"On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the God of Wealth will be sent, and on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the poor ghost will be sent".After picking up the God of Wealth at home on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, don't be happy too early, thinking that everything will be fine after the fifth day of the Lunar New YearBecause the sixth day of the first lunar month is the "day of sending the poor", according to the old tradition, every household must send the poor ghosts, which means that the poverty and hardship of the old days can be sent away, so as to smoothly welcome the beautiful life of the new year.
Sending the poor is not a fabrication of today's empty mouthIn the "Miscellaneous Notes of the Year" compiled by Lu Yuanming in the Song Dynasty, it was written: "The day before the day, sweep the dung broom, and when the person is not done, cover it with seven pancakes, and abandon the thoroughfare to send the poor." ”，And the human day mentioned in it is the seventh day of the first month, so it also confirms that there has been a custom of sending the poor on the sixth day of the first month since ancient times.
It is said that the horse was also created by Nuwa on this day, which is regarded as the "horse day".I especially remind everyone to remember to send 2 poor things, do 3 good things, and drive away the poor and pay for the new year!
1. Send away the tattered clothes and shoes
The reason why he wants to send the poor on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year is said to be because in ancient times, one of the five emperors, Zhuan Xu, had a son, who was weak and short since he was a child, and he especially liked to wear tattered clothes, even if the people in the palace gave him new clothes, he would tear them or burn out the holes and then wear them, and the palace people saw him like this and privately called him a poor son.
Later, the poor man died in the obscurity of the first month, and from then on people were afraid that he would change from a poor son to a poor ghost, and entered his own door in the first month, bringing bad luck and poverty to his own house, so he set to send the poor on the sixth day of the first month, burned the family's rags and shoes, and spread some pancakes as food for the poor man to go on the road, so that he could have clothes and food to eat, so that he could stay away from his home.
Therefore, even if you are busy on the sixth day of the first lunar month, don't forget to clean up all the rags and shoes at home, throw them away or burn them, which means that the poor at home will be sent away, and the wealth and fortune will roll in in the new year. And now there are a lot of clothes and shoes at home, sometimes I feel reluctant to throw away the old clothes and shoes, but I can't wear them a few times a year, so I might as well take advantage of this day to sort them out and free up a lot of space.
2. Send away the old dishes and chopsticks
If there are still some old dishes and chopsticks left at home, they should also be packed up and thrown away on the sixth day of the first lunar month. The new year is going to have a new atmosphere, and it is best to use new dishes and chopsticks. In fact, like worn-out dishes with cracks or unclean brushing to be disposed of before Chinese New Year's Eve, broken dishes are easy to scratch hands or mouths if they continue to be used, and it is also particularly unlucky to make a wound for yourself or your family and friends during the New Year.
There are also old chopsticks that are easy to accumulate bacteria, and it is not good for health if they are used for too long. But there are a lot of preparations before the year, and some people may not have time to sort out and replace, so on the sixth day of the new year, they should tidy up and clean up. But be careful when throwing them, it is best to find a red cloth to wrap these dishes and chopsticks before throwing them away.
1. Eat pancake fritters
In the northern region, the sixth day of the first month of the first month to send the poor is to spread pancakes at home, just as the "Miscellaneous Records of the Year" recorded in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Year" mentioned in the scene of "covering it with seven pancakes", the pancakes are full and durable, people have chosen to spread pancakes to the poor ghost to send him away, hoping that he can eat the pancakes for a few more days and walk away, and the rest of the pancakes are eaten by the whole family. So don't forget to eat pancakes at home on the sixth day of the first lunar month, or buy pancakes and fruits on the street.
Some places also pay attention to eating fritters on the sixth day of the new year, the fritters swell after they are fried, and the golden crispy of the roots, in the eyes of people have the meaning of smoothness and making a fortune.
2. Put apples and oranges to attract fortune
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, most of the businesses that are resting for the New Year will "open the market" to reopen, and the outside of the store will be pasted with a big red couplet such as "opening the market, everything is prosperous, and the wealth is wide", and a pot of oranges will be placed at the door, because "orange" and "auspicious" are homophonic, and the word "auspicious" is also carried in the word, so the oranges are placed at the door means that the opening is auspicious, everything is good, and the new year is smooth sailing and prosperous.
In fact, in addition to putting oranges on the table for business, it is recommended that you can also buy some fruits with good meanings such as oranges or apples at home and place them on the coffee table or dining table to add color and blessing to your home and please a good fortune.
3. Clean the toilet
The first four days after entering the first month is taboo to touch the broom to clean, to the fifth day of the new year taboo breaking, the home can be the garbage and sewage saved a few days ago to dump out, and then simply clean the house to prepare to meet the God of Wealth, so the sanitation of the toilet is usually too late to clean carefully, people will be on the sixth day of the first month to clean the toilet at home.
And according to folk legends, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Sanxiao Niangniang, who is regarded as the "toilet god", will go down to the mortal world, so people should clean up the toilet and clean up the feces accumulated in these days, transport it to the field as fertilizer, and then worship and welcome Sanxiao Niangniang, because Sanxiao Niangniang is not only in charge of the toilet, but also in charge of the reincarnation of the five grains, people attach special importance to her, and hope that she can bless the family with a bumper harvest of grains, food and clothing in the next year.
Although many taboos have been broken on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, this day has not yet come out of the fifteenth day of the first month, and it is still in the year, so there will still be one or two taboos every day. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, it is taboo to say unlucky words, the sixth day of the new year is a good day, with the good meaning of "six six Shun", to say more auspicious words, to bring positive energy to yourself and the people around you, if you always say unlucky frustration words, you will have negative energy, it is easy to get some bad luck, poverty, easy to do things unwell, so you must have a positive and good attitude, the new year can be a dragon and a tiger, and the horse will be successful.
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