Tianchuan Festival, a traditional festival of Han nationality. The festival time varies slightly from place to place, including the seventh, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-third day of the first month. As a memorial day for the Han people to commemorate the goddess of mending the sky to save mankind, it is also a festival for ancient people to look forward to good weather, prosperity of everything, bumper harvest of agriculture, happiness and peace. Among the Han folk festivals, the only folk festival in which housewives offer sacrifices reflects the importance of ancient women in family life.
There is an ancient traditional festival of Han nationality in Guanzhong area called Butian Festival, as well as Queen's Day and Wapo Day. According to legends and local relics, this festival originated from Mount Li in Lintong.
In some places, it is the twentieth day of the first month, and in some places it is the twenty-third day of the first month. It is said that the former is the birthday of Nu Wa, and the latter is the day when the goddess fills the sky. On festivals, elderly housewives make pancakes or steamed cakes with noodles. The cake is round and thin, and it is called "Tianbu cake". The ceremony of mending the sky and land is very simple. A cake tied with red silk thread is thrown on the roof to symbolize mending the sky, and another cake falls into the well or corner of the yard to symbolize mending the ground. After the ceremony, the whole family did not eat bread.
Today, the rocks behind the Shiweng Temple in Shandong are still red. According to the folklore of the Han nationality, it is a five-color stone refined by Nuwa Mountain. In the rural areas around Lishan Mountain, the "Festival of Mending Heaven and Land" is celebrated on the 20th day of the first lunar month every year. Every household bakes steamed cakes and throws one at home when the cakes are not ripe, which is called mending the sky. If you put another piece on the ground, it's called mending the ground. These are all ways to commemorate Nu Wa, so that people will always remember the merits of Nu Wa's salvation. Huaqingchi Hot Spring at the foot of Lishan Mountain is famous at home and abroad. Why are there hot springs here? The folklore of the Han nationality goes like this: When Nu Wa burns five-colored stones, the fire reflects the sky and illuminates the earth. The fire was absorbed by the sun god, and the sun brightened again, and the four seasons kept shining on the world; The hot air is absorbed by the underground water of Mount Li, and the water becomes a hot spring that flows all year round, and this hot spring becomes magical because of the magic of Nu Wa, which has the effects of exorcising evil spirits, expelling toxins, eliminating disasters and getting rid of diseases. For thousands of years, Lishan Hot Spring has been famous far and wide, and people come here in an endless stream. Nowadays, soaking in hot springs has become a great event for people. When people come here, they can not only wash away the dirt on their bodies, strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives, but also purify their clean and dust-free hearts and souls in this outstanding place.