Why can't I visit relatives on the fifth day?

The reason why the fifth grade is called "Breaking Five Poverty" is that people have five poverty, and it is precisely because the New Year is the happiest moment that we can get rid of five poverty in the new year, so the fifth grade is called "Breaking Five Poverty".

On the sixth day of the first month, you are also not allowed to walk around, including not cleaning your room, because it is forbidden to visit relatives and friends in the old calendar. If you meet your relatives on this day, you will take them to your own home.

The custom of the fifth day

1, welcome the god of wealth

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, people get up early and start setting off firecrackers, and every household will set off firecrackers, which means that if the poverty at home collapses, life in the coming year will be better and happier.

2. Send five poor people

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the day to send the poor, which is also a very distinctive custom in the past. Every household will clean the house and throw away all the rubbish piled up in the house. According to traditional customs, it is not allowed to sweep the floor and take out the garbage from the first day to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, so as not to lose wealth. But on the fifth day, we will throw away all the accumulated garbage, which means throwing away the poor.

3. Bao jiaozi

On the fifth day of the first month, there is also the custom of wrapping jiaozi, commonly known as "pinching a mean person's mouth". Everyone knows that when wrapping jiaozi, you should pinch the edge of jiaozi with your hand, which means to pinch the mouth of the villain to avoid some rumors.