What does it mean to buy shoes for parents in February?

Buying shoes for parents in leap February means wearing shoes in leap month, and the elderly in leap month live for thousands of years.

Buying shoes for parents in leap February means buying a pair of shoes for the elderly at home in leap month, so that the elderly can wear them in leap month, so that they can be healthy. It is certainly an exaggeration to say that the elderly can live for a thousand years. It contains a good wish. In fact, the original intention of leap moon shoes is to hope that parents will live safely, healthily and long.

Filial piety to the elderly is a tradition of the Chinese nation. In the past, people were poor, had no shoes to wear, and worked barefoot, causing their feet to bleed. A wanderer from a foreign land bought a pair of cloth shoes for the old man to show his filial piety when he went home for a reunion in leap month. In some areas, in leap months, his married daughter bought shoes for his mother and wished his parents a long life.

There is also a saying that people in the old society had a low level of education and did not understand scientific knowledge. They think it's great to have more than a year and a month, and they are worried that it will be bad for their elders. They bought leap moon shoes to "exorcise evil spirits".

Other sayings of leap February

1, women drink leap moon tea

In Wuyishan area, there is a custom of drinking tea in leap month, and mainly women drink tea, while men can't participate. Only women are qualified to sit at the table. The peasant women in the village hosted a banquet in turn to entertain tea guests and invited female guests from nearby villages to sit at the table. Replacing wine with tea at a tea banquet can play a role in reconciling feelings and promoting harmony in the neighborhood.

2, two springs and one winter, ten cows and nine empty.

"Two spring and one winter" refers to two solar terms in beginning of spring, with a winter in the middle. "Ten cowpeas are nine empty" means that the number of cattle will be greatly reduced. In fact, it means that cows with high cold tolerance will freeze to death due to extremely cold weather. Of course, this is also an exaggeration, meaning that the weather is very cold.

3, double spring leap in February, cold spring meets autumn drought.

There is a farmer's proverb that "in February, spring jumps twice, and spring is cold and autumn is dry". In leap February and double spring years, if it is double spring year and leap February year, then spring will be very cold and autumn will be very dry.