On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, send the poor

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The sixth day of the Lunar New Year

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Sacrifice, blessing, heir, god

Settle down, trade, coupons

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Travel, marry

Enter the house and move the soil

The sixth day of the first lunar month, also known as the Horse Day, on this day to send the poor, is a very characteristic Chinese folk custom of the year. There are also their own ways of sending poor people in various parts of China, which are different. But the meaning is basically the same, it is to send away the poor ghost. It reflects the traditional psychology of the Chinese people generally hoping to leave the old and welcome the new, send away the poverty and hardships of the old days, and welcome a better life in the new year.

Sixth Custom

Fattening:

The sixth day of the first year is Ma Ri, which was called Ru Fei in ancient times. People really start working or doing business on this day. From the beginning of the first lunar month, we cannot clean the toilet until the fifth day of the first lunar month. Feces in the toilet piled up. So we did a big cleaning today and cleaned up the dirty toilets. For this reason, it is called "fattening" (but now people often use new bathroom equipment, so there is no such custom). This day also means that in the old times, Chinese working people began to work in the fields, preparing for spring ploughing.

Cleaning the toilet:

We all know that from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, we can't clean up the garbage. Because people think now if they sweep the floor, they might sweep away their wealth and wealth. Even if they inevitably want to sweep the floor, they need to sweep from the outside to the house, so at the beginning of the first month, the 6 people begin to clean and throw the garbage outside the house. The sixth day is the day when the toilet god checks the toilet. People should clean toilets.

God of Fortune:

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the village will select a 12-year-old boy dressed as a "bangs" and carrying 5 paper-cut villains on his back. If someone caught the boy's villain, it meant he had caught fortuna. He will be developed this year. Those who are robbed of the wicked are equivalent to throwing away the god of wealth. The reason why people let 12-year-olds play this role is because this age means "six six luck".

Send the Poor God:

The poor god was the son of an emperor. He drank porridge and wore tattered clothes and died young. So there was a custom passed down that made a boat out of bananas, lit candles, put pancakes and other dry food, and then sent poor God away. The widely spread custom of sending people to the poor in China reflects the traditional psychology of Chinese who want to say goodbye to the old days and welcome the New Year.

Happy New Year

2022 is off to a great start