Day 7: the day of human
Courtesy of Chinatravel.com
The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is commonly referred to as “Ren Ri” (the day of human), because according to the legend, Nv Wa ( a Goddess in Chinese mythology who is believed to create the world and human beings) created human beings on the seventh day. On this day, people have different ways to celebrate the creation of human beings.
People in some regions will eat Qi Bao Geng (a thick soup of seven kinds of vegetables, and the variety of the vegetables differs in different places) on this day. In ancient times, some ladies and scholars would go for a spring outing on this day. There are many poems of the scholars about the spring outing on this day has been spread up to now. In most part of China, people will have noodles on this day, because noodles symbolize longevity in Chinese culture. In some rural places of Shandong Province, people also send away fire disasters on this day. They make torches with straws of crops, light the torch and send the torch out of the village. This is to express their wishes that there will not be any fire disasters in the new year.
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