It is said that Nu Wa made human beings, including chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses and other animals in sequence, and made human beings on the seventh day, so the seventh day is a person's birthday. People's Day: refers to the seventh day of the first lunar month. According to ancient legends, the first day of the first lunar month is the Year of the Rooster, the second day is the Year of the Dog, the third day is the Year of the Pig, the fourth day is the Year of the Sheep, the fifth day is the Year of the Ox, the sixth day is the Year of the Horse and the seventh day is the Year of the Man.
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Seven grass Festival, People's Victory Festival, People's Celebration Festival, Population Festival, People's Seventh Day, etc. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". Men's victory is a headdress, also called Cai Sheng and Watson. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair. In addition, there is the custom of climbing high and writing poems. After the Tang Dynasty, more attention was paid to this festival. Every human day, the emperor would give his ministers a colorful victory, and they climbed up and gave a big banquet. If the weather is fine on the seventh day of the first month, the population will be safe and smooth in the first year.
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Traditional festivals of Han nationality. On the seventh day of the first lunar month. [1] The ancients believed in the unity of heaven and man, taking the seventh day after the age of seven as the day. According to the gauntlet written by Han Dong Fang Shuo, the first day of the first month is a chicken, the second day is a dog, the third day is a pig, the fourth day is a sheep, the fifth day is a cow, the sixth day is a horse, the seventh day is a man, and the eighth day is a valley. After the Han and Wei Dynasties, People's Day gradually developed from a single divination activity to a festival including celebrations, sacrifices and other activities. In the Tang Dynasty, people still attached great importance to People's Day. In Gao Shi's poem "People send Toure to pick up the bones every day", there is a feeling that people will know each other this year and next year. It is proved that the People's Day in the Tang Dynasty is not only dedicated to praying for good luck and wishing peace, but also adds an atmosphere of missing relatives and friends. Today, there are also wanderers who went home years ago and can't go to other places until after Everyone's Day. On People's Day, we don't travel far, visit relatives and friends, and get together at home. People usually eat long noodles in the afternoon, which is also called soul-pulling noodles. In other words, during the Chinese New Year, people are everywhere and their hearts are wild. At the end of the day, it is time to prepare for spring ploughing. So eat noodles, find your heart, and prepare for spring ploughing.
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People's Day, on the seventh day of the first month of each year, is also called "People's Conquest Day" and "People's Celebration Day". According to folklore, Nu Wa made human beings, six days ago, she made chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows and horses, and on the seventh day. Therefore, the Han people think that the seventh day of the first month is a person's birthday. The main customs of People's Day are:
Dai rensheng
On this day, Han women make human figures out of colored paper, silk and soft gold and silver and wear them on their heads. Still posted on the screen, etc.
Send flowers to win
On that day, people make all kinds of flowers to give to each other.
Eat qibao soup
On People's Day, people make soup with seven kinds of fresh seasonal vegetables and rice noodles, which is called "Qibao soup".
Travel to high places
People's Day is also a day for ladies to travel and literati to climb mountains and write poems. Tang's poem "People Send Addendum Every Day" says: "People Day.
On this day, I wrote a poem to Du Fu to Chengdu Caotang, where I miss you and cherish our common hometown. Wicker can't bear to see, plum blossoms are full of branches and heartbroken. Being in the south, I have no experience, and my heart is full of worries. This year, everyone remembers the sky. Next year, where will everyone know? "
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In some places, people, men, women, old and young, have to weigh themselves with pounds. As for people's birthdays, it is natural to care about their physical condition.
Catch raw fish
In some areas in the south, people have the custom of "fishing for raw fish" on the People's Month Festival. When fishing for raw fish, many people often gather around a big plate and pour fish, ingredients and sauces into it. Everyone stood up, waved chopsticks, grabbed the fish and kept shouting, "Fishing! Fishing! Send it! Send it! " , but also higher and higher, in order to show it step by step.
One-day trip to Du Fu Caotang in Chengdu
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Chengdu citizens will leave home early in the morning, or take their wives and children, or call friends, and happily go to Du Fu Caotang in the western suburbs to participate in the annual traditional folk custom-the people visit the Caotang every day. Du Fu Caotang is the former residence of Du Fu, a great poet in Tang Dynasty, when he lived in Chengdu. He once wrote poems here with friends on the seventh day of the first month to express his feelings of missing each other. Since the late Qing Dynasty, on the seventh day of the first month of each year, Chengdu citizens have helped the old and brought the young together to pay tribute to the poet and sage Du Fu, which has gradually become a unique traditional folk cultural activity in the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan scholars wrote couplets on what is a thatched cottage: "The golden spring breeze is occupied by the government, and the thatched cottage will be returned every day", which is a custom to remember people coming to the thatched cottage every day.