Is the sixth day of the sixth lunar month a traditional festival in my country? What festival is it?
China has a long history and cultural heritage. Many cultures have been inherited and carried forward by people to this day. Some have become some unknown festivals or local festivals. So is the sixth day of the sixth lunar month a traditional festival in my country? Let’s find out together. The sixth lunar month of 2018 also ushered in summer. Follow the Fortune Teller website and we will accompany you through a hot summer.God's DayIn many places in our country, "June 6th" is called "Heaven-Ci Festival". Legend has it that Tang Monk finally obtained the true Buddhist scriptures from the West after going through eighty-one tribulations, but on his way back he accidentally dropped the Buddhist scriptures into the sea, so Tang Monk had to fish them out and dry them. Originally this was just a legend, but the ancients believed that the day when Tang Monk dried the Buddhist scriptures was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, and therefore named this day "Tianci Festival", meaning that on this day "God bestowed Buddhist scriptures to save all living beings."The June 6th Clothes Drying Festival has a long history in China. It is also known as the "Insect Drying Festival", which means killing insects with the sun so that clothes will not be infested with insects. Washing and Drying FestivalThe sixth day of the sixth lunar month is commonly known as the "Washing and Drying Festival". There is a saying that "On the sixth of June, cats and dogs take a bath together." Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "The Chronicles of the Capital's Sui Shi Sheng": On this day, "the imperial carriages and ceremonial objects, as well as the poems, essays, and classics written by the emperors of all dynasties, were dried in the sun in the palace, the Imperial Archives, and other places. The clothes, hats, belts, and shoes of the gentry and commoners were also dried in the sun. Many women washed their hair on this day, saying that it would not be greasy or dirty. As for mules, horses, cats, dogs, and other livestock, they also bathed in the river." There is an old saying in Zixing, Hunan, "On the sixth day of the sixth month, get a bubble and grow a piece of meat", which means that washing and drying on this day will bring many benefits.The June 6th Clothes Drying Festival has a long history in China. It is also known as the "Insect Drying Festival", which means killing insects with the sun so that clothes will not be infested with insects. Since ancient times, officials have dried their official robes, scholars have dried their books, and monks have dried their scriptures. On this day in old Shanghai, tailors from all over the city gathered at the City God Temple to dry clothes and wash sacred flags for the City God. After these tasks are completed, people can also go to the square temple fair to shop and go to the theater to watch plays. This activity was held on the seventh day of the seventh month during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Liu Yiqing's "A New Account of Tales of the World" said: "On the seventh day of the seventh month, people in northern Ruan Province hang clothes out to dry. All of them are made of gauze, silk, brocade and silk. Zhongrong (Ruan Xian's pen name) hangs a large cloth apron in the middle of the courtyard with a pole. Some people are surprised, but he replies: I am not immune to the customs, so I am just telling you." Usually in June and July of the lunar calendar, just after the plum rain, it is a good time to dry clothes, quilts, books, shoes and socks. Drying clothes in the sun can remove mold and prevent moth damage, so drying clothes is also known as "drying clothes to dry mold." Book Exposure FestivalThis day is also known as the "Book Drying Festival" among the people.In order to prevent the "Book of Heaven" from getting moldy, Zhao Heng would take it out and expose it to the sun on the sixth day of June every year. Later, scholars would spread their collections of books, calligraphy and paintings out in the sun on the sixth day of June, saying that the sunlight on this day could kill bookworms, and thus the sixth day of June became the "Book Drying Festival." During the Ming Dynasty, this festival became an official event. Shen Defu of the Ming Dynasty recorded in Yehuobian: "On June 6, the Imperial History Bureau of the Imperial Palace exposed the Veritable Records of the Emperors and the Imperial Collection of Essays, which became the annual tradition." During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were only seven copies of the "Complete Library in Siku" compiled by Ji Xiaolan and other grand secretaries in the country, one of which was kept in the Wen Zong Pavilion of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang. One can imagine that the scale of the books moved and dried on June 6th every year in Wen Zong Pavilion, which was a national-level book collection unit at that time, must have been shocking. Another version is that the Book Drying Festival is about Zhu Yi, a scholar during the reign of Emperor Kangxi who was full of knowledge. On June 6th, he exposed his belly and chest to bask in the sun, which was called "Book Drying Festival". However, he was seen by Kangxi who was on a secret tour. After conversation and interview, he was found to be talented and was appointed as a reviewer in the Hanlin Academy, responsible for compiling the history of Ming Dynasty. From then on, scholars would display their poems, calligraphy and paintings on this day to show their profound knowledge, and this day became the "Book Drying Festival". Tianfu FestivalJune 6 is also called "Tianfu Festival" (贶 means gift), which originated from Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng. On June 6 of a certain year, he claimed that God had given him a heavenly book, so he designated that day as Tianfu Festival and built a grand Tianfu Hall in the Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai. Although the folk activities of Tianfu Festival have been gradually forgotten by people, they still remnants in some places. In many places in Jiangsu, the whole family, young and old, congratulate each other in the morning on this day and eat a kind of fried noodles made of flour, sugar and oil. There is a saying that "On June 6th, eat cake crumbs to grow meat." It seems that fried noodles and "cake crumbs" should have the same meaning.It is also said that the Tianfu Festival originated in Yingzhou during the Song Dynasty. Song Shenzong was an emperor who was superstitious about gods and immortals. Legend has it that when he was the crown prince in Yingzhou, on June 6 of one year, he told others that in his dream, gods gave him a heavenly book, and after reading it he would become emperor. In the third year, he really became emperor. For this reason, he designated this day as Tianfu Festival and renamed Yingzhou to Shunchang, implying a place of rapid success. But as time went by, this festival gradually disappeared, and was replaced by "Sunning the Fu". In folks, practical people use the good sunshine on this day to dry clothes, bedding and other items to prevent them from getting moldy, so it is also called "Sunning the Fu". Drying Scripture FestivalLegend has it that when Tang Monk was returning from the West with Buddhist scriptures, some of them fell into the river, so they quickly fished them out and dried them. That day was June 6th, so temples used June 6th as the day to dry scriptures, and it was called the "Scripture Drying Festival." Temples and Taoist temples of all sizes across the country will hold a "Scripture Drying Meeting" on this day, laying out all the stored scriptures to dry in the sun to prevent the scriptures from getting damp, being eaten by insects and being bitten by rats. For example, the Sutra Library of Baiyun Temple in old Beijing houses more than 5,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures. From the first to the seventh day of June every year, Baiyun Temple holds a Sutra-drying Party. At that time, Taoists, dressed neatly, burning incense and holding candles, take out all the "Taoist Canons" in the Sutra Library to ventilate and dry them in the sun. |
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