Legend of Shunxing Festival

Legend has it that this day is the day when the stars are below, and the stars in the sky are the most complete. It's time for the elders to recognize the stars for their children and grandchildren. It's freezing in the first month, so I can't stand in the yard for long. I really know the stars on a summer night. On this day, I learned about "astronomy" mainly from the names of the stars listed on the "Star God Horse" invited by the incense wax shop. The star-offering ceremony of Shunxing Festival is held in the evening. Rich people hang 108 lanterns, and ordinary people can also hang 49 lanterns, at least 9 lanterns, representing nine fleeting stars: the sun, the moon, water, fire, wood, gold, earth, monkeys and Du Ji. The lamp bowl is shaped like a small goblet with muddy copper and soybean oil in it. The lamp is twisted with "lamp paper". After worshipping the "Star God Horse", housewives put these snuff in the bedroom, kitchen, desk in the living room, on the edge of the kang, on the cabinet and even on the courtyard steps, corner roads, doorways and other places, just like candlelight parties, called "snuff". At this time, in this mysterious snuff group, the elders should tell their children the truth that "an inch of time is worth an inch of gold" and maintain the importance of "being cautious and independent" because "the stars are watching everyone's every move all the time" and "if you want people to know, unless you want to do it yourself". Snuff is very romantic, so you can hope and imagine it until all the snuff burns out. Then the whole family said "Star Jubilee" to each other, and then lit lamps, firecrackers and pine branches in the "money and grain basin" in the yard, which was reminiscent of a bonfire. On the eighth day of the first month, Shunxing scattered snuff.