Twenty-three, honeydew melon is sticky; Twenty-four, housing Tomb-Sweeping Day; Twenty-five, grinding bean curd;

23 honeydew melons are sticky; 24 House Tomb-Sweeping Day; 25 Paste the window; 26 stewed pork; Twenty-seven killing cocks; Twenty-eight sides; Twenty-nine steamed buns; Stay up all night; On the first day of the new year.

"On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen god will go to heaven." This is a folk song that spreads in many places in various provinces.

It is said that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Kitchen God will report the truth of the world to the Jade Emperor. Therefore, every household should offer offerings to worship the kitchen god, so it is called "Kitchen God Festival". In many places, honeydew melons made of malt are used as offerings when offering sacrifices to Zao Jun.

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The traditional custom of sweeping dust has a long history. The folk song says, "Twenty-four, Dust Clearing Day." 23/24 ended, and officially began to prepare for the New Year.

It is a traditional habit of China people to clean the dust before New Year's Day. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, and use bamboo leaves and grapefruit leaves tied to poles to clean the dust cobwebs on the ceiling and walls. This is called the year of sweeping away "bad luck" and "bad luck" and cleaning up good luck.

In addition to cleaning the house, we should also clean all kinds of electrical appliances, dismantle and wash bedding curtains, clean the willow green courtyard, and dredge the open channel culverts. North and south of the great river, the atmosphere of welcoming the new year is clean. Folklore experts say that sweeping dust not only means driving away the epidemic and praying for a healthy new year, but also means removing the "old" (dust) and promoting the new. This custom conveys a signal of the busy atmosphere of the New Year to people.

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