February 14, 2024 is not only Western Valentine's Day, but also the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, which is traditionally the end of the Spring Festival holiday. And this day is also the birthday of the God of Wealth, and there is a custom of welcoming the God of Wealth to prosper wealth.
1.Welcome to the God of Wealth
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the birthday of the God of Wealth, and the earliest auspicious time to choose is to open the doors and windows of your home and burn incense to welcome you. It is also necessary to offer livestock, light candles, burn gold paper, and set off firecrackers to welcome the God of Wealth, also known as the God of Wealth or the head of the road, hoping that the God of Wealth can bring gold and silver treasures to the family, and can make a fortune in the new year.
2.Don't be stingy
On the day of welcoming the God of Wealth, you must not be stingy, you should share more, and you may wish to put more candy in the living room at home for visiting relatives and friends to eat sweetness. And under the generous sharing and good karma, in addition to helping the New Year's wealth and prosperity, the God of Wealth will also be close to you because of your generosity. But if you are too stingy on the day of welcoming Shencai, you may not only lose your wealth, but also lose your good popularity.
3.Send the poor
There is also the custom of sending the poor on the fifth day of the new year, also known as sending the five poor, sending the poor soil, sending the poor ashes, driving the five poor, etc., in the folk customs, the first to the fourth day of the first month does not take out the garbage, can gather wealth, and to the fifth day of the new year to pour out, symbolizing the poverty sent out of the house. So don't be lazy today, the garbage has to be taken out in order to send the poor and welcome the rich.
4.To be cleaned
From Chinese New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the new year, it is generally not cleaned, and moving a broom is equivalent to sweeping away good luck, so on the day of breaking five, there must be a formal cleaning, sweeping the garbage to a corner, and loudly setting off firecrackers to drive away all the poor and poor ghosts, and sweeping the floor must be swept from the outside to the inside, in order to sweep the gold and silver treasures in.
5.Eat dumplings
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, you can traditionally eat dumplings, commonly known as pinching the villain's mouth, which can avoid committing villains, falling into rumors, and tongue disputes. In addition, the shape of dumplings is very similar to ingots, so eating dumplings is also a way to celebrate the birthday of the God of Wealth, and it also has the opportunity to bring prosperity to yourself.
6.The market opens
During the Spring Festival, many large and small shops start to close from Chinese New Year's Eve, all the way to the fourth day of the new year, and the custom will be separated by the fifth day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the God of Wealth, many shops will choose to open the market on this day, symbolizing the welcome of the God of Wealth, with the meaning of pleasing auspiciousness, so that the financial luck of the whole year will be very prosperous.