Student's Times 2014-2018 2015/17/02 Páté číslo | Page 9

Some days:
First day
It is believed that if you don’t eat meat this day, it is going to prolong your life. May people don’t even use
knives or try not to light a fire, because they are afraid of ringing bad luck to their lives by doing it. Because of
this nobody cooks on this day and the meal is prepared the day before.
It is the day when relatives and families visit each other.
Second day
On this day the married daughters are supposed to
visit their birth parents.
This custom is really old, and it concerns more like
the past, when married women didn’t have many
chances to visit their birth parents.
Third day
Unlike 1st and 2nd day on the 3rd day it is not good
to visit any relatives. It is also called RED MOUTH.
Fifth day
The sign of this day is meal. Not just meal! On this
day Chinese eat dumplings. It is also the birthday of
god of wealth.
Ninth day
Chinese offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of
Heaven in the Taoist Pantheon. It is also his
birthday (he is one of the first gods). Interesting is
that his birthday is celebrated next day, which
means the Tenth day.
Thirteenth day
It is some kind of purification. People eat only
vegetables to clean their bodies after two weeks of
consuming too much food.
Fifteenth day
It is also known as the Lantern festival and it is the
last day of celebrations of the New Year. It is a bit
similar to Halloween because in front of the houses
are lighted candles to guise the spirits back home.
People also walk through the streets with Lanterns.

(L. Šimarová, 4. G)