Is it taboo to have sex during the Lantern Festival? What does “listening to incense” mean during the Lantern Festival?
Speaking of the Lantern Festival, I believe many of my friends are familiar with it. In fact, there are certain taboos and etiquette during the Lantern Festival. So, let’s take a look at, is it taboo to have sex during the Lantern Festival? What does “listening to incense” mean during the Lantern Festival? A year's plan begins with spring. In the eyes of Chinese people, the first month of the year, as the beginning of spring, is very important. Please click on the 2022 New Year's special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the New Year's content in the lunar calendar.Is it taboo to have sex during the Lantern Festival?Yes, it is very taboo to have sex on the Lantern Festival.The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. The first and fifteenth days are actually the days when the moon is empty. The moon is yin, and this is yin deficiency. People avoid sexual intercourse for fear of imbalance between yin and yang. It is also said among the people that many Bodhisattvas will come to the human world on the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, so one should not do bad things or have sexual relations on those days. Therefore, it is not recommended to have sex during the Lantern Festival. What does “listening to incense” mean during the Lantern Festival?"Listening to incense" is one of the customs of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.In ancient times, everyone hoped to have a happy marriage, so on the night of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people would burn incense and worship in front of the gods enshrined in the family, tell their thoughts, and pray to the gods to point them in the direction of the incense. Then, they would remember the first words they heard unintentionally or overheard on the road, and then go home to throw the dice to judge whether the divination was good or bad. For example, if one is fortune-telling about one's life-long events and hears things like eating sweet cakes, blooming flowers or a full moon, it means a good omen and happiness is approaching. However, nowadays, the custom of listening to incense and fortune-telling is no longer common. Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a custom of "listening to incense". The meaning of Lantern Festival lanternsIn ancient times, in order to dispel the fear of darkness, lanterns evolved to have the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, bringing blessings, and praying for light.In Minnan dialect, “deng” and “ding” have similar pronunciations, so lanterns are also used to pray for children, fame, and to ward off evil and achieve peace. There is a kind of "light lantern". At the end of the year and the beginning of the next year, people put lanterns in temples to use the power of Buddha to pray for peace and prosperity in the whole year. Some farmers also erect long bamboo poles in the fields and hang a lantern on them to "light the silkworms" and observe the color of the fire to predict the year's flood and drought conditions, in the hope of a good harvest. |
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