Early five small gossip "Powu" customs, talk about the festival taboo

Source: China Weather Network   Early five words "Powu" custom is called Powu at the beginning of the month. Folklore Powu before many taboos before this day can be broken. According to the old habit to eat "water dumplings" 5th, the north is called "boiled pastry." Now some people eat only three or two days, some eat every day, but there is no food. From princes and mansions to streets and alleys, even to hospitality. Women are no longer taboo door, began to visit each other, congratulation. The newly married woman mothering on this day. One said Powu this day is not appropriate to do things, otherwise the year is dilapidated. POWU customs In addition to the above taboos, mainly to send poor, welcome to wealth, open trade. 1. God of wealth at the beginning of the year five words "Powu" custom Southerners in the first month Duanwu sacrifice Mammon. Folklore, the god of wealth is the five road. The so-called five road, refers to the east and west, meaning to go out five road, all can get rich. Qing Guro "Qing Jia Record" cloud: "is the beginning of 5th, the head of the road of God's birthday." Gold gongs firecrackers, the animal Liquan Bi Chen, to the first for the fortune, will get up early to greet the road head. "and said:" This road head, is the China God. The so-called five roads, when it is east-West middle ear. Shanghai has a tradition of snatching the road head in the old years. The first month junior midnight, prepare the sacrifice, fruit, incense and other things, and Ming gong drums incense praying, pious respectful of the wealth of God. The first 5th vulgar biography is the wealth of God's birthday, for the sake of fortune, so first in the junior, the name Yue "Rob Road Head", also known as "access to the god of wealth." Guo is the god of the gods, the kitchen God, the earth God, the door keeper and the gods, the so-called "road Head", namely the China God. Where the Mammon must supply the head of the sheep and carp, for the goat head has "auspicious" meaning, for carp is the figure "fish" and "Yu" homophonic, poetry auspicious. People are convinced that if they can get the wealth of God, they will be rich. Therefore, every new year, people in the beginning of the first month 500, open the door and windows, burning incense firecrackers, point fireworks, to the wealth of God welcomed. Take the wealth of God, we also eat road head wine, often eat until dawn. We are full of hope that the wealth of fortune can bring gold and silver to the home, in the new Year big rich. 2. Road head God at the beginning of the five words "Powu" Custom road head God is Wu believe in a mammon. Vulgar to be the day for his birthday, to meet the sun, quite spectacular. Lu Tou also called "Five Road God". It is said that there is a five-way in the end of the yuan, in order to resist the death of Weiko, people therefore worship him as God, the name "Five Road God." But this five-way God seems to have nothing to do with the first five ways of God as the mammon of wealth. Or five road God is five holy God, or five tong God, in the Kangxi years bin destroyed above the mountain five Tong Temple, folk dare to worship five pass God, so change its name for the road head and worship. Generally to this road head for the Gu in the line of God, the so-called Five road is East and West also; goods all by road, so people to do God for the Mammon, to add sacrifices, soberly it primer, or travel profit. The ancients go out to travel, sacrifice the road God for peace, this is "ancestral way" of the vulgar, Wu Vulgar pick road head, sacrificial is also road God, and this road God becomes mammon. Road God into Mammon, is due to the development of business, goods circulation intensified. Goods between Lushui, people intuitively believe that the road in the universe dominated the goods. Vulgar thought to answerRoad head, the earlier the better, the earliest received is true God, particularly efficacious, so called "Rob Road head." Some places, really in Yen junior then "hurriedly Rob Road Head", and Xiangyan moralize. Now that the road God is no longer the protector of travel, people will no longer sacrifice it when they travel. As for people who worship the road head God at the beginning of the first month of the yuan, and take this day as their birthday, they are implicated in "five" and Duanwu "five" of five road Gods. The same is true of the "five poor" on this day in the north. In the first month instead of other months, is to take a new year's