Happy New Year ｜ On the second day of the first month, poetry sends blessings!

In China, the most grand festival is the Spring Festival, and the colorful "annual customs" are indelible memories in every Chinese’s mind. Chinese’s "Year" is sacred and full of joy. Every day has its own unique customs.

The second day of the first lunar month is the second day of the year in Chinese lunar calendar, and it is also the second day of the first lunar month. It is generally between the two solar terms of beginning of spring and Rain. On this day, in the old days of our country, there were customs such as going back to the mother’s house and offering sacrifices to the god of wealth.

(of a person) return to his place of origin or former work unit

"Going home" is also called "mothering". On the second day of New Year’s Day, when the daughter returns to her parents’ home, she must make a big bag of biscuits and candy, which will be distributed to the neighbors by her mother, just like the scene of the New Year. The gift is quite thin, but it reflects a strong affection. What is really "courtesy is light and affection is heavy", which expresses the girl’s longing for the villagers.

On this day, the children in-laws are full of energy, with newly-dressed wives and children and rich gifts, specially paying New Year greetings to their parents-in-law. As the saying goes, "a son-in-law is half a son", and his son-in-law has "half a son’s work", and his parents-in-law are all hospitable. I hope the son-in-law will take good care of his daughter at ordinary times.

The custom of "going back to her mother’s house" also provides a chance for married daughters to get together, so that sisters who haven’t seen each other for a long time can catch up and talk about the past. Young and old are reunited and happy.

Sacrifice to the god of wealth

In the north, the god of wealth is sacrificed on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to sacrifice the god of wealth. Families offered sacrifices to the God of Wealth who came on New Year’s Eve. In fact, it is to burn the bought rough printed matter for sacrifice.

I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup". Fish and mutton are used as sacrifices. On this day, big businesses in old Beijing all held large-scale sacrificial activities, offering sacrifices with "five offerings", that is, whole pig, whole sheep, whole chicken, whole duck and red live carp, hoping to make a fortune this year.

There are different opinions about who the God of Wealth is:

Among the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming Tianshi is the authentic God of Wealth, Fan Li is known as the God of Wealth, and Guan Yu is Wu Caishen. In addition, there are people who worship Taibai Star, which is called "Wealth Star King". Because Taibai star is also called Venus, and it will be the god of wealth.

There are also those who regard the Monkey King and the lucky boy as the gods of wealth. In China, most of the folk offerings are made by Zhao Gongming, whose printing image is mighty, with dark face and thick beard, wearing a helmet and holding a whip in his hand.

There are patterns such as cornucopia, big gold ingot and coral around it, which set it off and highlight its rich and luxurious effect.

Diligent study

Song | Wang Zhu

Learn from diligence, thousands of books.

Three winters are enough for today, who laughs and is empty.

I wish you progress in your studies in the new year. Diligence is the foundation of learning. "Black hair doesn’t know how to study hard early, and white head regrets studying late." The firefly takes the light, and the hanging beam spurs the stocks for diligence; Read more, think more, work harder, and you will reap more. Study hard and let your life have more choices.

May you be happy and always be missed.

When will there be a bright moon?

Song | Su Shi

When did the moon begin to appear?

I fetch the wine glass from afar.

I don’t know the palace in heaven,

What year is this evening?

I want to go home by the wind,

I’m afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, too high to be cold.

Dance to see the shadows,

What is it like on earth?

Zhuge,

Low-level households,

Take a sleepless photo.

There should be no hate,

Why do you want to be different?

People have joys and sorrows,

The moon is cloudy and sunny,

This matter is ancient and difficult to complete.

I wish people a long time,

Thousands of miles together.

May you be safe and happy in the new year. Even for the sake of dreams, it is inevitable that we will run around outside and be separated from our loved ones by thousands of miles; But in the moonlight, we still have the same heart, blessing and supporting each other.

May you live a long and healthy life and always have an ideal.

Kikukushishou

Han Cao Cao

Although the tortoise has a long life, it still has its moments.

