Customs of the Year of the Tiger
The eighth day of the first month
Release and pray for blessings
On the eighth day of the first month, there is a "release" activity, which is to take some fish and birds raised at home outside and release them into the wild.
In the Ming Dynasty, Dong Liu recorded in The Scenery of the Imperial Capital: "On the eighth day of the first month, birds, fish and shrimp in pots, snails and mussels were released in Shixing Lane. Luo tang qian, monks speak Sanskrit, thousands of people are opposite, and feathers are flying in the air. Evil falls on the house, but when they move, they leave. Things like water are thrown into the bamboo shoots and bait of Jinshui River in the imperial city. "
The release on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month not only reflects the ancient people's moral quality of respecting the harmony of all things in nature, but also expresses people's good wishes for the prosperity of various creatures in the world at the beginning of the new year.
Legend has it that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If it's sunny this day, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year. If it's cloudy, it's a sorry year.
Shunxing
Shunxing, also known as sacrificial star. On the eighth night of the first month, no matter whether people go to the temple to burn incense to worship the star king (Shunxing), every household will hold a ceremony to worship Shunxing after the stars appear in the sky. When offering sacrifices to heaven, put a "golden lamp" (yellow snuff) on the desk, stove, threshold and pot. And lit it, called "snuff", meaning to avoid evil. After the sacrifice of the stars, the whole family got together for the Lantern Festival.
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Little new year's eve
The day before New Year's Eve is called "New Year's Eve", and people call it "Don't be old" when greeting each other. Burning incense outdoors is called "Tianxiang", which usually takes three days.
Catch up with the new year
Tujia traditional festivals are also called "Chinese New Year". Tujia people celebrate the Spring Festival one or several days earlier than Han people.
Legend about Tujia people's "New Year";
1. The Ming Dynasty sent Tujia soldiers to the southeast coast to resist Japan, and the military order was urgent, so they left for the front line ahead of the Spring Festival. Soldiers fought bravely and made "the first meritorious service in Southeast China". Later generations are used to commemorating this expedition with an annual festival in advance.
2. Tujia ancestors are poor, so they have to work for the rich at the age of 30 to celebrate the New Year in advance so as to reunite with their families.
3. In the old society, there were government troops to drive away the people every year, and Tujia people had a reunion dinner in order to avoid celebrating the New Year in advance.
4. Tujia ancestors fought against foreign aggression and had a New Year's Eve dinner in advance.