Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Commonly known as "breaking five".
this day. It's a good day to welcome blessings.
On the fifth day of the first month, welcome the God of Wealth".
Folklore has it that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth.
1 welcome, 2 send, 3 sweep, 4 eat".
A welcome. Welcome the God of Wealth, the folk say that the God of Wealth is the god in charge of wealth, the God of Wealth is also known as the "God of the Five Roads", the five roads refer to the east, west, north, south, middle, which means that the five ways to go out can get wealth. The fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so today is the day to receive the God of Wealth. Every year at the fourth midnight of the first lunar month, people will prepare cakes and fruits, incense candles and other offerings, bathe and cleanse, put on neat clothes, sound gongs and drums and burn incense to worship, open the door and window at 0:00 on the fifth day of the first month, light incense and candles, incinerate ingots, set off firecrackers, sincerely and respectfully welcome the God of Wealth, pray that the God of Wealth can bring gold and silver treasures to the home, and the new year's wealth will roll in.
Two sends. Send the poor ghost, the fifth day of the first month "send the poor", this is also a unique folk custom, put the fresh meat in the pot to roast, but also stir-fry the hemp beans, so that it cracks and makes a sound, thinking that this can remove the poor gas, seek the fortune of the coming year, and sacrifice the poor ghost (poor god).
Three sweeps. In the big cleaning, the folk have always had the custom of not taking out the garbage until Chinese New Year's Eve until the "breaking five", so that they can gather wealth, otherwise they will pour "wealth", and on the fifth day of the new year, it is also called "breaking the five" and "sending the poor" day, so on the fifth day of the new year, it is necessary to clean the house, and the garbage is poured out, which is also called "sending the poor".
Four eat. Eating dumplings, the folk is known as the custom of "breaking five" to eat dumplings, and when making dumplings at the same time, the filling of the dumplings must be chopped by themselves, and the things that do not go well or troubles are chopped off, and the cutting board should be chopped to dingdong, and the "villain" is chopping, which means that everything will go smoothly and be lucky in the coming year.
Best wishes to all. Wealth lasts forever.
The golden dragon soars into the New Year.
Rich year after year.