Since ancient times, Chinese people have the habit of "cooking new year's Eve and guarding the year". Guarding the year starts from the time of eating the new year's Eve meal, which needs to be eaten slowly. Some people have to be late for dinner from the time when the lights are on. Do you know why we should keep the year? We don't really know the cultural significance of keeping the year. Now please learn the meaning and origin of ShouSui along with the editor of calendar net.
The origin of new year's Eve
Chinese people have the habit of guarding the year on New Year's Eve. ShouSui starts from the new year's Eve meal, which needs to be eaten slowly. Some people have to eat late into the night from the time when the lights are on. According to the records of Zong Xuan's Jingchu age records, at least in the southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a custom of eating New Year's Eve dinner. The custom of keeping the year is not only to cherish the passing years like water, but also to hope for the coming new year. The ancients wrote in a poem "Shou Sui" that: 'when we invited Shou Sui's family, the wax torch spread red to Bisha; thirty-six days of the wave passed, but from then on we cherish our love. 'it's human nature to cherish the time, so the great poet Su Shi wrote the famous sentence of keeping the year: "next year, if you don't have the year, worry about it; try your best to do this night, young people can boast!" so we can see the positive significance of keeping the year's Eve.
The common name is "endure the new year". Why is it called "boil year"? There is an interesting story that goes around from generation to generation: according to legend, there is a kind of ferocious monster called "year" in ancient times. On the eve of the lunar new year, the animals will climb out of the sea to hurt people and animals, destroy the countryside and bring disaster to the people who have worked hard for a year. In order to avoid the new year beast, people close the door early in the evening on the 30th of the 12th lunar month. They dare not go to sleep and wait for the dawn. In order to kill time and be brave, they drink.
Wait for the new year's Eve morning beast no longer come out, just dare to go out. When people meet, they bow to each other, congratulate each other and congratulate each other. Fortunately, they are not eaten by the new year's beast. After many years, nothing happens. People relax their vigilance to the new year's beast. On the night of one year and thirty, Nian Shou suddenly rushed to a village in the south of the Yangtze River. One of the villagers was almost eaten up by Nian Shou. Only one newly married couple with red curtains and red clothes was safe.
There are also a few childish, in the yard lit a pile of bamboo in play, the fire red, bamboo burning 'Pa Pa' ground burst, the year beast turned here, saw the fire scared to turn around and run away. Since then, people know that Nian beast is afraid of red, light and noise. At the end of each year, every household sticks red paper, wears red robes, hangs red lights, beats gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers. In this way, Nian beast dare not come again.
In the book of songs, there is a record of "tingliao light". The so-called "tingliao" is a torch made of bamboo rods. After the bamboo rods are burned, the air in the bamboo joints expands, the bamboo cavity bursts and crackles, which is the origin of "firecrackers". However, in some places, villagers don't know that Nian Shou is afraid of red, and they are often eaten by Nian Shou. Later, it spread to Ziwei star in the sky. In order to save people, he decided to kill the beast. One year, when the beast came out, he knocked it down with a fireball and locked it on a stone pillar with a thick iron chain. Since then, every new year, people always want to burn incense, please ZIWEIXING lower boundary to protect peace.
The significance of keeping watch on New Year's Eve
There are two meanings of keeping one's old age in ancient times: the elder's keeping one's old age means' quitting the old age ', which means cherishing time; the younger's keeping one's old age means prolonging the life of their parents. Since the Han Dynasty, the time of new and old year's alternation is usually midnight. The "Shou" of guarding the year means to have nostalgia for the passing old year and hope for the coming New Year