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Prepare for spring, six or six shunRead aloud丨Hins Hu.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, in ancient times, this day was also called Ru Fei, because in ancient times, since entering the first month, until the fifth day of the first lunar month, it could not be cleaned, so this day did a big cleaning, and worshiped the toilet gods, and cleaned the toilet that was filthy on weekdays, so it was called "Ru Fei". This day also means that in the old days, the working people of China began to work in the fields and prepare for spring ploughing, while modern people only really start working or doing business from this day.
Send the poor godOn the sixth day of the first lunar month, "sending the poor" is a very distinctive custom of the ancient folk in our country, which means to sacrifice to the poor gods and poor ghosts. The custom of sending the poor was quite popular in the Tang Dynasty, the writer Han Yu once wrote "Sending the Poor Text", and the Tang Dynasty poet Yao He also wrote the poem "Three Songs of Sending the Poor on the Obscure Day", the first of which is cloud: Every year to this day, the wine is worshiped in the street. Thousands of households and thousands of doors are seen, and no one is not sent to the poor. In the traditional custom of "Old Fuzhou", on the day of sending the poor god, every household should clean up their homes, and the garbage and useless objects swept out must be thrown away.
Eat six fastsHokkien people's "Liuzhai" refers to six types of vegetarian food, including golden needles, fungus, shiitake mushrooms, winter noodles, potatoes, and red dates, and it is believed that eating vegetarian on this day can bring good luck in the new year. In addition, in some places, dry ingredients such as choy sum, peas, mung beans, bean wheels, gluten, and hemp will be added in addition to the "six lents" to form 12, 24 or 36 bowls of vegetable bowls, as well as sugar tarts and sugar cups.
The market opens"Yanjing Chronicles" mentions: "On the sixth day of the first month, the princesses, nobles, eunuchs and other crowns exchanged and congratulated each other. The newlyweds also returned to Ning on the same day, and the merchants gradually opened. "According to the traditional customs of Fuzhou, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year is also the day when the store opens, and many business people like to open on this day. In the old days, many merchants would set off firecrackers outside their doors, believing that the crackling sound of firecrackers could scare away the poor ghosts and dissipate the poor spirits, in order to open the market in the new year and the business would be prosperous all year round. On this day, the boss and the clerks will shake the abacus violently and hit the weighing pan with the weighing rod to make the store resound, taking the meaning of "loud and good".
Anchor丨 Hins Hu.
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