Boys born in Guangdong should put lanterns. The second to sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival in Yulin, which is a grand festival. Last year, a boy's family went to Shetou, ancestral hall and their own hall to hang lanterns. The following are the stocks that Guangdong boys should order.
The boy born in Guangdong lit lanterns 1 to celebrate the boy's birth, which was officially written into the genealogy.
For a creator who cares about Guangdong local culture and is casual, it is always exciting to coincide with the Chinese New Year, because there are so many materials worth writing.
Selling laziness on the 30th, opening the new year on the second day of the New Year, wandering around and so on. Looking back at the Spring Festival, many people share the customs of Guangdong with you. Of course, so far, the customs in Guangdong will remain unchanged.
This time, it is said that "lighting a lamp" is a popular traditional folk custom in Guangdong during the Spring Festival.
Lighting is also called lighting, adding lights, raising lights, etc. The sound of "light" is similar to that of "ding", and ding is added when lighting (adding lights). This is a traditional folk custom that is officially written into the genealogy to celebrate the birth of men. It is grand and lively.
What needs special explanation is that "boy" is a hard rule that cannot be changed with the lighting custom. Tim Kou (with girls) does not light.
In Zhanjiang, newly added families began to prepare children's lanterns as early as the Spring Festival.
The first is "repairing the lamp"-booking lanterns. Usually, a craftsman is responsible for making lanterns in a small village, organizing the production according to the data and specifications needed by the villagers, and then delivering the lanterns before they are officially raised.
Secondly, seeing relatives-it is convenient to send new clothes to boys, which is an important part of the lighting custom.
Around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the custom of lighting in Zhanjiang continued one after another.
There is a general ceremony of putting out lanterns. Lanterns are hung behind ancestral temples or temporary sheds symbolizing temples, and lanterns and eggs are hung to light internal oil lamps. Finally, Daogong held a grand sacrifice ceremony with the family members who put lanterns in those years (the boy who put lanterns, his father and grandfather will also participate in it when he was alive).
With the completion of the Lantern Festival, men's names were officially written into the genealogy. On the one hand, it has the meaning of being recognized and accepted by the collective, and it also contains all kinds of beautiful meanings, such as peace, smoothness, intelligence and prospect. ...
The sign of "lighting" is that you have drunk "lighting wine".
On October 6th, 2008/kloc, villagers will invite Daogong Gay to preside over the ceremony of "tying lanterns" again, and then take down the "lantern eggs" symbolizing the prosperous population and the Millennium of the family-take them home for safekeeping, complete the burning of lanterns, and finally entertain relatives and friends to drink lantern wine.
In Meizhou, the lighting time varies from the ninth day of the first month to the eighteenth day of the first month, generally concentrated on the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth days of the first month.
One of the most important customs in Meizhou is to invite lanterns.
One or two days before the Lantern Festival, the newlyweds agreed to organize a team to invite (buy) lanterns, led by Ding Shou, the parents who gave birth to the first boy last year. Accompanied by the gongs and drums team and the dragon and lion dance team, firecrackers rang all the way, and the guns kept "inviting" lanterns.
Please go home and put the lanterns solemnly on the table of the Eight Immortals. On the day when lanterns are put on, "Ding Shou" will gather other families to invite lanterns and hang them under the roof beam of Gong Zu Hall, and hang lanterns symbolizing men. The number of lanterns depends on the man born in the previous year. Add five new men, add five lanterns, seven boys are seven lanterns, and so on.
Of course, "carrying lanterns" means simply carrying lanterns. In fact, the ceremony of carrying lanterns is the climax of the whole activity, grabbing white flowers before carrying lanterns; When lanterns are lit, firecrackers and fireworks will be set off, and dragon and lion dances will be held. ...
Take Zhanjiang and Meizhou as examples. Both of them are traditional folk customs of putting lanterns, but their "presentation" is quite different. However, no matter how different in form, their intentions are always the same. First of all, they want their children to be happy, safe and get ahead.
As for the wonderful and lively custom of "putting on lanterns" in Huizhou, Dongguan, Shanwei and other places in Guangdong, I look forward to your supplement.
How much do you know about the Hakka custom of "turning on the lights" for boys born in Guangdong?
Hakka culture is profound and dazzling. There is a little-known Hakka folk custom-"putting lanterns on". The custom of Hakka lighting lamps is widely spread in various ethnic groups and regions. It takes "Tianding" as the center, and launches the activities of worshipping and comforting ancestors in the form of "lanterns". Also known as "appreciating lanterns" and "holding lanterns".
The origin of "lighting"
In Hakka dialect, "Deng" is a homonym of the dialect "Ding", and it is also a symbol of light, hope, igniting a prairie fire and endless life. Hakka people came all the way from the land where they lived in the Central Plains, and finally settled at the intersection of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. Their unique life experience has enabled the Hakkas to form national unity, met the survival needs of defending the enemy, and produced the tradition of respecting ancestors and celebrating the "Heavenly Ding" with lanterns.
