We see the word "market opening" in the Yellow Calendar. What does it mean and what does it mean.
What does the opening of the market in the Yellow Calendar mean?
The so-called "market" means trading, and "opening" means "starting trading". The market is open. During the traditional Spring Festival, stores of all sizes will be closed from the beginning of the New Year, and will open on the fifth day of the first month. It is common to regard the fifth day of the first lunar month as the holy day of the god of wealth. It is believed that opening the market on this day will bring in wealth.
Explanation of market opening
1. [open]: shops, workshops, etc. are open.
2. [the first transaction of a days business]: the first transaction of a day.
3. [opening]: the beginning of trading in commodity exchanges, stock exchanges and foreign exchange markets.
Prices soared at the opening of the market.
Explanation of the Opening of the Yellow Calendar
1. Shops, etc., open after a break or short closure.
Volume I of Qing Cai Hengzi's "The Song of Insects": "All the theaters in Kyoto are open on New Year's Day." Guo Xiaocheng's "Zhejiang Guangfu": "On September 16, the stores will all hang white flags, and the market will open as usual. The people and the army will show their peace to the people and announce the purpose of the uprising." "The words of the editor": "After June 3, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce will send out a notice to open the stores."
2. The new store opened.
The second act of Lao She's Teahouse: "In this year and year, officials take office today, dismiss tomorrow, open the market today, and close the market tomorrow, all are unreliable."
3. The shop is open every day.
Mao Dun's "In front of the pawnshop": "Now the shops on this street are open. The sound of unloading the shop boards comes from chopping and clapping
4. It means setting up a city for trade in border minority areas.
The History of the Ming Dynasty, Biography of the Western Regions II, All the Guardians of the Fan Nationality: "I replied that Bingtu was not allowed to open the market because of Gansu, and Ningxia had a long and difficult road. Although there was a ban, it could not be fully implemented." Wang Duo of the Ming Dynasty, "Send Yuan Huanzhong (Yuan Kelizi), a doctor, to be sent to Ningyuan to pay the army", said: "Yes, it is also the righteousness of sending the responsibility of all the monarchs. If not, it will open the market without money, steal temporary security, and harm the country for hundreds of seasons."
Source statement of market opening
Why do stores open on the fifth day of the first month? According to the Han folk legend, the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the god of wealth, and people's annual wealth is determined by the god of wealth, so many businesses rush to open the market on the fifth day of the first lunar month in order to "make a profit".
The first statement of market opening
In some places, the fifth day of the first lunar month is also called the "full year", which means that when the new year is over, a summary will be made and the end will come. In fact, this is a variant of "Breaking Five", which evolved slowly without knowing the origin of "Breaking Five". According to the List of Gods, Jiang Ziya was a god, naming his wife who betrayed him as the "god of poverty", which made her "return whenever she was broken". According to the legend, Jiang Ziya's wife is a very annoying wife who carries her husband. After being sealed as the god of poverty, it's even more annoying. I haven't heard that anyone likes the god of poverty, right? So people "broke" her on the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar calendar and let her "go home" - go back immediately!
The second way to open the market
Another is that the fifth day of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the god of wealth, so people should hold a banquet, set off firecrackers and hold various celebrations on this day, which means to welcome the arrival of the god of wealth. However, there are two gods of wealth - one is the god of wealth, and the other is the god of wealth, Zhao Gongming. These two masters are not on the same birthday, are they? Whose is it? If you are interested, you can check the "Fengshen". Hehe
The third way to open the market
In many places, on New Year's Eve, the ancestors are invited back to celebrate the New Year. In the middle of the main room, the ancestors' memorial tablet is hung high to burn incense, meaning to invite the ancestors to celebrate the New Year, eat well, and remember the ancestors. On the fifth day of the lunar new year, we will send our ancestors back. After the Spring Festival, we will burn incense, paper money and present them to our ancestors.
It is not surprising that the fifth day of the first lunar month is very important because it bears multiple responsibilities such as sending the god of poverty and receiving the god of wealth. All these things, taken together, form the custom of setting up a banquet, setting off firecrackers, and eating dumplings that symbolize "yuan bao".
Market opening legend:
The god of wealth is named Zhao Gongming, and Taoism worships him as "Marshal of Zhengyi Xuantan". Han people call him Marshal Zhao Gong. It is said that the marshal of Zhao Gong is most admired by businessmen because he can drive away thunder and electricity, eliminate epidemics and disasters, preside over justice, and seek good fortune. The portrait of Marshal Zhao Gong looks like the bottom of a pot, his round eyes open angrily, his whip in his hand, and his body is riding a black tiger. Next to the statue are Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, two generals, known as "making money and making profits". It is said that the god of wealth also has "partial god of wealth" and "five visible god of wealth", commonly known as "five road gods", also known as "road god". According to Gu Lu's "Please Jialu" and other books in the Qing Dynasty, every year on the fifth day of the first lunar month, businesses are engaged in activities to welcome the god of wealth. On that day, the merchants got up early at 5:00 a.m., put out incense tables, offered three animals and lit incense and candles. Then open the door, strike gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers. In the bustle, the shopkeeper, wearing a long gown and a mandarin jacket and holding a divine fragrance in his hand, worshipped heaven and earth first, and then the Hall of God of Wealth, even if he had taken the God of Wealth from outside. Finally, burn incense, sprinkle wine, and have supper and luck with the staff of the store. This activity to welcome the Five Way God of Wealth is commonly known as "Jielutou". In places like Wuxi in Jiangsu Province and Pudong in Shanghai, some businesses are eager to get rich. They are afraid that the god of wealth falls behind others. So they come to the fourth night of the first lunar month ahead of schedule, called "snatching the road". As Cai Yun said in Wu Yu, "The god of wealth asks for money five days a year, and his wish is paid once a year. Be careful not to greet him early elsewhere, and rush to seize the road overnight."
After daybreak, each store held an opening ceremony. The shopkeeper burns the portrait of the god of wealth, and then sets off firecrackers. The guys shake the abacus vigorously, hit the scale with the scale pole, and the sound is loud inside and outside. The beggar who heard the sound sang a "happy song" at the door to beg for money. The shopkeeper was also happy to give alms. In the atmosphere of warm wishes, the guys opened all the door and window guards of the store and revealed the couplet of "Good luck in opening the market, good luck in everything" that had been posted for a long time, and officially opened the business.
When opening on the fifth day of the first lunar month in modern Zhejiang and other places, the store set up five color refreshments to welcome the first customer to the door, calling it the "God of Wealth". Regardless of the size of the turnover, it gave warm reception to customers and gave them material benefits, such as discount payments and gifts; Zhenhai, Cixi and other places also have the custom of welcoming eight guests, which is called "inviting the eight immortals". If the customers who first come to the door are luxuriously dressed, dignified and have a large turnover, it is considered to indicate a prosperous business throughout the year. If the shop does not see customers for a long time after opening, the shopkeeper will go to the God of Wealth Hall to worship Marshal Zhao, the god of wealth, to pray for protection or divination, commonly known as "God of Wealth". If the business of the store was weak or lost money last year, it was considered that the god of wealth did not come to bless it. So after the opening of the store on the fifth day of the lunar calendar, the owner and his family would go to the nearby temple to burn incense and pray for blessing. If you meet a monk or nun on the road, you will pass the monk and nun in the middle quietly, thinking that the god of wealth Bodhisattva is often attached to the monk and nun, so that the god of wealth can be captured, commonly known as "the god of wealth". If some stores are not open for business on the fifth day of the lunar calendar, it means that the firm can not survive and is "closed".