Customs and taboos on the ninth day of the first lunar month: what can and cannot be done?
Many days in China have their own customs and taboos. Therefore, many elderly people in China are very particular about their daily behavior, for fear of touching some taboos. So what are the customs and taboos on the ninth day of the first lunar month? What can and cannot be done? The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!What are the customs on the ninth day of the first lunar month?The ninth day of the first lunar month is commonly known as the "Birthday of the Jade Emperor" and "Birthday of the God of Heaven" in southern Fujian and Taiwan. It is one of the traditional lunar festivals of the Han nationality. This day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, the highest god in heaven. Tiangong is the Jade Emperor, the highest god who dominates the heaven. He is the supreme god who commands all gods in the three realms and all spirits in the world, and he represents the supreme heaven. It is rumored that all the gods in heaven and on earth will celebrate this day with great fanfare. The Jade Emperor will personally descend to the mortal world on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to inspect the situation in all directions. Reward good and punish evil according to the good and evil, good and bad of all living beings. On the afternoon of his birthday, the Jade Emperor returns to the Heavenly Palace in his phoenix. At that time, grand celebration and fasting ceremonies were held in Taoist temples. On the Jade Emperor's birthday, people hold ceremonies to celebrate, and the sound of firecrackers can be heard from midnight until 4 a.m. Women often prepare fragrant flowers, candles and vegetarian bowls, and place them in the open air in the courtyard or alley to worship the sky and ask for blessings from the God. This expresses the Han working people's beautiful wish to ward off evil, avoid disasters and pray for blessings.What are the taboos on the ninth day of the first lunar month?(1) When washing your face in the morning on the day of God’s birthday, do not pour the water into a dirty ditch or onto the ground, for fear of polluting God’s face. If you do pour the water, you are disrespecting God and may be punished by God. Pour the water used for washing your face into the urine bucket, urinal, or toilet (not in the open air);(2) Women’s underwear and shorts must not be hung outside, but must be hung indoors. Otherwise, it will be an insult to the gods, and the yin and yang will clash, which will bring punishment from the gods. Urine and feces buckets must not be washed in the pond on the same day. (3) If open spaces are not swept on the same day, the garbage swept inside the house must be stored and dumped outside the next day; (4) Children should not urinate in open air, as this is disrespectful to the Gods and they will be punished by them. (5) Farmers do not pick up manure for fear that it will spill on the ground and pollute the gods of heaven and the sun. |
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