If you want to embroider cross stitch, which days can't you move the needle in the first month? (custom in northwest China)

First of all, you can't move the needle on the fifteenth day of the first grade, but move the needle to the Buddha's heart. On the third, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth, sixteenth, twentieth and twenty-third days, you will get sick when you move the needle.

In the whole Spring Festival, there is only one day to do needlework, and that is the 14th day of the first month. Sewing on this day is equivalent to pruning the roots of the grain. Millet roots will be firmly rooted, and millet is an important food crop in my hometown.

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The Spring Festival is the most solemn and lively traditional festival among the people in China. Spring Festival is the first day of the year, the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". In the historical development and inheritance, some relatively fixed customs and habits have been formed, and many of them have been passed down to this day, such as sweeping dust, posting Spring Festival couplets, worshipping ancestors, worshiping the New Year, lighting firecrackers, and paying New Year greetings.

There is a folk saying in China that every household will set off firecrackers when the new year comes. On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish good luck in the coming year.

The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, is the most solemn traditional festival among the people, generally from the last day of the twelfth lunar month (New Year's Eve) to the fifteenth day of the first month. Sticking Spring Festival couplets, observing the New Year, having a reunion dinner, and paying New Year's greetings are everywhere, but due to different local conditions and customs, the nuances have their own characteristics.

As far as Guangdong is concerned, it can be divided into four regions: Pearl River Delta, Chaoshan, Hakka and western Guangdong, each with its own charm. There is a saying in Guangdong, "Twenty-eight years old, washing sloppy", which means that the whole family should stay at home and clean up on December 28 of the lunar calendar to welcome the New Year. On New Year's Eve, eating New Year's dinner, observing the new year and visiting the flower market are three major events in old Guangzhou.

Cantonese people's "New Year's greetings" began on the first day of the lunar new year. Of course, visiting relatives and friends is bound to be a gift package that represents the heart. In addition to the red element that represents prosperity, the gift package means that the oranges and profits are good intentions.

On the second day of New Year's Eve, the married daughter returns to her parents' home and asks her husband to go with her, so it is commonly known as "Welcome Husband Day". On this day, the daughter who goes back to her mother's house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to give to her children and have lunch at her mother's house, but she must get back to her husband's house before dinner.

On the third day of New Year's Eve, it is also called Red Dog Day, which is homophonic with "Red Mouth". Usually, people don't go out to pay New Year's greetings. It is said that this day is prone to quarrel with people. However, this custom has long been out of date, because it is rare for people to get together during the Spring Festival now, which has faded a lot.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year's Day, it is a day for offering sacrifices to the God of Wealth. There is also a legend that the Kitchen God will come to check his household registration on this day, so it is not appropriate to go far away.

on the sixth day of the lunar new year's eve, shops and restaurants are officially opened for business, and firecrackers are set off, which is no less than the situation on new year's eve; On this day, every household should throw out the garbage accumulated in the festival, which is called sending the poor.

the seventh day is people's day, which is people's birthday. According to Zhan Shu, since the first day, the order of God's creation is "one chicken, two dog, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day is human day. Distributing the benefits of opening the door is the first thing that Guangdong bosses do on their first day of work after the New Year. Profit is profit, which means that it can be profitable all year round.

After the 11th day of the first month, people began to prepare for the Lantern Festival. From the 12th day of the first month, they began to buy lanterns and build light sheds. Lantern Festival is the night of the first full moon in a year, and it is also the night in spring returns, also known as "Shangyuan Festival". The custom of burning lanterns on Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty, and on this day, it is indispensable to have dumplings on Lantern Festival.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival Customs