What festival is on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month? What are the customs?
Introduction: The Spring Festival is a very important festival for every Chinese. As the New Year approaches, everyone will start to prepare New Year's goods and clean their homes. At this time, many days also become important festivals, and even have some customs to observe. So, what is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month and what customs are there? Now, let’s follow the editor to take a look. There are not only many national customs and activities on New Year’s Eve, but also many New Year’s etiquette and taboos. Want to know more? Welcome to the New Year’s special topic carefully prepared for you by Mr. Shui Mo to learn more!What day is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month?The twelfth month of the lunar calendar [La Yue] is the common name for the eve of the Chinese New Year on the 27th day. It is a traditional custom of the Han Chinese Spring Festival. A Han Chinese proverb says, "On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, slaughter chickens and go to the big market." On this day, every household slaughters their own poultry and goes to the market to purchase goods. Compared with the market on ordinary days where the main purpose is to buy what is in short supply and sell what is in surplus, the market on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is mainly for buying and selling New Year items, such as firecrackers, spring couplets, incense and candles, burning paper, beef and mutton, various gifts for children, and various head ornaments for girls. On this day, markets everywhere are very busy and lively.What are the customs and habits on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month?BathingAccording to the traditional customs of the Han nationality, people would take a bath and wash clothes on these two days to get rid of the bad luck of the previous year and prepare for the New Year. There is a saying in Beijing that "wash away illness on the 27th and wash away dirt on the 28th." Bathing on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is to "wash away blessings and fortune."Killing chickens for the marketAn annual folk song goes: "On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, chickens are slaughtered and the market is held." On this day, in addition to slaughtering their own poultry, they also have to go to the shops and make centralized purchases. Although the "going to stores and markets" during the Spring Festival also involve trading and buying what is in short supply and selling what is in surplus, they are more about buying and selling New Year items, such as firecrackers, spring couplets, sacred horses, incense and candles, burning paper, beef and mutton, various gifts for children, and various head flower ornaments for girls. The items needed for the Spring Festival are being purchased, so the markets everywhere are very busy and lively on this day.Summary: Through the above article content, we know that slaughtering chickens and going to the market on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is also a custom of the Han nationality. It shows that people have begun to prepare for the New Year, and markets everywhere have become more lively and prosperous. This can be regarded as an activity to warm up for the New Year in advance, making it seem more "New Year-like"! |
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