What's the saying about the Spring Festival cleaning?

Legend has it that the 23 rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when the gods die, and only some small gods such as duty gods and landlords look after order. Han people believe that after the immortal went to heaven, he would not return to earth until the fourth night of the following year;

So there is a legend that during this time, even if you flip the house, you don't have to worry about any details. Using this day to move things or fly around with sand and dust is even more afraid of offending the gods at home. The ancients designated this day as the day of cleaning.

In fact, it refers to the border time from 23rd to 24th ── still 24th. Most Chinese in Southeast Asia come from Fujian and Guangxi provinces and are greatly influenced by local folk customs. Therefore, Chinese in Southeast Asia generally regard the 24th as a day to "send the stove" and "sweep the dust".

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folk culture

Since ancient times, China people have been following the custom of "sweeping the dust" before the Spring Festival. The name is twenty-four, cleaning the house. Legend has it that everyone has a three-corpse god. He often reports to the Jade Emperor and speaks ill of the world. In a short time, the Jade Emperor received 99,999 tips from him, saying that the world would rebel against heaven.

The Jade Emperor was furious when he saw it. He immediately summoned three corpse gods and ordered him to write down the crimes of those who spoke ill of the Jade Emperor on the wall, and then let the spider make a big net to hang under the eaves. The Jade Emperor also ordered Wang Lingguan to go to the lower bound on New Year's Eve, and anyone who saw the family marked by the Three Corpses God would be beheaded. Seeing that the plot was about to succeed, he could monopolize the beautiful world. The three corpse gods quickly descended to earth and marked the walls of every household.

The kitchen god discovered the plot of three corpse gods, and quickly found the kitchen god of each household to discuss the countermeasures: from the day of delivery to the kitchen, every household should be cleaned before New Year's Eve. When Wang Lingguan visited the lower bound on New Year's Eve, he found that every household was clean, and the people behaved themselves and worked hard.