Which deity's birthday is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month? What festival is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year is just around the corner. Ordinary families have basically already prepared their New Year's goods, and those who are far away from home have also returned home one after another. Which god’s birthday is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month? What festival is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?

Which deity's birthday is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is the birthday of Xu Xun Zhenjun;
In the first year of the Taikang reign of the Jin Dynasty (280 AD), Xu Xun was selected as a filial and incorrupt official at the age of 42. He was also appointed as the magistrate of Jingyang. He governed the country with integrity and frugality, and the officials and people liked him. People at that time were moved by his virtue and built a shrine to worship his statue. Therefore, later generations called him Xu Jingyang. Later, when he saw that the Jin Dynasty was about to fall into chaos, he resigned from his post and returned east, wandering around the world in search of the ultimate truth. He once claimed that he met a saint who taught him the "Taishang Lingbao Jingming Fa" and the Taoist method of slaying dragons and capturing monsters. Legend has it that he once subdued dragons and killed snakes, eliminating harm for the people. His Taoist methods were profound and his reputation spread far and wide, and many people sought to be his disciples. In the fourth year of Daxing (321) during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xu Xun lived in seclusion at the former site of Meixian Temple in the southern suburbs of Nanchang, where he founded a Taoist temple named Taiji Temple with the inscription "Pure and Bright Realm" and established the Jingming Taoist school. Its purpose is "Pure, Bright, Loyal and Filial".

What festival is on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month?

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is the common name for the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month (the twelfth month) of the Chinese lunar calendar and is one of the traditional customs of the Chinese Spring Festival. Chinese folk songs about the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month include "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, let the dough rise" and "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, make rice cakes, steam buns and stick flowers on them." According to Chinese folk customs and traditions, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household will start preparing staple food for the New Year, whether it is making dough or steamed buns.

The traditional origin of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month

On the 26th and 27th of the twelfth lunar month, meat for the New Year's meal is prepared. On the 28th, it is time to prepare pasta. In the past, social development was underdeveloped and there was no modern convenient yeast powder. Ordinary noodles would easily go bad if prepared a few days in advance, but leavened noodles would not go bad easily. Therefore, the noodles would be leavened on the 28th day to prepare the staple food from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month. At the same time, this is also because of the old custom that fire should not be used to steam buns from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month.