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How was the trip in 2023 1 month 16?

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

Judging from the 13th day of the first lunar month in 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 dead faces. Pay attention to the travel pressure and don't travel on unlucky days. If you must go out, pay attention to travel safety.

According to folklore, Wang Yan has thirteen sons. By virtue of his status as a strict monarch of the underworld, he is in charge of birth, illness and death. He often said that even if a son dies a month, he will not die a year. When the Jade Emperor heard about it, he decided to punish the Yanjun. So since February, a son of Yan State has died every 28 days. On the 13th day of the first month of the following year, thirteen sons of Yan happened to die.

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", which is believed by folklore to be the birthday of the lamp holder. Therefore, folk ancestors would light lamps under the stove. At the same time, there is a folk saying that "thirteen or four gods look at the lights, and fifteen or six people look at 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.