Introduction
The twelfth lunar month, is another name for the twelfth month of the year.
It is said that the reason why December at the end of the year is called " the twelfth lunar month " actually has its origin.
In primitive society, people did not know how to grow grains, and the main source of people's food came from hunting.
In the northern region of my country, some animals have the habit of hibernating. When some animals hibernate, there are fewer active animals in nature, and the few active animals are precious to humans.
Some animals that can move are large animals, such as tigers, lions, leopards , etc. When people hunt these animals, they will eat them for a long time, and the meat of these animals cannot be stored naturally for a long time, otherwise it will easily deteriorate. In this case, someone invented a method of making "preserved food". Using this method, animal meat can be preserved for a long time.
Since people often choose the time to make "cured food" in December at the end of the year, people are accustomed to calling the December at the end of the year the "twelfth lunar month".
As for the origin of people calling the December of the year "the twelfth lunar month", in fact, it has been recorded in works such as "Books of Changes" and "Zhou Li". If people are interested, you can check the relevant information.
With the development of the times, people have given more connotations to the "twelfth lunar month". According to ancient texts, the "twelfth lunar month" is the "leisure month". There is no farm work in the farmland, and people are living leisurely. Since people have nothing to do in the "twelfth lunar month", people think of offering sacrifices to their ancestors, so the "twelfth lunar month" is also called the "sacrifice month".
A folklore expert said that because the "twelfth lunar month" is the "sacrificial month", there are still many taboos about the "twelfth lunar month". As for the specific taboos of each day, people may not know much. In fact, there are taboos on every day of the "twelfth lunar month". For example, there are taboos on the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
So, What are the taboos on the 11th day of the "twelfth lunar month"?
There is a saying among the people - "On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, do not marry a wife." "Don't marry a wife" is a taboo on the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month in .
As the saying goes: On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, do not marry a wife.
Chinese people pay attention to "the right time, the right place and the right people", and getting married is a major event in life. People take great pains in choosing the day to get married.
Ancient people said that you should choose an auspicious day to get married. The auspicious days of the zodiac are unique words in the traditional Chinese calendar "Huang Li". According to the lunar calendar, there are "Twelve Divine Evils" every month. Among the "Twelve Divine Evils", "Qinglong, Tiande, Yutang, Siming, Mingtang, and Jingui" are the six zodiac days. People should choose the six zodiac days as the day of marriage.
If we simply look at the traditional Chinese calendar "Almanac", in some years the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month is indeed an auspicious day, which can build a house, give birth to a child, open the door to the home, get married, move, and travel. However, the ancients believed that "the twelfth lunar month" is the "sacrifice month" and has a heavier "yin energy". In addition, the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month is a "single day" and "good things cannot come in pairs". Therefore, the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month is not suitable for people to get married. Based on this view of the ancients, there is a folk saying that "on the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, no wife will be married". In fact, this is where the saying comes from.
Contemporary views
In the eyes of people today, some folk sayings have a certain practical significance, but some folk sayings do not have any practical significance.
A senior netizen who has studied folk customs said that the folk saying: "If you don't marry a wife on the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month," it has no practical significance.
This senior netizen who has studied folk customs went on to say that the earliest "Twelfth Month" was just a month suitable for pickling cured meats. Later, people artificially called the "Twelfth Month" the "Sacrifice Month." Since the "twelfth lunar month" is not the real "sacrifice month", then the folk saying: "On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, do not marry a wife" is completely unreasonable and has no practical significance. People can get married on the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
Lao Hu’s opinion
In Lao Hu’s view, 365 days a year are the same days, and any day is suitable for doing anything. There is no such thing as an "auspicious day" and there is no day that is not suitable for marriage. As long as people are willing to do anything, they should not be entangled in life. The folk saying: "On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, do not marry a wife" no longer has any meaning. As long as people are willing to get married, they can get married on the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month.
