Sweeping away poor ghosts: The custom of "sweeping away poor ghosts" on the third day of the Lunar New Year is actually a ritual to purify the environment and pray for good luck in the New Year. On this day, people clean their home environment thoroughly and remove garbage and dirt, symbolizing the removal of poverty, misfortune and bad luck of the past year.
Eat cabbage rice: "Eat cabbage on the third day of junior high school, and celebrate the reunion with the family". Every year on the third day of the Lunar New Year, every household will prepare a "vegetable rice bowl". Pour the white rice into the pot and stir-fry it with the leeks, garlic, beans, etc. Then, spread the lettuce, put it in the palm of your hand, then add the rice that has already been fried, put your hands together, roll up the lettuce leaves, and hold it in a ball with your hands to eat, meaning reunion.
Eat vegetarian noodles: As the saying goes, "the first dumpling, the first two noodles". In many places, there is also the custom of eating noodles on the third day of the Lunar New Year. However, there is also a lot of attention to the noodles eaten on the third day of the Lunar New Year. The noodles must be hand-rolled by yourself, not somen noodles. In addition, you can't add meat to the noodle soup, you can only eat vegetarian, add some green vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and so on. Eating noodles on the third day of the Lunar New Year means health and longevity, and a prosperous life.
Eating steamed buns: The third day of the first lunar month is not suitable for eating rice, so there is a saying that eating steamed bread or noodles on the third day of the first lunar month, which means "thriving". On the third day of the new year, people also worship with foods such as bread and steamed buns to pray for a good harvest in the new year.
These customs convey people's best wishes for the New Year, but what other customs do you know about the third day of the Lunar New Year?