Lifting the girl
On the evening of the 13th or 14th day of the first lunar month, two girls with parents (an unmarried woman must be invited, but because she has to interact with the goddess, she must be mature and steady, otherwise the goddess cannot be invited.) prepare offerings such as incense and candles and go to the well to offer them. (The adults prepare a bridal sedan. The so-called bridal sedan is actually a rice-washing dustpan. A red wooden plate for sacrifice is prepared, and the rice-washing dustpan is covered on it. A bamboo strip is inserted on one side to hold the rice-washing dustpan up. A stick of incense is inserted next to the bamboo strip, and it becomes a bridal sedan.) Put the "bridal sedan" on it, pray a few good words, and then carry the "girl" home, put a table in front of the stove, put the "girl" on the table, sprinkle flour in front of it, and offer incense, candles, tea and fruit on the stove. Two girls with parents carry the rice-washing sieve. The most important thing is to pay attention to the method of carrying the rice-washing sieve: two people extend one index finger on each side to hook the rice-washing sieve, and pay attention to the strength, not to hold the rice-washing sieve too tightly, so that the activity of the well lady can be indicated, and then you can sincerely tell fortunes. If the viewer has doubts in his heart, don't say it out loud, otherwise it will not work. In this way, all the women in the whole room, old and young, should be asked hello. Finally, the fairy lady should be sent back to her original place with piety. Carrying the girl with excrement jar In the early years, there was a popular custom among the people that women would carry the girl with excrement jar on the 14th night of the first lunar month every year. When carrying the girl with excrement jar, first use a round red plate, on which is placed a rice-washing sieve. The edge of the sieve is wrapped with a piece of cloth, on which cauliflower is inserted, and a bamboo chopstick is inserted in front of the cloth. This is the sedan chair for the girl carrying the excrement jar. The bridal sedan chair is carried by two women to the dung vat that has been selected in advance. Then they light incense and pray to invite the girl to get on the sedan chair. They pray three times in a row, and then ask the girl if she has already gotten on the sedan chair. At this time, the two people use their index fingers to gently push up the edge of the basket. If the chopsticks tap the ground twice, it means that the girl has gotten on the sedan chair. Then the two people hold the red plate carefully to the central hall of the house, put it on a table prepared in advance, take out the basket with cauliflower from the plate and place it, and sprinkle a thin layer of ash or fine sand in front of the basket. Two people use their fingers to push up the middle of the two sides of the edge of the basket. In this way, everything is ready. The men, women, old and young who have been waiting in the central hall are all very quiet, and then everyone asks the girl questions according to what they want to ask, such as: "Is the harvest good this year?" "Is the place peaceful this year?" and so on. According to the questions asked, the dung vat girl writes simple and vague words on the fine sand in front with the chopsticks she inserted. Such as "good" or "average" or "not good". There are also curious people who ask questions to the girl: "How old am I this year?" "How many children do I have?" At this time, you can see the chopsticks tapping a few times, which means how old you are, or answering a few questions about your children. When asking questions, it is inevitable that some are right and some are wrong. Except for a few people who believe it, most people are just curious and join in the fun. But if many people think it is very accurate, then this may be carried out until midnight, until the fun is over and everyone disperses, and then two women will send the dung tank girl back to the place where she came. The process of carrying the water tank girl is similar to the above process.