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Will you go out on the thirteenth day of the first month of 2023?

It is not suitable to go out on the thirteenth day of the first month of 2023.

Judging from the lunar calendar on the 13th day of the first month of 2023, this day is not suitable for travel. People think that the thirteenth day of the first month is an unlucky day, and there are even rumors that the thirteenth day of the first month is taboo even for the dead Yan. Pay attention to the pressure of travel when traveling, and don't travel on unlucky days. If you must go out, you should pay attention to travel safety.

According to folklore, Wang Yan has thirteen sons. He is in charge of birth, death, illness and death by virtue of his status as the king of hell. He often said that even if one son died in a month, he would not die in a year. When the Jade Emperor heard about it, he decided to punish Yan Jun.. So since February, one of Yan's sons has died every 28 days. On the thirteenth day of the first month of the second year, it happened that the thirteenth son of Yan died.

Taboos on the 13th day of the first month:

The ancestors of the people thought that the thirteenth day of the first month was not an appropriate day, and the people also thought that it was impossible to go out on the thirteenth day of the first month. Of course, staying indoors this day means staying indoors, not staying indoors.

The 13th day of the first month coincides with the "Lantern Festival", and folklore holds that this day is the birthday of the lamplighter. Therefore, folk ancestors would light lamps under the stove. At the same time, there is a folk saying that "thirteen or four gods watch the lights, and fifteen or six people watch the lights". In many places, in order to celebrate the coming of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, people start to turn on the lights on the thirteenth day of the first month and don't turn off the lights until the eighteenth day of the first month.