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Is the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month an auspicious day for the zodiac?

December 28th of the lunar calendar is an auspicious day for the zodiac.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the 28th of the New Year, there are still two days before the Spring Festival, and almost all the food and supplies needed for the Spring Festival have been prepared by every household. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Han folk songs include making dough, making cakes and steamed buns with decals.

According to the folk customs and traditions of the Han nationality, on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, no matter whether it is mixing noodles or steaming steamed buns, in short, every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year.

There is a saying in Guangdong: at the age of 28, washing dirty can be interpreted as dirty and dirty, while at the age of 28, washing dirty means cleaning the house inside and outside to prepare for the new year. In addition, washing dirty clothes also means sweeping all bad luck and musty smell out of the house with dirty garbage.

The custom of December in the lunar calendar

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called Laba, or Laba Festival, and the most famous is to drink Laba porridge.

December 23rd of the lunar calendar, also known as off-year, is the day when people offer sacrifices to stoves. There is a folk custom that men don't Yue Bai and women don't offer sacrifices to stoves, so offering sacrifices to stoves is limited to men. Among the folk gods in China, the qualification of Kitchen God has a long history. Kitchen God, in the Xia Dynasty, has become a great god respected by the people. Starting from the Zhou Dynasty, the Forbidden City also included sacrificial stoves in sacrificial ceremonies, and formulated rules for sacrificial stoves nationwide, which became a fixed ceremony.

In our country, it is a traditional habit of our people to dust and clean houses on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Northerners call it cleaning houses, while southerners call it cleaning. Sweeping dust not only means driving away the epidemic and praying for good health in the new year, but also means getting rid of Chen Buxin's emotional desire. This custom sends a signal to people that the New Year is busy.