atmosphere, the figure of a year auspicious, flourishing, east and west, wealth five road. 3. Send poor early five words "Powu" custom is at the beginning of the five "send Poor", is a very characteristic of ancient Chinese folk customs. This day of the household paper-making women, known as "cleaning Niang", "five Poor women", "five Poor Niang", the body back paper bag, the house Santu swept into the bag, to send the door outside the fire blast. This custom also called "Send the Poor soil", "sends the poor daughter-in-law to go out". Shaanxi Hancheng area, Powu this day bogey go out, and will be baked in the pot of fresh meat, but also to stir fry Madou, make it cracking sound, think this can collapse the poor gas, to obtain wealth. In addition, old New Year's Eve or the beginning of the month of five to eat a very full, commonly known as "fill the poor pit." The widespread popular poor customs, reflects the general hope of our people to the new year, send away the old poverty and hardship, to meet the better life of the traditional psychological. "Five Poor" is also called "Five Ghosts". Refers to "poor, poor, Wen Yu, poor, poor," and so on five kinds of pauper. Have seen Yuhan "send the poor wen." This poem everyone said, "Where these five ghosts, for my five suffering", so to send away. No matter how the literati Simo, the wording is always more peaceful, although it belongs to my misfortune, or graciously sent away. To the common people will be honest, "drive five Poor", "fill the poor pit", and use the Firecracker broom, can not be polite. This is not a treat. Extermination is one of the most impassioned and incisive. 4. At the beginning of the opening of the five words "POWU" custom old customs during the Spring Festival large and small shops from lunar to close, and in the first month Duanwu open. Vulgar with the beginning of the month of five for the Holy Day, that the choice of the day will open the thriving. Powu The origin of the Lunar new Month Five, commonly known as POWU. This day, many places fashionable a custom called "five poor". People start at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers from each house to the outside, side and left to the door. Say is all unlucky things, all ghosts and goblins will go out, let them away from us, the farther the better. Cleaning is a thorough cleaning. Sweep the rubbish out of every house. Month 30 to the beginning of five before the general is not allowed to do hygiene, but also sweeping the floor, but only in the house sweep, garbage can only be placed in the corner of the house. Special Lunar, it is a broom can not move, said to move will be good luck lost. But to Powu this day, but not thoroughly to get a thorough cleaning. When the rubbish was swept out of the gate and swept to a corner, the firecrackers were put out of the house, and a great firecracker was put on the rubbish heap and lit, bang, the ceremony is over. People said: "Now, all the poor gas to get rid of the pauper, so eat." In the first place, some places have also called the beginning of the 5th "circle year", meaning that after the end of the year, to this day to do a summary, draw a full stop. Actually, this is the variant of "Powu", because I do not know the origin of "Powu", slowly evolved according to the "Seal of God," said, Litsea tooth seal God, the betrayal of his wife "poor God", has made her "every broken". Myths and legends, the wife of Litsea teeth is very annoying back husband's woman, sealed the poor God, even more people hate, have not heard of who is like the poor God, is not it? So people in Duanwu this day "break" her, let her "is"-go back immediately. The second one said that, Duanwu is the wealth of God's birthday, so people should be in this day big feast, set off firecrackers, engage in a variety of celebrations, the implication is to meet the arrival of the Mammon. The third way of saying there are many places, in the New Year's Eve is to bring the ancestors please come back to the Chinese New Year, in the middle of the hall, high hanging ancestral tablets, incense on offer, meaning for the father of the new Year, eat good, do not forget the meaning of ancestors. To Duanwu, will send ancestors "go back", the new Year is over, so, this day to burn incense, burning paper money, Christine send ancestors. Since the beginning of the 5th shoulder to send poor God, access to wealth and other heavy responsibilities, so this day is very important also not surprising. This many pay attention to synthesize, form custom--to set a banquet, want