By the 25th of the lunar new year, every family has no time to be idle. Tomorrow is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Have many families started to buy new year's products? So what are the traditional customs of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month?
To grind tofu with Jade Emperor
The custom of the 25th lunar month is to receive Jade Emperor and grind tofu.
There is a legend about grinding tofu on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. According to legend, after people sent the kitchen god to heaven, the kitchen King reported the situation of the year when the Jade Emperor lived in the world. On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the Jade Emperor would come down to the world to inspect. Look at the living conditions of the world to determine the arrangement of the world in the next year. If the human life is not good, then the next year may be able to a favorable year. Therefore, in addition to the custom of meeting the Jade Emperor on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, people also grind tofu and eat tofu dregs at home, hoping that the Jade Emperor can see the difficulties in the world, and that there will be fewer disasters in the next year, and a safe and stable year. At the same time, after the arrival of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, people will talk more about it, behave better, and make the jade emperor happy.
Spring Festival custom
In fact, people grind tofu before the new year. On the one hand, people prepare for the new year's food. On the other hand, it's because tofu and Dufu are homophonic. People simply hope that everyone will have good fortune and hope that their life in the next year will be better. So they grind tofu by themselves becomes the new year's custom. In fact, there was a shortage of materials in ancient times. Even if people's food materials are limited during the new year, making soybean into tofu to be eaten during the new year is also a way for people to enrich their dinner table with their own ingenuity and wisdom, hoping to be better next year.
Other customs on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month
Jiangnan is rich in silk. In the area of Jiangnan, people will light a bamboo pole to stand on the field on the night of the 25th lunar month. If the fire is strong, there will be a harvest year in the next year. This tradition is called zhaotian silkworm. In Inner Mongolia, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month is also a traditional Mongolian festival, Qiandeng Festival. On this day, people will make a light called "mingganzhura" and then go to the temple to light it. They think that the more lights they light, the more auspicious they will be.