy things to "little people", and only by getting rid of "little people" can they prosper. Setting off firecrackers on the fifth night also means avoiding evil spirits and disasters. It turns out that on New Year's Eve, when people invite God, they forget the dirty God. She was angry and went to Maitreya to make trouble. Maitreya smiled, but did not answer. The foul air is so unpleasant that his hair is almost torn off. Maitreya saw that the situation was about to get serious and said, "Let's do it! Today is the fifth day, let people put more guns on you and pack a jiaozi, which costs a lot of money! "
Taboo on the fifth day of Lunar New Year's Eve
According to the old habit, it is not appropriate to do things on the day of Friday, otherwise something will happen this year. On the "five busy days", it is forbidden to break ground, and there may be disasters. Eating lotus roots and combing hair were taboo in the past, no matter in the north or the south. But these are all superstitious statements.
Jichuanmen
According to the Chronicle of Yanjing's Age, the fifth day is called "Breaking Five", and uncooked rice is not allowed to cook, and women are not allowed to go out. On the sixth day, Princess, your Lord and eunuchs exchanged greetings. The newly-married woman also returned to mothering on the same day, and the merchants gradually began to trade. "Clear Bi Chao" also contains: The fifth day of the first month is the fifth day, and women are not allowed to go out.
According to legend, Jiang Taigong named his wife poor God and told her to "come back when she saw the broken". In order to avoid the poor god, people call this day "Breaking Five". In fact, the reason why I don't visit on the fifth day is to avoid meeting the poor god, that is, the daughter-in-law. In some places, it is simply called "sending poor daughters-in-law on the fifth day and going out to meet the god of wealth", which is actually a disrespect for women in ancient times.
In addition, the elderly will also avoid visiting relatives and friends on this day, and they are not allowed to visit, saying that visiting relatives will bring bad luck to other people's homes.
What are the customs of the fifth day of the fifth lunar month?
Want to eat jiaozi?
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, every household will pack jiaozi and eat jiaozi, which is also commonly known as "pinching the mouth". When we wrap jiaozi, we should pinch every side of jiaozi, which is equivalent to the mouth of a villain, so it is equivalent to pinching the mouth of a villain, so as to avoid those gossips. On this day, women at home usually find some clothes to disassemble, commonly known as "disassembling villains", which can reduce bad luck and seek luck and blessings.
Send the poor
On this day, we will all "send the poor", which is a traditional folk custom with characteristics in ancient China, meaning to send the poor ghost (poor god) away. Sending the poor is also called "sending the five poor" and "driving the five poor". Generally speaking, you can't take out the garbage a few days before the Lunar New Year, because taking out the garbage is likely to take away your "blessings", but during this period, there will be a lot of garbage, and most people choose to take out the garbage on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, which is called "sending the poor".
Clean the house.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, most people get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean their rooms. Generally speaking, cleaning refers to a general cleaning to remove all the rubbish in the house. Usually, from the first day of the first month to the fourth day of the first month, we don't clean. If we do, we will sweep the floor in the house. Garbage can't be thrown out, it can only be put in the corner of the house. Especially on New Year's Day, don't move the broom, or the blessings will be scattered, but the fifth day is different. Be sure to clean it thoroughly. This is called sending the poor.