What festival is the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month?

The twelfth lunar month is the tail tooth.

Tail tooth is the "end" of the business's one-year activities and the "first sound" of the people's Spring Festival activities. The first and fifteenth days of each month or the second and sixteenth days of each month are the days when Taiwanese businessmen worship the land god, which is called "tooth-making". February 2 is the first time to make teeth, called "head teeth"; 1February 16 The dentist was the last dentist, so it was called "tail tooth".

1) The check-out time in Fujian is the day after the "tail tooth", that is, from the 7th to 22nd of the lunar calendar1February/kloc-0. Therefore, it is also called the 22nd "tail period". Before the "closing period", you can collect old and new accounts from all over the country. If you postpone it, you will have to wait until next year and after the New Year.

So "Weiya" has finished eating, and it will be busy for a few days. After the "end period", even if the creditor insists on debt collection, it may be scolded by the other party, or even beaten, and there can be no complaints.

2) On the day of "Tail Teeth", businessmen and farmers should not only offer sacrifices to the gods, but also entertain their own employees and servants, and finally decide whether to continue to hire a person next year. Therefore, it is a comfortable and polite day.

3) Pancakes were originally a necessary food for "tail teeth".