A viper rides in the fog and ends up with dust.

An old horse lurks, aiming at a thousand miles.

The martyrs are full of courage in their twilight years.

The period of surplus and contraction is not only in the sky;

The blessing of nourishing grace can last forever.

I am glad to use this poem to express my inner aspirations.

In the new year, I wish you good health, endless pursuit of ideals, optimism, self-improvement, always a young mind and enthusiasm, and always youthful courage and perseverance.

May your family be harmonious and your life be safe and happy.

Qing ping le Cun ju

Song | Xin Qiji

The thatched roof of the hut is low and small, and the stream sides are full of green grass.

The Wu place that is drunk is drunk, sounds gentle and beautiful, whose home is the old man with white hair?

The eldest son is weeding the bean field in the east of the stream, and the second son is busy knitting the coop.

The most favorite is the youngest son, he is lying in the grass in the grass, stripping the freshly picked lotus.

In the new year, I wish your family harmony and happiness, find fun in the nuances of life and feel beautiful in the trivial places of life.

May you be strong, brave and optimistic about the unknown.

Zhushi

Qing | Zheng Xie

The bamboo does not relax at all, and its roots are firmly embedded in the rock crevices.

After thousands of torture and blows, it is still strong, whether it is the southeast wind, or the winter of the northwest wind, it can withstand, and will still be tough and straight.

In the new year, I wish you, like the bamboo in the poem, to be firm, strong, fearless, generous and optimistic no matter what setbacks and difficulties you encounter.

May you be open-minded and cheerful, and your heart is full of sunshine.

Invitation To Wine

Tang | Li Bai

Have you noticed,

How the Yellow River’s waters move out of heaven,

Entering the ocean, never to return.

Have you noticed,

How lovely locks in bright mirrors in high chambers,

Though silken-black at morning, have changed by night to snow.

Oh, let a man of spirit venture where he pleases,

And never tip his golden cup empty toward the moon!.

Since heaven gave the talent, let it be employed!,

Spin a thousand pieces of silver, all of them come back!.

In the new year, I wish you to actively grasp the real life and strive to create your own value. I was born, I was gifted, and I worked hard to live up to myself and the value and meaning of life.

May your bosom friend accompany you and smile at the prosperity of the world

Farewell to Vice-prefect Du Setting Out for His Official Post in Shu

Tang | Wang Bo

By this wall that surrounds the three Qin districts, through a mist that makes five rivers one.

We bid each other a sad farewell, we two officials going opposite ways.

The world is but a little place, after all.

Why should you linger at the fork of the road, wiping your eyes like a heart-broken child?.

In the new year, I wish you a bosom friend. Even though you are far away from Qian Shan, the friendship between friends is profound and lasting.

May you enjoy yourself and taste life.

my retreat at mount zhongnan

Tang | Wang Wei

After middle age, there is a strong sense of good heart, until later in life to settle in the mount zhongnan border.

Interest concentration is often unique to go to play, there is a happy thing to enjoy self – appreciation.

Sometimes go to the end of the water to seek the origin, or sit to see the rise of the ever-changing cloud.

Occasionally in the woods meet a village elders, I chat with him chat often forget the return home.

In the new year, I hope you can enjoy yourself and feel the joy and interest of life even if you visit alone and enjoy the scenery.

May you feel grateful and feel the beauty of giving.

Guofeng Wei Feng Mugua

Pre-Qin | Anonymous

You give me the papaya. I’ll pay for Joan.

Not in order to thank you, and cherish your affection forever.

You will give me a gift of peach, and I will reciprocate with Chiung Yao.

Not in order to thank you, and cherish your affection forever.

You give me the wood, I take Joan nine in return.

Not in order to thank you, and cherish your affection forever.

In the new year, I wish you a grateful heart, thank your parents for their love, thank strangers for their kindness, thank you for your courage in setbacks, and thank you for your persistence.

Original title: "Happy New Year | On the second day of the first month, poetry sends blessings! 》

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