The animal year refers to the Chinese zodiac, the core monument of life. When it meets the Chinese zodiac, it is the animal year. For example, 1994 people who belong to dogs will meet the year of the dog in 2023, which is the animal year. The animal year was originally the year of the return of the five elements, that is, the animal year of 60 years. At present, it is mainly the year of lunar calendar 12 years, commonly known as the animal year.
In China, people are used to recording a person's birth year with the zodiac, which rotates every twelve years. If the person born in the year after next is a mouse, the year after next is the year of this person's birth. Zodiac culture has a long history, which originated from the heavenly stems and earthly branches calendar invented by China in ancient times, including ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches. These twelve earthly branches correspond to the zodiac signs. From the year of birth, everyone remembers that every twelve years, they will meet for one year, and their zodiac signs are the same as their own. This year is the animal year.
The custom of the animal year:
1, wear red. In the animal year, adults and children will wear red underwear, red insoles or red belts; In some places, the ornaments you wear with you will be tied with a red rope. The purpose of doing this is to seek good fortune and avoid evil.
2. Worship the "core monument of the God of Life". In some places, people usually go to temples to burn incense and pray for peace for the core monument of their lives in the first half of the first month of the first month. This practice originated from Taoism's "self-cultivation, and we must devote ourselves to the core of life."
3. Huajia's birthday. It is the fifth animal year in a person's life to spend 60 years. As the saying goes, 60 years old is a child, symbolizing the end of a cycle. Therefore, in many places, the elderly who celebrate their 60th birthday will hold a large-scale performance to express their desire for longevity and health. In ancient times, because people's life expectancy was generally not high, children had to buy funeral supplies for the elderly in advance before Hua Jia's birthday.
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