to put off firecrackers, want to eat symbolize "silver piece" dumpling. At the beginning of the five-year customs habits of the old, Han Folk Spring Festival has many superstitious taboos, such as not to use raw rice for rice, the old folk women can not use needle sewing and many other taboos, after the Duanwu is released, it is called "Powu". This day, the Han folk popular food is to eat dumplings, commonly known as "pinching small people mouth", it is said that this can be exempted from the curse of the calumny. Accustomed to, after the "Powu festival", shop restaurant Bost just officially opened business. If there is shop change, counter increase or decrease, generally more in the arrest to decide. Because of different regions, there are also differences in the customs of festivals. In the vicinity of Beijing, women are not allowed to visit this day, and the visit is ominous. In some parts of Henan, people do not work on this day, otherwise the year will be dilapidated. At the beginning of the month five, is commonly known as "Powu", eat dumplings, set off firecrackers, is a lot of home son today must do two things. Han Folk custom has a say, "Powu" before a lot of taboos, after the today can break, people will travel to congratulate the New Year, the family invited He Ke, eating playful, bride also should return to her mother to worship Hechang kiss. According to the Qing Dynasty "yanjing years old Remember Powu": "The beginning of the 5th that the Powu, Powu within the rice for cooking, women must not go out." To arrest, the princess of your Lord and the official room, the Crown PEI exchanges, each other congratulation spring. The newly married woman also mothering day. "Different customs editors different places," Powu "This day of the law is not the same, is the same place, duanwu dumplings are not exactly the same." Take Shanxi for example, in the northwest of Shanxi, traditionally this day the sun has not come out, to set off Gingsi, clean some Kang soil sent to the wild, plus salute,Incense, to the paper; Shanxi Han folk custom is to use colored paper to cut adult images, children to the street, Exchange. Give their own paper to others, known as "send away the poor daughter-in-law", the other people's paper to return, called "Get a blessed person"; to the Jindongnan, Han folk habits will throw rotten clothes outside the wall. The beginning of the month of 5th, some places in Shandong called "Five Horse Day", and the day of the Yin Qing to account for the mules of the fierce Ji, said the day of the Blue sky is the main mules thriving, according to the Oriental Shuo book, said, the first month for chickens, 2nd for dogs, 3rd for pigs, 4th for sheep, 5th for cattle, 6th for horses, 7th for people, 8th for the valley. I don't know how to make a horse day in Shandong. This day also called "Powu", some areas before the Duanwu women can not go out of Shing, also do not move the ruler scissors do sewing, also not allowed to have rice, dough and lettuce, after the day is no longer taboo. "Powu": Tianjin person is called "Powu" at the beginning of the month. This day, every household to eat dumplings, chopping plate to chop ding dong rang, let neighborhood heard, to show that is chopping "villain." Tianjin people put down to the "villain" of the body, remove "villain" can be a good luck, smoothly, Duanwu night set off firecrackers, also have evil to avoid disaster meaning. Linqing area of Powu, the family as a unit to give home Hall ceremony. Days are not bright, people are cooked dumplings, on the altar, burning, kowtow, and then put the Lord tablets stored up, only three cannons a ring, the whole family of men with incense paper firecrackers set together, lined the team to visit the graves, called Ancestors home. Along the way, lift the supply, Fang Fang, came to the cemetery and then incense paper kowtow, shouted: "Grandparents, home!" Yinan also in this day to withdraw the family hall axis son, some also eat fried, sweep yard, said this day sweep yard not recruit ants. Kenli, Shouguang and other place in this day, firecrackers, family dinner to show the past. Southwest of Shandong in the year in addition to the scissors with thread wrapped under the mat under the bed, to duanwu this day to begin to use. Linyi, Zoucheng Women this day do not go out, do not comb their hair, do not move the needle money, said to move the needle will recruit scorpions, centipedes. This day generally eat dumplings at noon, also can eat noodles, there is "Duanwu eat noodles, a mu dozen a stone" argument.