The ancients believed that the sunny day on the seventh day of the first month meant longevity and world harmony. There is a saying in Dong Fangshuo's "The Challenge Book" in the Han Dynasty that "the seventh day, from Dan to dusk, the moonlight is bright, the stars are watched at night, the people are safe, and the monarch and ministers will meet". It can be seen that the theory of "people's day" has been circulated at least in the Han Dynasty.
In ancient times, there was a custom of wearing "male victory" on "Men's Day". "Mansheng" is a kind of headdress, also called "color victory" and "Hua victory". Since the Jin Dynasty, there have been ribbon-cutting for flowers, ribbon-cutting for people, or gold foil pasted on screens or windows and worn in hair. Therefore, "Full Day" is also called "Full Victory Festival".
Luo said that in the past, some places in China had customs such as "lighting a lamp with hemp stalks", "cooking porridge with beans to cure headaches", "women walking to drive away all diseases" and "climbing mountains to write poems". But with the development of the times and social progress, most of these customs have disappeared.
At present, some areas in southern China still have the custom of "fishing for raw fish (similar to eating sashimi)", which means "the higher you catch, the higher you climb"; In the north of China, fried rice is mixed with maltose to make spherical or square food, which is called "ringing peace" and means "peace and well-being".