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Can I wash clothes on the fifteenth day of the first month?

Traditionally, you can't wash clothes on the fifteenth day of the first month. From a modern point of view, you can wash clothes on the fifteenth day of the first month. Don't be too superstitious.

Traditionally speaking, it is unlucky to change clothes and quilts in the first month. So many places are not suitable for washing clothes on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Customs vary from place to place. In many places, it can't be washed before the fifth day of junior high school. It is a taboo for Chinese New Year. What can't sweep the floor, can't take the needle and so on. They all mean maintaining wealth and peace in the new year. The custom of not washing clothes on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is a continuation of the taboo of the Spring Festival custom. The 15th day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in China, which is a continuation of celebrating the Spring Festival. Festival activities during the Spring Festival end on this day.