What are the customs on the 19th day of the first month?

On the 19th day of the first month, it is the Alcohol and Tobacco Festival, also called Alcohol and Tobacco, Alcohol and Tobacco and Qiu Yan. Commonly known as alcohol and tobacco, also known as Hui Shen. Originated in memory of Qiu Chuji. Monday was Qiu Chuji's birthday, and he was Japanese. On Monday, Qiu Chuji was castrated by the Japanese, so he was regarded as the originator by eunuchs. There are also Dayanjiu and Xiaoyan Jiu (the ninth day of the first month) among the people in Beijing and Tianjin.

The custom of the 19th day of the first month.

Qiu Chuji Changchun Zi is the founder of Quanzhen Daolong Sect of Taoism. Genghis Khan placed Qiu Chuji in Taiji Palace, the predecessor of Baiyun Temple in Yuan Dynasty, and was buried in the temple after his death.

The 19th day of the first month is Qiu Chuji's birthday. On this day, good men and women came to Baiyun Temple to celebrate his birthday, so it was called "Feast Mountain Festival". Legend has it that on this day, Changchun real people will descend to the world to cross over all beings. When he came, he changed constantly, or he became an official, a gentry and a wealthy businessman, or he became a pawn of a trafficker and a son of all evils. He was destined to "meet a fairy" that day, making tourists inside and outside Baiyun Temple like ants. Many people stayed up all night and wandered around on 18, hoping to see immortals. However, for so many years, I haven't heard of anyone who met a fairy and became a Taoist. Instead, I made a lot of jokes.

Meeting immortals is a purely absurd superstitious activity, which is not only ridiculous now, but also considered by some people of insight at that time to be "a bad custom." The Ci of Zhi Zhu in Kyoto also records that "a few days before the Lunar New Year's Eve, there were immortals in Baiyun Temple, and many real people fell down along the way, and all real people only needed money".