What does Akaguchi mean?

Akaguchi, an evil god in China folklore, is in charge of litigation. Every year on the third day of the first lunar month. According to traditional customs, it is easy to quarrel with people on this day. In order to avoid trouble, everyone does not go out to pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends, but stays at home and worships God. Therefore, Akaguchi Day is also called Xiaonian Dynasty.

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Chikou, also known as "Red Dog Day", is an unlucky day. In folklore, the red dog is an "angry god", which will bring bad luck, so the third day of the first lunar month is an unlucky day, so it is not appropriate to go out for a feast; In addition, the word "red" means "extreme poverty", and going out to attack the red dog will bring poverty. If you must go out to pay a New Year call, you can put a bag on your body to relieve the breath.

According to folklore, the third night is the day when mice get married, so most people go to bed early that night so as not to disturb their marriage. There will be a custom of "mice sharing money" that night, and salt, rice and cakes will be scattered in the corner of the house for the mice to enjoy. These foods for mice are called "rice makeup", which means to enjoy a bumper harvest with mice in the new year.

There are different customs in Chikouri: during the Qing Dynasty, Minnan people had the custom of "leaving the suburbs to show their graves", that is, offering sacrifices to ancestral graves; In Hong Kong, many people will go to Chegong Temple to pray, while others will go hiking or participate in horse racing in the suburbs.