New Year's Day why is called "broken five"? What customs
【Introduction】: New Year's Day what is the festival? Why is it called "Breaking Five?" Every year during the New Year, people open their doors and windows at half past 05 of the first lunar month, burning fireworks and fireworks to welcome God of Wealth. Take Fortuna, we also need to eat, often eat dawn. We are full of hope for prosperity. I hope God of Wealth can bring home gold and silver treasure and make a fortune in the new year.
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month commonly known as broken. Folk said a lot of taboos before the break five days can be broken. In accordance with the old habits to eat "water dumplings" on the 5th, the northern part of the "boil". Today, some people eat only three or two days, and others do not eat one after another. From the mansion to the streets and small houses are, even hospitality also. Women no longer avoid the door, began to visit each other New Year's greetings. New married women in this day rather ning. One said broken five this day should not work, otherwise the case of dilapidated this year. In addition to the above five taboos breaking the taboo, the main is to send the poor, Fortune God, open market trade.
- Wealth God
Southerners worship the God of wealth in the first lunar month. Folk legend, God of wealth that five-way. The so-called five-way, referring to something north-south, meaning to go five, all can get money.
In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Lu's "Record of Qing Dynasty" said: "The first day of the fifth lunar month is the birth of the god of the road. He added: "Nowadays, it is the worship of God in the Five Sacrifices, the so-called Five-way Middle East, the Middle East, the Middle East, and the Middle East." On the first day of the fourth lunar month, prepare sacrificial offerings, cakes, incense and other objects, and sing drums and incense, praying and respecting God of Wealth. The fifth day of the common customs is the birth of God of Wealth, for the profit and loss city, so first in the first four then, the name "grab the road", also known as "Fortune."
Five worship that sacrificial household God, kitchen god, earth god, door god, God, the so-called "road", that is, the five sacrifices in God. Where the God of Wealth for Sheep and carp for sheep head for the "auspicious" meaning for the carp is the figure "fish" and "Yu" homonym, a poem auspicious. People are convinced that as long as the god of wealth can be made, they can make a fortune.
Therefore, every Chinese New Year, people are at 50:00 on the first day of the first month, opening the door and windows, burning fireworks, lighting fireworks, and expressing their welcome to God of Wealth. Take Fortuna, we also need to eat, often eat dawn. We are full of hope for prosperity. I hope God of Wealth can bring home gold and silver treasure and make a fortune in the new year.
God on the road
God on the road is a God of Wealth worship. Popular day is his birthday, offering to meet the sun, quite spectacular.
Road, also known as "Five Road God." It is said that there is a certain five-way end of Yuan Dynasty, in order to resist the invaders and death, so people worship him as God, "Five Ways God." However, this five-way god seems to have nothing to do with the five-way god as the God of Wealth. Or five gods again as the five holy gods, or say five links goddess, during the reign of Emperor Tang Kang Tang Ban Wutong Wusong Temple, the folk can not sacrifice Wutong God, so change its name for the road worship . In general, this road is the god of the ancient Five Sacrifices. The so-called Five Ways are the things of the North and the South. Also, Or travel profit. The ancients went out to travel, worship the gods in order to seek peace, this is the "ancestor" of the customs; Wu vulgar access, worship is also the road god, and this road god into a god of wealth. Road God into Fortuna, is due to the development of commerce, the circulation of goods increased. Trades of goods and goods between land and water, people intuitively think that the road in somewhere dominated the goods.
Popular custom pick the road, the sooner the better, the earliest received is the true God, especially the experience, so called "grab the road." In some places, really in the first day of the fourth day will "rush to grab the road", and along the line. Since the road is no longer the protector of travel agencies, people no longer worship it while traveling.
As for people worshiping the head of God on the fifth day of the first month and using it as their birthday, they are implicated in the "five" in the Five Paths and the fifth in the fifth. The same is true of "five poor" in the north. In the first month but not in other months, it is a new year with a new atmosphere. In the first year of the Geely, there are prosperous sources of wealth and five Fortune Worth ways.
- To send poor
The first day of the fifth lunar month "to send the poor" is a very characteristic folk customs in ancient China. On this day, various paper-made women called "Sweep the Sun Mother," "Five Poor Women," "Five Poor Niang," and carried the paper bag back to the bag. This custom, also known as "send poor soil", "send poor wife to go out." Shaanxi Hancheng area, broken five this day to avoid the door, but also to the fresh meat on the grill, but also stir-fried Madou, make it cracking sound, that this can get rid of poor gas, seek wealth. In addition the old New Year's Eve or lunar January fifth to eat particularly full, commonly known as "filling poor pit." The popular custom of sending poor people reflects the general hope of our people that we should welcome the old and welcome new ones and send away the traditional poverty of the old days to meet the good life of the new year.
Open the market
Old customs during the Spring Festival size shops closed together from early New Year, and opened the fifth day of the first month. Popular to the fifth day of the first month for the holy day, that the day to choose this market will be wealthy treasure.