What are the customs of the sixteenth day of the first month in the north?

The 16th night of the first lunar month is one of the traditional lunar festivals in China. A day full of infinite fun and joy. "Izayoi, twist, carry baskets, dance torches, tease people, and send cows." I don't know how many years this folk song has been circulating here. So when someone said that when I was a child, I was most looking forward to the Spring Festival, because I not only had good clothes to wear, but also delicious food, and I didn't have to do housework. Both adults and children are not free on New Year's Day, because there are many scruples on New Year's Day, especially when talking and doing things. But the 16th day of the first month is really our children's world, and it is a day for adults to play as they please.

Customs and taboos on the 16th day of the first month.

custom

1, touch the light

The night of the 16th day of the first month is Children's Day. The children took out their lanterns and smashed them at others, then smiled and watched others' lanterns catch fire. It's called touching the lamp. The important thing is that this year's lanterns can't be left over to next year, and they must be damaged.

Now this custom still exists in a few places. Due to the limitation of conditions, children can't find the fun of children in the past more and more.

2. Dance the torch to keep warm.

In rural areas in many places, torches are danced every year on the 16th night of the first month, and in some places it is on the 17th night of the first month. Adults and children keep warm together, saying that keeping warm will cure all diseases.

taboo

1. In the north, especially in Hebei Province, the sixteenth day of the first month is called "grinding the sun", so it is forbidden to open warehouses, otherwise the grain in the warehouses will be ground away, leading to a year of famine.

2. Avoid not smearing your face.

The 16th day of the first month of Olunchun and Daur is "Black Ash Day", and people compete with each other to discredit their faces. Otherwise, they think this year will be unlucky. However, sons and daughters-in-law should avoid rubbing each other with their fathers, and brothers and sisters should also avoid rubbing each other. Young people discredit old people's faces, so they must first sulfur their heads before they can be wiped off.

3, avoid lamp daughter-in-law run out of oil

In Hubei province, it was night, and the kitchen lights took up a year. The lights went out and there was oil in them. The main rain is enough, and the lights are out of oil, resulting in a year of drought.

4, avoid washing

During the Spring Festival of the old Bai people, from the first day of the first month to the sixteenth day of the first month, the whole family did not wash their faces, sweep the floor or comb their hair, otherwise they thought they would lose money.