"Turn on the light" is Gardin.
In Hakka clan society, every boy has to hold a "lighting ceremony" all his life. People who put lanterns are of all ages. The boy who just gave birth to a child is called "Saint" and the older one is called "Saint". For various reasons, such a ceremony was not held. Therefore, the "Lantern Festival" is actually a celebration held by all ethnic groups for the newborn boys of that year.
It's time to "light up"
Every year, anyone named "Tianding" (that is, having a boy) must hang a new lantern (harmonious "Ding Xin") in the upper hall of the ancestral hall. The earliest "lighting" date is the ninth day of the first month, and the latest is the nineteenth day of the first month, but most of them are around the fifteenth day of the first month. "Lighting a lamp" means reporting to ancestors that a new person has been added to a family.
The form of "lighting"
When "putting out lanterns", we should hold "three sacrifices", drink alcohol to honor ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth, and also hold "putting out lanterns and wine" to invite relatives and friends to reunite and congratulate. This custom is more complicated, which evolved in Hakka areas. After they put on lanterns, they have to "warm the lanterns" in the middle (it is an activity in the process of "putting on lanterns" and cannot be called "warm lantern festival"). Finally, it is "respecting ancestors and thanking heaven and earth", which is very grand and warm, with the atmosphere of "one family adds more talents and the whole village celebrates".
The change of the custom of "lighting"
On the Lantern Festival next year, Hakkas who gave birth to their sons will put lights on their ancestral halls, that is, hang a beautiful lantern, and then invite the dignified old people in the village to hug the boy and formally write his name on the genealogy. The boy will officially become a member of this family, and then put down a banquet to entertain the men in the village to drink. With the progress of social civilization, many daughters are playing with lights now, and their daughters have entered the family tree.
The custom of Hakka lighting has a long history, some hundreds of years, some thousands of years. Now this custom has become more colorful, which deeply embodies the excellent cultural heritage consciousness of Hakka people.
Guangdong boys want to put lanterns. 3. It's about the difference between home and home, and the steps of hanging lanterns at home!
In ancient times, men were born at home, called "Tianding"; There is a girl named "Tim Kou" at home.
The atmosphere of ancient feudal society was pervasive, and the main mode of production in society was male ploughing and female weaving. Men shoulder the task of farming and are the pillars of the family, which also lays the position of men in the family. In agricultural production, women are mainly responsible for spinning, cooking and housework, so they are not competent for heavy agricultural farming, because they can't farm, but they have to have an extra mouth to eat. So the status is lower than that of men. Moreover, after the birth of a boy at home, there will be a grand ceremony to add to the family.
The definition of "Ding" in Ci Hai is: population. In Hakka dialect, the lamp is homophonic with Ding. Therefore, in the ceremony of Hakka celebrating Tintin, lanterns were given a deeper meaning. First, it represents the development of light; Second, the lamp contains the meaning of endless life and handed down from generation to generation; Third, the lamp has become a symbol of people.
In Hakka society, every boy is born with a lantern ceremony. That is to say, offering sacrifices to ancestors to report that there are new people in their ancestral homes and pray for their ancestors to bless their children's healthy growth. They think that the lamp is a symbol of abundant crops, and the lamp is a tripod, which means flourishing and flourishing. I hope my family is prosperous.
Lantern Festival is usually held around the Lantern Festival, and different family ancestral temple hangs lanterns at different times. Generally, it is carried out in the order of big room first and small room later. According to the number of boys born after the Lantern Festival last year, the same number of lanterns are hung on the beams of the ancestral temple. The ceremony of hanging lanterns includes hanging lanterns, drinking lanterns and wine, and setting off fireworks and firecrackers in front of the ancestral temple.
Every time lanterns are hung at home, a prestigious person will be chosen to preside over the lantern hanging ceremony, which is generally recommended by the elders of the clan and requires ability and integrity. After the lantern hanging ceremony, the details of the revenue and expenditure of the lantern hanging ceremony should be posted outside the ancestral hall and accepted by the public.
On the 13th day of the first month, people will go to the ancestral temple to pour tea, offer sacrifices to the gods and hang lanterns. Lantern is an octagonal lantern made of bamboo paper, which represents gossip, meaning harmony between yin and yang and prosperity of people. Lanterns were bought by the personnel on duty on the day of hanging. Members of the clan worship their ancestors and hang lanterns. At the same time, firecrackers should be set off at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
After pouring tea and hanging lanterns, it is necessary to write the new family members hanging lanterns into the genealogy, so that they can enjoy the same rights as men in the family from now on. And the whole ancestral temple male * * * drinking wine. When drinking Deng wine, there are eight people at a table, mainly ordinary dishes. After drinking wine, fireworks will be set off at night, and duck eggs will be separated after the end, which means "birth"
The custom of putting on lanterns, like the Spring Festival, is a solidification of consanguineous consciousness and a celebration of the continuation of the family's endless blood. It is gratitude for life and the pursuit of a better life.
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