Our country has thousands of years of civilization. In recent years, many festivals have evolved, including people's expectations and blessings for beautiful things. For example, Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is actually a day for family reunion. After the Winter Solstice Festival comes, the whole family will gather together to eat dumplings. Zhongyuan Festival is a festival when people miss their ancestors, and many people will come to the ancestral grave to worship the deceased.
In fact, the people attach great importance to the first day of June, especially in ancient times, and they regard it as an important festival. is in Qilu, and this day is called "New Mai Festival", which means celebrating the Little New Year. In the morning, before I got up, I was awakened by the crackling sound of firecrackers. I was still confused about who was getting married and why did I set off firecrackers early in the morning. After hearing this, my mother told me that the New Mai Festival was here, and I realized that the Little New Year was coming.
This festival only occurs in Henan and Shandong. The Little New Year means half of the year has passed. At this time, we must celebrate to pray for a bumper harvest in order to continue to have good weather in the second half of the year. The wheat harvest in ancient times was not as early as today. It was usually harvested in late May of the lunar calendar. Therefore, farmers just experienced a busy farming process and could also relax. With this solar term, farmers would also place tributes on the table, burn incense and set off firecrackers to celebrate the wheat harvest. The main grain in the Central Plains is wheat, which determines the food and clothing of farmers, so every farmer will celebrate and pray.
People will place pears, peaches, jujubes, buns, etc. on the table, and paste the festive "Fu" on the bowl of fresh wheat, followed by burning incense and setting off firecrackers. At noon, I would also eat " chowder ", which was made with Shanghai tape, vermicelli, vegetables and pork, or I would eat dumplings. The whole family sat together, drinking and chatting very lively, giving people a sense of déjà vu for the New Year. After dinner, adults will play rock-scissors on the wheat field, and children will also play happily.
On this day, the company will also have a day off and hold a banquet to invite employees to dinner to the greatest encouragement for their work. In fact, in ancient times, there was also the saying "It is hard to buy a drought in May when you have money, and you will have enough food in July." The meaning is very simple. Even if you have money, you are afraid of a drought in May, and you will be even more afraid of a cloudy day in July. Once this happens, the growth of crops will be damaged and grain yields will be reduced. It may be difficult for even if you have money, you may find it difficult to eat a delicacy. Therefore, on the first day of June, the old farmers will pray that they will not rain too much in the July of the lunar calendar, otherwise the crops may flood and the growth rate will slow down due to the lack of sunlight.
Of course, June 6 is also a festival, which is called "Daughter's Day" and "Fried Noodle Festival". At this time, the married daughter will be taken to her parents' home, and many farmers will simply celebrate on the first day of June.
Nowadays, living conditions are better, so you don’t need to worry about food issues, and you don’t have to worry about not having a guarantee of food. The wheat yield has also increased. In ancient times, the yield per mu was only 100-200 kilograms, but now it has reached about 1,000 kilograms, and everyone will not work hard in the farmland all year round. It can be said that this is the change of the times.
There are not many people here at the New Mai Festival, but rural elderly people in some areas will still celebrate this festival and continue to pass on it. Is there this festival there? Will firecrackers be set off?
