What are the customs in this animal year?
The "animal year" is the year of the lunar calendar 12, commonly known as the year of the zodiac. For example, people born in the Year of Rabbit, 20 1 1 is their birth year. The word "Zodiac" existed as early as the Western Han Dynasty. In ancient China, people used heavenly stems and earthly branches's combinations, such as A, B, C and D, and Zi Ugly Yin Mao, to remember the year of birth. In order to facilitate memory and calculation, people adopt the way that twelve animals, such as rats and cows, correspond to the twelve branches of the earth, and one animal is used as the zodiac every year.
The birth year of the Han nationality is calculated according to the cycle of the zodiac, which is closely related to the zodiac. The year when a person was born is the lunar year, so every year after that is the birth year of this person. Because of the cycle of the zodiac, every twelve years, people will meet their own animal year. By analogy, people's birth years are twelve, twenty-four and thirty-six ... Many ethnic groups in our country have the custom of attaching importance to the sixtieth birthday of the elderly, commonly known as "flowers and flowers". Huahua is the fifth animal year of life, and it is also the reincarnation of a Gregorian calendar year. It needs to be celebrated and people's wishes for longevity, health and good luck are pinned.
Animal year custom
In traditional customs, the Year of the Animal is usually considered as an unlucky year. The folk song "Tai sui commits the year of birth, Tai sui takes the lead." Without happiness, there will be disaster "is the best portrayal of the unlucky year of birth." Therefore, people usually refer to the Year of the Animal as the "threshold year", that is, spending the Year of the Animal is like stepping into a threshold. The animal year should be counted from the first day of the first month. In the animal year, you should not only wear red underwear, but also wear red rope. You can tie a red rope around your wrist, neck and waist according to your personal preferences and habits. The red rope is generally not worn, and it is worn all year round until the Spring Festival. Jade ornaments or gold ornaments can be hung on the rope. Especially red underwear must be given by others, because it is said that if you buy it yourself, it will lose the effect of exorcism. The concept of red to ward off evil spirits and red auspiciousness has already appeared in primitive society. Red is the color of the sun, blood and fire. With the progress of the times, this idea of respecting red has not changed, such as putting up red couplets for the New Year, putting up red wedding dresses, putting up red hijab, lighting red candles and putting up new red lists for the old weddings of the Han nationality. Whenever and wherever, people should use red to add festive atmosphere. People regard red as a symbol of happiness, success, loyalty and justice, especially its role in exorcising evil spirits and protecting the body. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people put on red underwear early, or wear red belts and some accessories tied with red silk to welcome their birth year. It is believed that only in this way can we avoid disasters. What are these red things to ward off evil spirits in the animal year? People often say that "this life is red."
Generally speaking, most people are convinced that the animal year is smooth and the good fortune is unstoppable; The back is full of barriers, and the front is full of thresholds. It will be bad luck to go home.
There is no scientific basis for saying that the year of birth is a bad year, but in this year, people often encounter many unpleasant things or do some absurd things, which makes people feel incredible. This phenomenon of "core remains of life" is still a blank in folklore research.
People who have passed the animal year are very afraid of their fortune this year and try their best to cross this hurdle. As the New Year approaches, merchants will make full use of people's psychology of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, vigorously promote "animal year" products, such as red underwear and red underwear, and seize business opportunities to make big money. The current animal year, like some other traditional customs in China, has lost its fixed meaning and become a gimmick for business promotion. Most of us, on the other hand, follow this trend with the attitude of "believing in its existence but not believing in its absence", or regard it as a new fashion.