When do you clean the house?

Cleaning the house is usually on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Cleaning the house is usually on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which actually refers to the day of cleaning the house. Some places call it cleaning day, also called year-end cleaning. Every household will clean the house inside and outside.

Although the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is a dust-cleaning day, it is actually the time from before and after the sacrifice to the kitchen stove dust-cleaning until the end of the year. Therefore, the time for sweeping dust is not specified on a certain day, but during this time period.

In addition, in some areas, the period from childhood to New Year's Eve is called Dust Day, also known as Spring Festival. Sweeping the dust means expelling the epidemic and praying for well-being. At the same time, because dust removal is very similar to old removal, there is also a good desire to remove old and innovate. The traditional custom of sweeping dust conveys a busy atmosphere for a year to people, and also embodies the fine tradition of people's love for cleanliness and hygiene. The purpose of sweeping dust is to greet the arrival of the new year with a better attitude.

Other Spring Festival customs

Sticking couplets, blessing, door gods. On the afternoon of the day before the Spring Festival, children will paste couplets on the door with paste and brushes, and then let the adults below see if they are pasted correctly. Some are pasted on the cross head of the lintel, and couplets are pasted on the left and right of the lintel. Some people stick blessings on doors, walls and lintels to express people's desire for a happy life. Some people put pictures of door gods on the door panels, praying for a safe year and adding festive atmosphere.

Eat jiaozi, jiaozi and rice cakes. In most parts of the north, it is a custom to eat jiaozi in the morning during the Spring Festival, and a coin is often put in the jiaozi. Whoever eats a coin will be said to be the happiest person in the family that year. In Huai 'an, Jiangsu, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in the morning. In Kaifeng City, Henan Province, people will eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. There is also the habit of eating rice cakes in the New Year, and the taste of rice cakes varies from place to place.